Local archers advance to nationals
Batesville Middle School
Southeastern Indiana claims itself to be a hotbed when it comes to archery and our coverage area schools proved that this past weekend as several from Batesville, Jac-Cen-Del and South Ripley punched tickets to this spring’s national championship shoot.
The Indiana NASP State Championship was held in Indianapolis with a total of four coverage area schools competing. This included shoots from elementary through high school.
For the weekend, two coverage area teams stood tall and claimed back-to-back state championships as both Batesville High School and Batesville Middle School achieved the feat. The Bulldogs saw their high school team also win the Indiana NASP 3D State Championship while Batesville Intermediate School took a state runner-up finish in the traditional shoot.
Batesville scored a 3403 to win the high school shoot and the middle school sat at 3269. BIS was second with a team score of 3034. In the 3D shoot, a state title was claimed by the Bulldogs after the high school crew put together a 1688.
As part of the regular archery shoot, senior Lydia Haskamp of Batesville won her second-straight individual state championship on the girls side, racking up a near perfect score of 293 out of 300 possible points. Teammate Trace Scott, a freshman, scored a 292 on the boys side and was third overall in the shoot. Sixth grader Levi Trenkamp paced BMS with a 284 and was third overall in the middle school division and classmate Rebecca Siebert sat at 280, placing sixth among middle school girls. A pair of fourth graders at BIS led the way for the Bulldogs in the elementary shoot. Andrew Kaiser’s 270 and Stevie Vohland’s 255 were tops with Kaiser placing sixth overall and Vohland leading Batesville’s girls.
Haskamp shot a 286 in the 3D shoot and was fourth among high school girls and William Patterson’s 286 put him sixth among high school boys. Trenkamp and Jayden Fogle at 268 and 265 respectively put them 16th and 25th in the middle school shoot and fifth grader Leo Spreckelson put together a 220, finishing 38th among elementary school boys.
Jac-Cen-Del Elementary School also qualified for this spring’s national competition after placing 13th overall in the regular shoot with a score of 2838. Kolton Vachet was 11th among elementary boys at 265 and Callie Carroll’s 232 placed her 26th among the girls. Also advancing was South Ripley High School student Elijah Stenger. Stenger fired a 288 and was 10th overall in the boys shoot.
Jac-Cen-Del was the only team besides Batesville from the coverage area to have team scores. Away from the elementary level, the Eagle junior high program was 34th in the middle school division with a score of 2447. Katelyn Bunnell shot a 265 and was 83rd overall in the girls division while Isaiah Litchengerger’s 265 put him 84th in boys action. Competing individually for the Eagles were high school students Sam Rowland and Nolan Harmeyer. The duo shot a 277 and 275 respectively, placing 68th and 94th overall.
South Ripley freshman Katie Thomas scored a 277 and was 47th among high school girls and sixth grader Railyn McMillin at 267 was 71st among middle school girls. The final competitors all hailed from Milan. At the high school level, Zoey Griffith and Stacy Davidson both shot a 271, the first placing 82nd and the latter sitting a 85th. Bullseye scores determined the tiebreaker. Milan Middle School was represented by Ava Pittman who shot a 265 and was 82nd overall in the girls division.
The NASP National Championship will be in Louisville, Ky. beginning on May 8 and extending through May 10. Full results from the state shoot can be found on the NASP website.
