Raquan “Boonie” Bolden has done it again.

The 10-year-old from Amelia keeps adding to his horseshoe-throwing titles, taking down adult competitors and taking home trophies taller than he is.

On Aug. 13, he went to Blackstone and won the W.H.C. 2016 Horseshoe Tournament, defeating 12 other participants.

“Everybody he beat was over 20,” said Bolden family friend Bobby Easter, who has tutored Boonie in the sport.

Affirming that he felt like he had performed his best in Blackstone, Boonie was pleased to get the win.

“It actually felt great,” he said.

Boonie and Easter, of Rice, won a team tournament together in Buckingham on Sunday, giving Boonie his eighth title in his young career. Easter said five of those titles were singles events.

A consistent presence in tournament play, Boonie has competed in a variety of places, including Clover, South Boston, Chase City, Crewe, Amelia, Buckingham, Rice, Blackstone, Cartersville and Appomattox.

His love for the sport is significant.

“If his grades ain’t good in school … we’ll take his horseshoes away from him,” Easter said. “So, he’s an A/B student.”

And Boonie appears well on his way to achieving his next goal in the sport.

“I really want to be a star in it,” he said.

At least in the Heart of Virginia, his stardom seems to already be a reality.

“He’s pretty good at what he does, and people respect him,” Easter said.

Easter has been helping his young protégé advance in the world of horseshoe tournaments since Boonie was 6.

“This year, my main thing with him is getting him recognized,” Easter said.

This effort has been aided by Boonie continuing his strong throwing, or shooting, as it is also called.

“People out of Cumberland have been calling for him; they want to play him,” Easter said. “The people in Clover want him to become one of their club members.”

At tournaments in which Boonie is unknown to competitors, their education about him comes swiftly, providing some good fun for Easter, who typically warns them about what is coming.

“When we sign up as a team, they will ask me who’s my partner, and I tell them I brought a secret weapon,” Easter said. “And after we pay and then they call me out, and they say, ‘Alright, Bob and Boonie, y’all are up,’ when Boonie walks out there with the shoes in hand, everybody busts out laughing, because he’s a kid.”

Then Boonie does his thing.

“At the end of the game, they’re standing over there in the corner; they’re cussing at me,” Easter said.

Trying to explain why he has had so much success so early, Boonie pointed to his early start and the gradual process by which he went from short throws to the 40-foot throws that are standard in competitions.

“When I was a 3-year-old, I used to go to the horseshoe pit, and I stood right there at the pole, and then I started shooting,” he said. “And then when I kept getting older and older, I moved back each time and kept shooting until I got to one pole from the next.”

Boonie first became acquainted with the sport by watching his grandfather, Norman Bolden, and Easter shooting.

“He pretty much taught himself until I started putting him in tournaments” and coaching him, Easter said.

Boonie has shocked and impressed his parents with his ability.

“God blessed him with a great gift,” said his mother, Latisha Bolden, who has seen his progress in the last seven years, along with his father, Rashaun Branch. “Now, he’s better than ever.”