ARCHERY: East Elementary places 3rd in NASP World Bull’s-eye Tournament

Published 2:14 pm Monday, June 11, 2018

East Elementary smiles for the camera after finishing third in the NASP World Bull's-eye Tournament in Louisville, Ky. last weekend.

East Elementary wrapped up another spectacular season with a third-place finish at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) World Bull’s-eye Tournament in Louisville, Ky. last weekend.

The school, which also placed fifth in the World IBO 3D Challenge, tallied 3,215 points, finishing just behind Louisiana’s Benton Elementary (3,317) and Kingston Elementary (3,290) in the 63-team field.

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The top 12 scores (minimum four male and four female) were as follows: Evan Dockery (281); Brinley Hurt (277); Jack Yeager (272); Briana Willoughby (271); Arianna Scott (271); Allie Stewart (270); Ava Ray (269); Ava Flores (267); Julian Skinner (262); Cole Burnham (262); Piper Speake (261) and Cole Carden (252).

Vinemont’s Kayden Henderson (277) also competed in the elementary division as an individual.

Cullman Middle School — led by a 288 from Carson Starnes — placed 24th out of 92 schools, while West Point High School — led by a pair of 285’s from Ethan Little and Matthew Dunagan — finished 38th out of 88 schools.

East Elementary rounded up 1,615 points to claim fifth place in the IBO 3D Challenge.

Ava Ray spearheaded the superb effort with 281 points, which was second among all fifth-grade girls (111) and third among all elementary school girls (171).

The rest of the top counting scores (minimum two male and two female) were as follows: Brinley Hurt (274); Allie Stewart (270); Arianna Scott (267); Jack Yeager (262) and Julian Skinner (258).

Cullman Middle School finished seventh in the IBO 3D Challenge.

Will Bolzle secured 291 points, which was the tops among all sixth-grade boys and seventh among all middle school boys (302). Claude Thomas (289) was third out of 106 eighth-grade boys, while Carson Starnes (286) was fourth out of 87 sixth-grade boys.

Kilie Cosper (278), Roman Shields (267) and Samantha Johnson (259) rounded out the top scores — minimum two male and two female.