FIELD TWP- Student archers from 18 schools descended on North Woods School last Saturday for the annual North Woods bullseye and 3D target meets, with students from both North Woods and Ely faring well in the competition.
The Grizzlies and the Wolves each had first place individual winners on the day. North Woods had four archers claim top spots in their divisions. Seventh grader Laurin Glass took first out of 48 competitors in the middle school girls division for 3D. In bullseye competition, seventh grader Cooper Long placed first out of 87 middle school boys and first overall out of 212 male archers, seventh grader Michaela Brunner took top honors out of 72 middle school girls and third overall among 188, and fourth grader Bailey Brunner placed first out of 41 elementary girls.
Ely sophomore Sabra Hart finished atop the heap out of 75 high school girls in bullseye.
North Woods captured first in both the elementary and middle school divisions of the 3D competition. Fourth grader Bailey Brunner placed third out of 22 elementary girls. Medaling for the middle schoolers were seventh grader Brady Swanson, third out of 55 boys, Long in fourth for the boys, and Brunner placed second out of 48 girls. Senior Cadence Nelson also placed second in the high school girls competition out of 46 competing.
Ely’s elementary squad placed second in 3D, with fifth Grader Aspen McCoy placing fifth out of 22 girls in the competition. Eighth grader Talan Hart’s fifth place finish out of 55 middle school boys paced the Wolves to a third-place team finish.
In the bullseye competition, the North Woods middle school team captured first, with Brady Swanson capturing a third-place medal out of 87 boys competing. The senior high team took second, with Nelson taking fourth out of 75 girls and senior Riley Las placing third about 60 boys competing.
Ely sixth grader Hayden Weidemann and seventh grader Payson Kundlinger spurred the Wolves to a second-place finish in middle school bullseye. Weidemann finished fourth out of 87 boys and Kundlinger placed fourth out of 72 girls.