The Mustang Archery team traveled to Prairie on Saturday to compete in the Prairie Archery Bullseye and 3D Tournament. Head Coach Jason Robinson had this to say about the start of the season. “I think we have had a good start to the year so far. Our new archers had their first competition. Hopefully they were able to get all their nerves out. I am looking forward to the continued growth as the season progresses. We have a good number of archers that have committed to change their form to improve their scores, which will not happen overnight. By the end of the season those archers should be right where they want to be. Much thanks to the volunteers and coaches that make our program so special!”
The Mustang Archers will have a few more practices before the holiday break. After the break, they will travel to Center Point Urbana Jan. 7, 2023, for their next tournament.
Prairie Archery Bullseye Tournament results:At the bullseye team level, the elementary team participated in their first tournament of the season and finished in second place with a score of 2340. For the elementary team, Grant Vaughn finished in third, Becker Reinken in fifth and Rod Mercer placed sixth. The middle school team placed third with a score of 3047. Wes Haskell had a great day on the range and finished in second place and Paul Morris placed fifth for the middle school archers. The high school team placed fifth with a score of 3219. Walker Bilden finished in second place while shooting personal best 289 to continue his hot start to the season. And, for the second week in a row, Bilden had a perfect 50 round.
Prairie 3D results:
For 3D, Finn Plattner shot a 186 to finish in first place for elementary team. The middle school team was solid and finished in second place. Weston Haskell, Brinson Grenis, and Jake Shady finished in third, fourth, and fifth place for the middle school team. The high school team had another great tournament finishing in second place. Lainey Kelly finished in third place and Sierra Snyder finished in fourth for the high school girls.
Elementary School Bullseye (fourth-fifth grades) — Nora Burge, 44; Holden Carr, 90; Corbyn Clark, 221; Nathaniel Cook, 134; Natalie Ford, 177; Rowan Gillespie, 102; Samuel Gondek, 121; Kenlyn Grenis, 175; Hayden Hedges, 141; Haylee Hedges, 111; Charlynn Holtz, 115; Kellen Johanningmeier, 172; Rod Mercer, 222; Blake Miller, 214; Jack Morgan, 164; Reece Oldfield, 60; Paxten Pisarik, 186; Finn Plattner, 217; Laine Pospisil, 219; Anders Rasmussen, 147; MaKenna Reif, 45; Becker Reinken, 225; Nicholas Schneider, 96; Elizabeth Schwiebert, 127; Charlie Studt, 41; Grant Vaughn, 226; Tristan Weaver, 100
3D – Finn Plattner, 186
Middle School Bullseye (sixth-eighth grades) — Ireland Anderson, 221; JiSeob Bishop, 181; Hannah Bray, 190; Trulie Breidinger, 230; Jaidyn Burge, 127; Brock Chapman, 183; Quint Chickering, 244; Collin Clark, 246; Calvin Crawford, 251; Grey Denes, 240; Danny Dye, 254; Brinson Grenis, 260; Kenzie Hanna, 168; Weston Haskell, 272; Josephine Hocker, 199; Isaac Huebner, 234; Landon Johanningmeier, 252; Chris Jones, 208; Piper Kaiser, 241; Quinn Kirby, 176; Sasha Knutson, 113; Mallie Lange, 185; Ryker Lee, 259; Izaak Leonard, 246; Leah Leonard, 241; Miles Locke, 261; Taylor Manternach, 246; Hannah Morf, 210; Paul Morris, 265; Nathan Nederhiser, 255; Hanna Newton, 172; Quinlan O’Connor, 171; Heath Palmer, 215; Kenzi Pisarik, 172; Cameron Poggenpohl, 242; Serenity Robards, 256; Christopher Schneider, 211; Alaina Sellner, 125; Jake Shady, 264; Gunner Steinberg, 237; Charlie Stewart, 226; Connor Teague, 169; Frankie Uthe, 204; Michael Walker, 244; Cole Weddington, 161; Hutson Wiesenhofer, 241; Hagen Wilkins, 239; Lillian Wood, 231
3D – Trulie Breidinger, 249; Brock Chapman, 176; Grey Denes, 224; Brinson Grenis, 261; Weston Haskell, 262; Chris Jones, 197; Piper Kaiser, 221; Quinn Kirby, 162; Ryker Lee, 238; Cameron Poggenpohl, 221; Serenity Robards, 255; Jake Shady, 255; Gunner Steinberg, 247; Charlie Stewart, 205; Frankie Uthe, 131; Hutson Wiesenhofer, 249
High School Bullseye –Brooke Bausch, 255; Walker Bilden, 289; Payson Burge, 242; Jacob Cannon, 272; Cyrus Cannon, 248; Raelynn Ciha, 232; Marin Denes, 259; Sarah Fluharty, 262; Erin Gaffney, 206; Jayda Gillespie, 230; Levi Hanna, 250; Marquez Ireland, 259; Lainey Kelly, 265; Riah Koster, 215; Eli Koster, 245; Jaks Lee, 248; Aleece Lee, 244; Kaitlyn Lighthall, 259; Gabriel Mahoney, 278; Austin Mercer, 227; Mason Miller, 248; Ingrid Morf, 217; Amy Morris, 237; Natalie Nederhiser, 275; Jayce Pendergrass, 256; Korah Robinson, 213; Cayden Scheil, 264; Ian Shady, 281; Sierra Snyder, 261; Jaelynn Williams, 259
3D – Jacob Cannon, 254; Cyrus Cannon, 247; Sarah Fluharty, 261; Erin Gaffney, 168; Lainey Kelly, 276; Austin Mercer, 234; Amy Morris, 230; Ian Shady, 262; Sierra Snyder, 275; Jaelynn Williams, 227
Mustang archers Gunner Steinberg (left) and Grey Denes (right) check in for their 3D flight at Prairie