Two state records set at state NASP tournament
Two state records fell at the 18th annual National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament March 15-16 at the Sandhills Global Events Center in Lincoln.
Sydney Havlat of Milford scored 292 points out of a possible 300 shooting bull’s-eye targets for a record score for females. Also, Omaha Mater Dei Academy totaled 2,709 points for the state record elementary division team score.
NASP is an in-school curriculum covering target archery for students in grades 4-12. The state tournament is the largest archery event in Nebraska. The state tournament saw 700 student-archers shoot bull’s-eye targets and 300 shoot 3D targets.
The results:
Individual Results
Elementary
Female – 1. Christine Ng, Omaha Mater Dei Academy, 262; 2. Morgan Meysenburg, Lincoln Blessed Sacrament, 256; 3. Amabelle Shumate, Mater Dei Academy, 248; 4. Ruth Merrimen, Mater Dei Academy, 243; 5. Lily Miller, Mater Dei Academy, 243.
Male – 1. Hunter Therkildsen, Bellevue Cornerstone Christian, 280; 2. Evan King, Cornerstone Christian, 259; 3. Asis Diaz, Mater Dei Academy, 255; 4. Caleb Lehman, Yorkshire Homeschool, 254; 5. Corey Goodwin, Lincoln St. John, 249.
Middle School
Female – 1. Maddie Hoyle, Lincoln Pound MS, 283; 2. Melanie Elsasser, Pound MS, 280; 3. Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool, 273; 4. Brooklyn Devall, Tri-City Homeschool, 270; 5. Avery Ostdiek, Lawrence-Nelson, 268.
Male – 1. Camdon Roker, Lincoln Pounds MS, 289; 2. Danny Fuller, Superior, 283; 3. Eli Collins, Cornerstone Christian, 279; 4. Peter Pulliam, Mater Dei Academy, 278; 5. Chris Wissenburg, Milford, 276.
High School
Female – 1. Sydney Havlat, Milford, 292; 2. Kamryn Wanser, Lincoln Standing Bear, 283; 3. Ayla Salistean, Milford, 280; 4. Olivia Burns, Standing Bear, 279; 5. Addison Wolfe, Lincoln Southeast, 278.
Male – 1. Harrison Harvey, Lincoln Southwest, 284; 2. Aaron Wholeb, Lincoln Southwest, 284; 3. Landon Sterns, Lincoln Southwest, 283; 4. James Wissenburg, Milford, 282; 5. Aiden March, Lincoln Southwest, 280.
Overall High Score
Female – Sydney Havlat, Milford, 292
Male – Camdon Roker, Lincoln Pound MS, 289
Nebraska Bowhunters Association Sportsmanship Trophy – Milford
Team Results
Elementary – 1. Omaha Mater Dei, 2,709; 2. Lawrence-Nelson, 2,423; 3. Lincoln Blessed Sacrament, 2,285.
Middle School – 1. Lincoln Pound MS, 3,164; 2. Bellevue Cornerstone Christian, 3,132; 3. Omaha Mater Dei, 3,078.
High School – 1. Milford, 3,238; 2. Omaha Mater Dei, 3,194; 2. Lincoln Pius X, 3,054.
SACO Duels – 1. Lincoln Standing Bear; 2. Lincoln Pound MS; 3. Superior; 4. Lincoln St. John
Nebraska Endowment Scholarship – Females: Sydney Havlat, Milford, $2,500; Kamryn Wanser, Standing Bear, $1,500; Ayla Salistean, Milford, $1,000; Males: Camdon Roker, Lincoln Pound MS, $2,500; James Wissenburg, Milford, $1,500; Aaron Wohleb, Lincoln Southwest, $1,000
NASP All-Nebraska Academic Archer Team
Will Muff, Lincoln Pius X
Chason Bell, Lincoln Scott MS
Sydney Bisson, Cornerstone Christian
Morgan Bridges, Cornerstone Christian
Damien Brown, Lincoln North Star
Olivia Burns, Standing Bear
Eli Collins, Cornerstone Christian
Anna Diessner, Tri-City Homeschool
Connor Evridge, Cornerstone Christian
Danny Fuller, Superior
Hailey Green, Lincoln Southeast
Maddie Hoyle, Lincoln Pound MS
Aidan Jedlecki, Cornerstone Christian
London Lambrecht, Lincoln Southeast
Kenley Lovitt, Milford
Aidan Mach, Lincoln Southwest
Camdon Roker, Lincoln Pound MS
Ayla Salistean, Milford
Brody Schnieders, Lincoln Pius X
Hunter Therkildsen, Cornerstone Christian
Kamryn Wanser, Standing Bear
Christopher Wissenburg, Milford
James Wissenburg, Milford
Aaron Wohleb, Lincoln Southwest
Registration open for turkey calling clinics
Improve your turkey calling skills just in time for spring turkey season with workshops set up in four communities across Nebraska starting March 23.
Learn different calls to use, strategies for how and when to call turkeys, and what turkey sounds are most important to a successful hunt.
Clinics in partnership with SCHEELS will be 10-11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 23 at the Omaha SCHEELS, and 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 6 at the Lincoln SCHEELS. Cost is $15 and participants will receive a $15 SCHEELS gift card after the clinic. Participants should bring their own turkey call. Reserve a seat for the Omaha clinics at www.Scheels.com/OMTurkey or the Lincoln clinic at www.Scheels.com/LITurkey.
Free clinics will be 2 to 3 p.m. April 6 at the Kearney Outdoor Education Complex in Kearney, and 10:30 a.m. to noon April 7 at the Beatrice Gun Club in Beatrice. Participants are encouraged to bring their own call to use as a limited number of calls will be available for use during the workshop. Register for the clinics through the event listings at Calendar.OutdoorNebraska.gov.
The turkey calling clinics are hosted by Nebraska Game and Parks and National Wild Turkey Federation in partnership with SCHEELS.
For more information, email maddison@nwtf.net.
