Feb 25, 2025
Milford, Pound winners in regional NASP event
Milford and Pound Middle School won their divisions in the regional archery tournament held Feb. 22.
Another state record fell at the National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament March 15 in Lincoln.
Maddie Hoyle of Lincoln Southwest scored 293 points out of a possible 300 shooting bull’s-eye targets for a record score for females at the 19th annual tournament at the Sandhills Global Events Center.
Another archer had set the same record with 292 points last year.
NASP is an in-school curriculum covering target archery for students in grades 4-12. The state tournament is the largest archery event in Nebraska. The state tournament saw student-archers from 33 schools shoot bull’s-eye targets.
The results:
Bull’s-Eye
SACO Duels – 1. St. John, $1,000 archery gear; 2. Lawrence-Nelson, $600 archery gear; 3./4. – Lincoln Pius X, $200 archery gear; 3./4. – Milford, $200 archery gear
NASP All-Nebraska Academic Archer Team
Addelynn Grunsey, Milford; Aiden Jedlecki, Cornerstone Christian; Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool; Anne Ng, Omaha Mater Dei; Ayla Salistean, Milford; Bram Salistean, Milford; Brody Schnieders, Pius X; Calvin Falldorf, North Star; Chason Bell, Scott MS; Connor Rowe, Southwest; Heath Bacon, Milford; James Wissenburg, Milford; London Lambrecht, Southeast; Luke Roddel, Southwest; Macie Carte, Milford; Maddie Hoyle, Southwest; Maddox Sharp, Pius X; Meghan Morrison, Cornerstone Christian; Michael Geckle, Mater Dei; Natalie Nutzman, Milford; Oona Amelio, Mater Dei; Sara Cerise, Mater Dei; Serenity Weathers, Cornerstone Christian; Vinnie Vander Velde, Tri-City Homeschool
Nebraska Endowment Scholarship Winners
$2,500 – Male: Johnny Landsgaard, Mater Dei; Female: Maddie Hoyle, Southwest; $1,500 – Male: James Wissenburg, Milford; Female: Ayla Salistean, Milford; $1,000 – Male: Brody Schnieders, Pius X; Female: Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool
Elementary
Female – 1. Tessa Collins, Cornerstone Christian, 269; 2. Christine Ng, Mater Dei Academy, 263; 3. Evelyn Lerch, Mater Dei, 254; 4. Anastasia Estrada, Mater Dei, 248; 5. Amabella Shumate, Mater Dei, 237
Male – 1. Hunter Therkildsen, Cornerstone Christian, 275; 2. Declan Moore, Cornerstone Christian, 247; 3. Turner Sharp, St. Peter’s; 4. Asis Diaz, Mater Dei, 245; 5. Deacon Peltier, Cornerstone Christian
Middle School
Female – 1. Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool, 284; 2. Addelynn Gurnsey, Milford, 276; 3. Macie Carter, Milford, 274; 4. Avery Ostdiek, Lawrence-Nelson, 272 (tie broken); 5. Audrey Weers, 272
Male – 1. Eli Collins, Cornerstone Christian, 283; 2. Isaac Bisson, Cornerstone Christian, 282; 3. Julian Lerch, Mater Dei; 4. Chason Bell, Scott MS; 5. Bram Salistean, Milford, 274
High School
Female – 1. Maddie Hoyle, Southwest, 293; 2. Meghan Morrison, Cornerstone Christian, 284 (tie broken); 3. Ayla Salistean, Milford, 284; 4. Anne Ng, Mater Dei, 279; 5. Serenity Weathers, Cornerstone Christian, 278
Male – 1. Johnny Landsgaard, Mater Dei, 287; 2. Jakob Woita, Milford, 286; 3. Heath Bacon, 284; 4. Brody Schnieders, Pius X, 283; 5. James Wissenburg, Milford, 282
Overall High Scores
Female – Maddie Hoyle, Southwest, 293
Male – Johnny Landsgaard, Mater Dei, 287
Nebraska Bowhunter Association Sportsmanship Trophy – Pound Middle School
Team Awards
Elementary – 1. Cornerstone Christian, 2,591; 2. Mater Dei, 2,493; 3. Lawrence-Nelson, 2,391
Middle School – 1. Pound Middle School, 3,171; 2. Cornerstone Christian, 3,097; 3. Mater Dei, 3,042
High School – 1. Mater Dei, 3,294; 2. Milford, 3,283; 3. Pius X, 3,181