It was a busy weekend for eight local schools on April 13-14 as they competed in the Saskatchewan National Archery in Schools Program Provincial Tournament.
Teams from Lanigan, LeRoy, Naicam, Quill Lake, Raymore, Wadena Composite, Watson, and Winston High took part, with their aim fully on the bull’s-eye.
Raymore
Raymore was the lone school to have enough shooters eligible to compete in the team competition, as they managed a fourth place finish in the elementary team standings, finishing with a score of 1,737, nearly 1,000 points back of third place Saltcoats.
Raymore sent a total of 30 archers to the provincial championships, including 16 males and 14 females.
Raymore’s males struggled to find their groove as they managed just one top 50 finish.
Josh Frankl finished in 43rd, as he posted a score of 263, thanks in large part to eight 10s.
No other Raymore male archer reached the top 100.
The Raymore female team did not enjoy any extra success, as they had just one archer reach the top 100.
Inez Blind was Raymore’s top female shooter as the seventh grade student fired a score of 234, complete with two 10s, which was good enough for 98th overall in the women’s event.
Lanigan Elementary
Lanigan Elementary sent 13 archers to the provincial championship including eight males and five females.
Despite sending a rather large contingent to the provincial championships, Lanigan Elementary managed just middling results, as they failed to reach the top 50 overall.
The Lanigan males really struggled to reach the top of the standings, as they failed to have an archer finish in the top 100.
Lanigan Elementary’s females also struggled to post top scores, claiming just one top 100 finish.
Tynell Mack was Lanigan Elementary’s top female shooter posting a score of 234 points, including three scores of 10, as the seventh grade student finished 96th overall.
LeRoy
LeRoy School also enjoyed middling results, as they sent just ten archers to the competition, including four males and six females, where they failed to reach the top 50.
In addition, with LeRoy sending just ten archers to the provincial championship, they were ineligible to compete in the team competition.
LeRoy enjoyed decent success, managing one top 100 among their male participants with Carter Timmerman finishing 67th overall, thanks to a score of 251, which included seven scores of ten.
LeRoy’s females enjoyed even less success than their male counterparts, as they failed to reach the top 100.
Naicam
Naicam sent 11 archers to the provincial championship, including seven males and four females, but the club did not have enough archers to be eligible for the team points standings.
Despite failing to have enough archers for the points competition, the Naicam male archers enjoyed a solid amount of success, claiming one top 10, two top 20’s, and four top 100’s.
Mitchell Nivon was the top N maicam archer firing a score of 277, thanks in large part to 16 scores of 10, as the tenth grade student finished sixth overall.
Finishing five points behind Nivon, was teammate Merrick Nystuen.
The grade 11 student fired nine scores of ten, which helped him finish in 18th place overall, with a score of 272.
Also falling inside the top 50, was grade nine student Ethan Olson.
Olson fired a score of 260, thanks in small part to eight scores of 10, as he finished in 45th place overall.
Rounding out the Naicam shooters in the top 100 was Patrick Turner, who claimed a 73rd place finish overall, thanks to a score of 250, which included seven scores of 10.
The females also saw solid results, managing one top 25.
Randi Zenner was Naicam’s top female archer posting a score of 263, thanks in large part to eight scores of 10.
Thanks to her excellent score, the grade 12 student finished in 25th overall.
Quill Lake
It was a quiet trip to provincials for Quill Lake, who sent just four archers to the shoot, including three males and one female.
The Quill Lake men enjoyed solid results, with two reaching the top 100.
Jordan Hill was the top Quill Lake finisher as the grade nine student grabbed an 84th place overall finish, registering 247 points, including three 10s.
Finishing three points behind his Quill Lake teammate was Tayden Gabriel.
The grade five student managed a 95th place overall finish after posting a score of 244, which included seven scores of ten.
Hailey Chegus was the lone female archer for Quill Lake, and managed a 251st overall finish thanks to no tens, and a score of 154.
Wadena Composite
Wadena Composite sent 13 archers to the provincial championships, including eight males and five females.
Despite sending eight males to provincials, Wadena struggled to find high finishing places, as they managed just a single top 100.
Keenan Sowa was the lone Wadena male to reach that milestone, finishing in 57th overall position thanks to four scores of ten and an overall score of 254.
Unfortunately for the Wadena females, the competition went even worse as they failed to have any of their five archers reach the top 100.
Watson
Watson sent five archers of their own to the provincial championship, with all five being male.
With just five archers in action, Watson enjoyed middling results as they managed just a single top 100 finish,
Kayden McKnight was the lone Watson archer to reach the top 100 after firing four scores of ten and a total score of 251, good enough for 70th overall.
Winston High School
Rounding out the local contingent was Winston High School, who sent 11 archers to provincials including seven males and four females.
Despite having a decent sized contingent it was not a very successful trip to provincials for Winston High as they failed to reach the top 100 in either the male or the female competition.
Archers will now turn their attention to the National Championships April 27-29 in Regina.
