FARGO, N.D. — Freestyle and barebow archery teams from Morton, Hettinger and McLean counties earned first-place awards in the 4-H state archery match at the North Dakota 4-H Camp near Washburn.
Senior freestyle archers were required to participate in 3-D, World Federation field archery and a half-field round of National Federation Archery Association archery. Based on the individuals’ cumulative scores from the three events, the top four archers will advance to the 2022 4-H National Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Neb.
The 3-D archery event consisted of bare bow and freestyle divisions. Participants scored 30 3-D animal targets at unknown distances, with one arrow shot at each, for a complete round and total score of 300. The senior field archery competition was shot at eight targets with a maximum 50-yard marked distances. The total score for field archery was 160.
The World Federation field archery course had four shooting distances marked from 30 to 60 meters, with a total score of 400. Beginner and junior archers participated in 3-D with an option to compete in the World Federation archery contest.
The four senior freestyle national team members and alternate qualifying seniors to represent North Dakota are:
- Jorn Brose, Ward County, with a score of 754
- Bennett Schuler, Morton County, with a score of 742
- Kendra Boehm, Morton County, with a score of 727
- Jake Ceynar, McKenzie County, with a score of 713
- Alternate Jacob Russell, Dickey County, with a score of 704
- Alternate Clay Ceynar, McKenzie County, with a score of 678
The top senior freestyle team members were Bennett Schuler, Kendra Boehm and Kaleb Johnson from Morton County.
The official state 4-H match for senior barebow, junior and beginner age youth is the 3-D. The first-place senior barebow team is from Hettinger County. Members are Sydney Steiner, Megan Monke and Katie Schmidt.
Individual winners were:
- First – Steiner, with a score of 191
- Second – Monke, with a score of 120
- Third – Schmidt, with a score of 119
The junior freestyle division team from Morton County placed first in the 3-D competition. Members are Hatley Hetleved, Landon Mosset, Ellie Bargmann and Zoe Peterson.
Individual winners were:
- First – Hetleved, with a score of 238
- Second – Mosset, with a score of 234
- Third – Jayden Diffely, McLean County, with a score of 223
The McLean County team of Braelynn Smith, Molly Jochim, Mathew Jochim and Troyal Franklin placed first in the junior barebow division.
Individual winners were:
- First – Smith, with a score of 173
- Second – Molly Jochim, with a score of 146
- Third – Camden Weist, McIntosh County, with a score of 136
The Morton County team of Haidyn Mosset, Landon Wimer, Brandon Kunz and Makenzie Vogel placed first in beginner freestyle.
Individual winners were:
- First – Mosset, with a score of 190
- Second – Levi Keith, Slope County, with a score of 171
- Third – Wimer, with a score of 162
The McLean County team of Cole Franklin, Bella Wimer, Carter Hoyt and Kaylee Magandy placed first in beginner barebow.
Individual winners were:
- First – Breanna Mindt, Ward County, with a score of 138
- Second – Franklin, with a score of 126
- Third – Wimer, with a score of 124
The masters division consists of senior-age youth who already have qualified or attended a national competition. The winners in this division were:
- First – Tyler Brusseau, Stark-Billings County, with a score of 788
- Second – Taik Larsen, Stark-Billings County, with a score of 748
- Third – Shianne Boehm, Morton County, with a score of 746
- Fourth – Rylee Suhr, Griggs County, with a score of 720
Shooting sports is sponsored by Scheels, a supporter of the North Dakota 4-H Foundation.
— NDSU Extension
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