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Milford, Pound winners in regional NASP event

Milford won the high school championships in each of the bull’s-eye and 3D divisions at the Nebraska National Archery in the Schools Regional Tournament on Feb. 22 at Milford.

Lincoln’s Pound Middle School also won the bull’s-eye and 3D competitions in its division.

Archers represented 21 schools from Nebraska and one from South Dakota.

NASP is an in-school curriculum covering target archery for students in grades 4-12. The state tournament will be held March 14-15 in Lincoln.

The high scorers in the bull’s-eye competition were Chason Bell of Lincoln Scott Middle School at 288 and Ayla Salistean of Milford at 283. Salistean also had the girls’ best 3D score at 278 and Heath Bacon of Milford led the boys with 284.

Bull’s-eye

Elementary Girls – 1. Tessa Collins, Bellevue Cornerstone Christian, 274; 2. Sofia Hunt, Lincoln Blessed Sacrament, 237; 3. Olivia Wandzilak, Blessed Sacrament, 225; 4. Emma Crudden, Cornerstone Christian, 216; 5. Matti Welsh, Cornerstone Christian, 203

Elementary Boys – 1. Hunter Therkildsen, Cornerstone Christian, 279; 2. Trey Munneke, Dakota Christian (SD), 246; 3. Tilon Scott, Tri-City Homeschool, 243; 4. Damien Bartoo, Cornerstone Christian, 242; 5. Deacon Peltier, Cornerstone Christian, 230

Middle School Girls – 1. Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool, 281; 2. Melanie Elsasser, Lincoln Pound Middle School, 271; 3. Leela West, Cornerstone Christian, 268; 4. Macie Carter, Milford, 264; 5. Ady Heder, Cornerstone Christian, 263

Middle School Boys – 1. Chason Bell, Lincoln Scott Middle School, 288; 2. Eli Collins, Cornerstone Christian, 280; 3. Blake Neumayer, Pound MS, 276; 4. Jace Volz, Blessed Sacrament, 275* (tie broken); 5. Camdon Roker, Pound MS, 275*

High School Girls – 1. Ayla Salistean, Milford, 283; 2. Christina Hancock, Milford, 281; 3. Maddie Hoyle, Lincoln Southwest, 279* (tie broken); 4. Natalie Nutzman, Milford, 279*; 5. Emory Likes, Omaha Concordia, 279*

High School Boys – 1. Hayden Mitchell, Lincoln East, 287; 2. Vinnie Vander Velde, Tri-City Homeschool, 282; 3. James Wissenburg, Milford, 280; 4. Calvin Falldorf, Lincoln North Star, 278; 5. Aiden Jedlecki, Cornerstone Christian, 275

Team Awards

Middle School – 1. Pound MS, 3,136; 2. Cornerstone Christian, 3,099; 3. Milford, 2,701

High School – 1. Milford, 3,263; 2. Burwell, 2,713; 3. Dakota Christian, 2,708

3-D

Elementary Girls – 1. Tessa Collins, Cornerstone Christian, 247; 2. Sofia Hunt, Blessed Sacrament, 231; 3. Matti Welsh, Cornerstone Christian, 178; 4. Emma Crudden, Cornerstone Christian, 157; 5. Asher Munneke, Dakota Christian, 137

Elementary Boys – 1. Hunter Therkildsen, Cornerstone Christian, 260; 2. Trey Munneke, Dakota Christian, 250; 3. Damien Bartoo, Cornerstone Christian, 242; 4. James Ward, St. James, 185; 5. Kemper Marquart, Yorkshire Homeschool Archers, 177

Middle School Girls – 1. Macie Carter, Milford, 266; 2. Brooklyn Devall, Tri-City Homeschool, 260* (tie broken); 3. Jacey Wagoner, Cornerstone Christian, 260*; 4. Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool, 258* (tie broken); 5. Audrey Weers, Pound MS, 258*

Middle School Boys – 1. Camdon Roker, Pound MS, 279; 2. Eli Collins, Cornerstone Christian, 272; 3. Noah Hoyle, Pound MS, 267; 4. Jace Volz, Blessed Sacrament, 260; 5. Blake Neumayer, Pound MS, 258

High School Girls – 1. Ayla Salistean, Milford, 278; 2. Emory Likes, Omaha Concordia, 276; 3. Gracie McDonald, Milford, 274; 4. Maddie Hoyle, Lincoln Southwest, 272; 5. Layla Elstun, Milford, 269

High School Boys – 1. Heath Bacon, Milford, 284; 2. James Wissenburg, Milford, 274; 3. Zephyr Mowinkel, Milford, 266; 4. Vinnie Vander Velde, Tri-City Homeschool, 264; 5. Aiden Jedlecki, Cornerstone Christian, 264

Team Awards

Elementary – 1. Cornerstone Christian, 1,261

Middle School – 1. Pound MS, 1,568; 2. Tri-City Homeschool, 1,488; 3. Milford, 1,460

High School – 1. Milford, 1,646; 2. Cornerstone Christian, 1,523; 3. Tri-City Homeschool, 1,459

NASP Nebraska Regional Academic Archer Team – Chase Bell, Scott MS; Ayla Salistean, Milford; Vinnie Vander Velde, Tri-City Homeschool; Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool; James Wissenburg, Milford; Emory Likes, Omaha Concordia; Natalie Nutzman, Milford; Maddie Hoyle, Lincoln Southwest; Calvin Falldorf, Lincoln North Star; Blake Neumayer, Pound MS; Camdon Roker, Pound MS; Jace Volz, Blessed Sacrament School; Sydney Havlat, Milford; Tucker Sup, Lincoln Southeast; Aiden Jedlecki, Cornerstone Christian; Tessa Collins, Cornerstone Christian; Zach Wiekamp, Pound MS; Melanie Elsasser, Pound MS; Heath Bacon, Milford; Adeline Morrison, Cornerstone Christian; Presley Wade, Tri-City Homeschool; Kalei Swanson, Lincoln Southwest; Simon Ulmer, Pound MS; Leah Eaton, Tri-City Homeschool


About Jerry Kane

Jerry Kane is the news manager with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. He can be contacted at jerry.kane@nebraska.gov or 402-471-5008.

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