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North Woods, Ely notch shooting medals

Nearly 400 archers compete as part of National Archery in the Schools program

David Colburn
Posted 1/25/23

FIELD TWP- Archers from 13 regional schools descended on North Woods School on Saturday for the annual tournament sanctioned by the National Archery in the Schools program.A total of 379 archers from …

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North Woods, Ely notch shooting medals

Nearly 400 archers compete as part of National Archery in the Schools program

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FIELD TWP- Archers from 13 regional schools descended on North Woods School on Saturday for the annual tournament sanctioned by the National Archery in the Schools program.
A total of 379 archers from fourth to twelfth grade stepped to the firing line for competition in traditional bullseye shooting, and 163 of them also shot in a new category for the tourney this year, 3-D game animal targets.
North Woods and Ely both had teams entered in the tourney and came away with numerous top five division medalists in each style of shooting.
In bullseye competition for the Grizzlies, Cadence Nelson took second in the high school girls division. North Woods middle schoolers won their division on the strength of Merilee Scofield’s and Brady Swanson’s second place finishes, along with Cooper Long notching third and Laurin Glass placing fifth.
Ely’s Laydan Hart was the top scoring archer among middle school boys, and Hayden Weidemann equaled Hart’s winning feat in the elementary boys division. Cylvia DeBeltz placed third in the high school girls division.
North Woods had eight top-five finishers in 3-D game animal shooting and again claimed the middle school championship. In the high school division, Cadence Nelson took fourth among girls and Blaze Markwardt and Riley Las placed third and fourth for the boys. Middle school girls with high placements included Merilee Scofield, second, and Laurin Glass, fourth. Brady Swanson led the middle school boys in second place, with Jacob Towner placing third and Buckley LeForte finishing fourth. Clark Danielson took second place among elementary boys.
For Ely, Hayden Weidemann took first place in the elementary boys division and Cylvia DeBeltz took third among high school girls.