AIM TRUE - Clarke archers headed to Nationals

DES MOINES – At the state archery meet this past weekend, Clarke and Murray archery clubs sent a total 34 archers to compete in the bullseye and 3D tournaments with eight earning a trip to Nationals later this month.

With a personal best score of 292 for fourth place in bullseye, Clarke sophomore Masan Redman is headed on to the Western National Tournament April 23-25 in Sandy, Utah. His finish landed him first in 10th grade boys and tied third overall in boys. Masan was additionally named all-state for archery.

Going to Nationals with Masan is the Clarke Elementary 3D team, who came away with a team score of 1,252 to rank 13 of 13 elementary teams. The team is made up of fifth-graders Davyn Hawxby, Georgia Eckels and Brecken Porter, and fourth-graders Aubri Houge, Cameron Lampe, Joella Hatfield and Zaylani Wagner.

Individually, Davyn shot a personal best of 209 to rank 109th in elementary boys. Georgia scored 189 and ranked 58th in elementary girls. Brecken placed a score of 206 to rank 112th in elementary boys. Aubri had a personal best of 213 to rank 40th in elementary girls and eighth in fourth grade girls. With a 230 score, Cameron ranked 71st in elementary boys and 15th in fourth grade boys. Joella shot 204 to rank 10th in elementary girls and 15th in fourth grade girls. Zaylani scored 190 to rank 57th in elementary and 13th in fourth grade girls.

Winners from Nationals will go on to compete in the Championships June 18-20 in Daytona, Florida.

Additional results

Clarke High School

In addition to bullseye, Masan also competed in the 3D tournament. He ended with a score of 278 for 53rd overall in boys, 40th in high school boys and 10th in 10th grade boys.

Ninth grader Landon Fry and 10th grader Levi White competed in both events.

Landon scored a 285, a personal best, in bullseye to rank 32nd of high school boys and sixth in ninth grade boys. In 3D, he scored 273 for a rank of 74 in high school boys and 18 in ninth grade.

Levi shot a 269 in bullseye to rank 227th in high school boys and a 260 in 3D gave him 187th in high school boys.

In bullseye, seniors Casey Wade and Easton Brokaw scored 256 and 254 apiece to rank 296 and 463 in high school boys.

Dwight Humphrey, 10th grade, shot a 279 in bullseye and ranked 96th of high school boys. Junior Lucas Steinbach scored 275 to rank 138th, and Carson Jones 264 to rank 306.

Representing Clarke high school girls at state bullseye were 11th grader Libby Wright and ninth grader Alexis McDole.

Libby shot a 259 to rank 296 of high school girls.

A personal best for Alexis of 261 ranked her at 265th.

Murray High School

Two Murray high schoolers shot in both events - ninth grader Hunter Richman and 11th grader Brock Heaberlin.

Hunter shot a 282 in 3D, ranking 23rd in high school boys and fourth in ninth grade boys. In bullseye, he shot a 275 for a high school rank of 135.

Brock scored 246 in 3D to rank 265 in high school boys and a score of 266 in bullseye for a rank of 271.

In bullseye, senior Chris Halterman-West shot a 264 and ranked 210th in high school boys. Eleventh grader Daisy Grubbs ranked 148th in high school girls with a score of 270, and 10th grade’s Keira Mumaw shot a 271 to rank 128th in high school girls.

Clarke Middle School

Connor Williams, seventh grade, shot in both bullseye and 3D for Clarke, scoring a personal best in both with 270 and 271 respectively. He ranked 104th of middle school boys in bullseye and 39th in 3D, as well as 15th in seventh grade boys for 3D.

Eighth graders Dayton Howe and Bentley Hawk shot in the bullseye event, with scores of 258 and 256 and ranks of middle school boys 276 and 321 respectively. Jayden Lampe, sixth grade, shot a 244 and ranked 479 in middle school boys.

Chloe Cockayne and Brynnley Porter, both seventh graders, shot a 257 and 253 respectively. Chloe ranked 159 in middle school girls and Brynnley 192.

Murray Middle School

Hagen Mills, eighth grade, represented Murray in both 3D and bullseye, scoring a 256 in 3D to rank 72nd in middle school girls and 270 in bullseye for a rank of 60th.

Eighth grader Dillyliah Catalano shot in bullseye, scoring 257 to rank 165 of middle school girls.

Clarke Elementary - bullseye

In bullseye, Georgia scored a personal best of 238 and ranked 61st in elementary girls.

Joella Hatfield scored a personal best of 237 to rank 63rd in elementary girls and 10th in fourth grade girls.

Davyn scored a personal best of 244 in bullseye and ranked 96th in elementary boys.

Cameron scored 236 earning a rank of 136th in elementary boys in bullseye.

Brecken’s score of 221 gave him an elementary boys rank of 199.

Murray Elementary

Chase LeMastres and Lane Mumaw, both fifth graders, competed in both events.

Chase scored 230 in 3D and 241 in bullseye, a personal best, to rank 74th and 105th of elementary boys respectively.

Lane shot a 230 in 3D to rank 94th in elementary boys and a 238 in bullseye for an elementary boys rank of 123.

Competing for elementary girls in bullseye were fifth graders Molly Norman and Jemma Parrish.

Jemma scored 230 and ranked 75th in elementary girls while Jemma scored a 197 for 132nd in elementary girls.

Coach reflections

Murray head coach Maigan Mumaw shared her thoughts on the season.

“As head coach, I would first like to say that this year has been an incredible year for our archery team! Danielle [Norman] and I are very proud of our group of kids and the effort they put in all season. With the season being longer this year, we faced some pretty harsh trials,” she said. “Despite these hiccups, our kids grew more confident with every tournament and every practice. This growth in confidence culminated in all of our archers shooting personal best scores and 11 of them qualifying for state. Danielle and I are very much looking forward to next season with the hope of continued growth with the program!”

In a post, Clarke head coach Bert Houge said,

“Archery challenges mental toughness, chips away at your confidence and forces you to face yourself when you are least prepared for it. All of the archers this year have done that and that is something to be very proud of. Thank you again for an amazing season.”