Eaton siblings compete for Top Gun honor

Alex and Lola sounds like a sitcom worth watching, and to be certain when siblings Alex and Lola Eaton get together there are plenty of smiles to go around.

But put shotguns on their shoulders and catapult a clay saucer at nearly 40 mph, and the smiles are reserved for hits. Frowns, and perhaps self-discussion, follow misses.

“She’s competitive all the time,” reflected Alex, one of the better trap shooters in the state, about his sister. “She’s always trying to beat me.”