Young archers let the arrows fly at the Wilbanks January Tournament hosted by Wilbanks Middle School. The tournament started Friday afternoon, Jan. 26, and finished up at about noon on Saturday, Jan. 27.
Eight schools from around the area brought their elementary and middle school archery teams that varied in grades from 4 through 8. Approximately 139 archers attended the tournament in preparation to qualify for a trip to the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Eastern Nationals that will take place in May in Louisville, KY.
Habersham County was well represented, with five schools in the tournament. Stephens County had two schools attend, and Atha Road Elementary School traveled from Walton County to participate in the tournament.
The table below demonstrates the schools that participated in the tournament with the team score and the top male and female archers and their scores from each school. Individual scores can be found here at nasptournaments.org.
The top male archer in the tournament was 8th grade Aiden Perrin from Stephens County Middle School with a score of 266 out of 300. The top female archer was 6th grade Cheyenne Cantrell from Wilbanks Middle School with a score of 251 out of 300.
Wilbanks Middle School will host two more tournaments next month. The Wilbanks February Tournament will be held on February 9 and 10. This event will be another preparatory tournament for archers to hone their skills prior to the Wilbanks Qualifying February Tournament that will be held on February 23 and 24. The latter tournament is where archers and teams will attempt to qualify for the NASP Eastern Nationals.
