Young Archers Earn
Members of the Diocese of Evansville’s Tiger Archery Program turned in strong performances March 14 at the National Archery in the Schools Program Indiana State Championships, held at the State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
For the first time, competitors performed in two disciplines – the traditional NASP program featuring two-dimensional paper targets, and a new 3D International Bowhunting Organization competition.
In the NASP tournament, Hayden Schneider of Evansville’s Holy Rosary Parish finished second in the elementary boys class, and Andrew Golba of Holy Rosary finished sixth in the same class. Mia Carter of Good Shpeherd in Evansville finished third in the elementary girls class.
Max Ante of St. Benedict Cathedral finished sixth in the middle schools boys class. Memorial High School students Morgan Daily and Cody Powell also earned top 10 finishes. Daily was ninth in the high school girls class, and Powell finished fifth in the high school boys class.
They all earned individual spots in the NASP National Championships, which are May 7-9 in Louisville, Ky. “Although none of our teams achieved high rankings in the NASP team tournament, we are hopeful that three or four of them also will qualify for nationals,” said Bill Daily of Tiger Archery.
The IBO team competition was a different story. Shooting the event for the first time ever at the state championships, teams representing Tiger Archery finished in the top two in all three classes.
St. Benedict Cathedral teams finished 1-2 in the elementary class. St. Benedict Cathedral’s Middle School team claimed second placed in that class, and Reitz Memorial finished second in the high school team 3D championship.
Individually, Andrew Golba and Matthew Hudson of St. Benedict Cathedral finished Nos. 1-2, respectively, in the elementary boys class. Madelyn Ivie of St. Benedict Cathedral finished second in the elementary girls class.
St. Benedict Cathedral middle school shooters Jacob Golba and Max Ante finished number one and two in the middle school boys 3D competition, and Alyssa Schulz of St. Benedict Cathedral finished second in the middle school girls class.
In the girls high school class, Reitz Memorial shooters Morgan Daily and Sophie Ante finished number one and two, respectively, in the state 3D championships.
Daily told The Message that almost 2,000 young people competed in the 2D NASP championships in Indianapolis – 1,508 boys and 940 girls. Not all of them competed in the IBO 3D championships.
