Photo Courtesy of Jeremy Statler

Last weekend members of the Golden Hawk high school and middle school archery clubs at Mid-Prairie traveled to Louisville, Kentucky for the National Archery in the Schools Program Eastern National Tournament.

Top finish for the program came from the high school Hawks in 3D with a team score of 1685, to finish 22^nd of 162 schools. Hartland High School from Michigan won the National Championship with 1734. Top performance of the weekend for the Hawks came from Johnathan Pickard finishing top 10 in the country at 9^th with a 294 that included 24 tens. Other Mid-Prairie boys that placed included Landon Kuenster 49^th, Elijah Statler 201^st, Nickolas Kelley 654^th, Eli Conrad 701^st and Jacob Debler 734^th. For the Golden Hawk girls it was Sophia Puttmann leading the way in 39^th with 285 and 20 tens. Other Golden Hawk girls finishers included Ava Miller 337^th, Allie Whetstine 357^th, Averi Janecek 457^th, Madelyn Sieren 490^th, Lael Seale 500^th, Emma Poock 658^th, Morgyn Nafziger 676^th, Harlee West 825^th and Kyla Karnes 1021^st.

In block, the high school Hawks were 43^rd of 265 teams with a score of 3338. Champaign Central from Illinois were National Champions with a 3459. Landon Kuenster had the top high school tournament with a 293 and 23 tens for 28^th place. Other boys rounds included Johnathon Pickard 73^rd, Elijah Statler 245^th, Eli Conrad 823^rd, Jacob Debler 1708^th and Nickolas Kelley 1805^th. For the girls Averi Janecek led the way with a 286 that included 18 tens for 96^th. She was followed by Lael Seale 269^th, Harlee West 353^rd, Ava Miller 445^th, Sophia Puttmann 687^th, Madelyn Sieren 905^th, Morgyn Nafziger 1106^th, Kyla Karnes 1373^rd, Allie Whetstine 1453^rd and Emma Poock 1989^th.

In middle school competition the Golden Hawks were 100^th of 252 schools in block with a 3169 team score. Harrison County, Kentucky won the title with a 3373. Noah Colbentz was 10^th overall for the boys with a 290 that included 20 10s. Other boys scores finishes were Joshua Seale 240^th, Preston Ford 313^th, Nolan Mohling 626^th, Landon Allen 694^th, Braxton Ropp 768^th, Declan Brady 975^th, Mason Schneider 1188^th, Beckett Miller 1256^th and Easton Gorsch 1421^st. For the girls, Makenzie O’Brien was the leader with 261, including eight tens for 936^th place. Following her were Beniah Fulton 1097^th, Kylee Berry 1404^th, Ruby Regenwether 1617^th, Mya Brenneman 1911^th, Brooklyn Liska 2000^th and Lara Brenneman 2241^st.