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Olivia Michel, Claire Babinchak and Rhett Bloms are all smiles at the Ward County 4-H Archery Match.
Ward County 4-H Shooting Sports hosted the Ward County Archery Match Feb. 21 at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds in Minot, welcoming 244 members from 19 counties, together with 35 archers from Ward County.
The indoor match featured classes divided by age and bow kind. Age divisions included Beginner (8-10 years), Junior (11-13), Senior (14-18), and Masters (age 14 and older who’ve certified for a nationwide contest). Bow divisions embody Barebow, which makes use of no sights or releases, and Freestyle, which permits for sights and releases.
Results for Ward County members are as follows:
– Senior Freestyle Division: first place, Teagan Strilcov, Minot, (Score: 298); sixth place, Breanna Mindt, Minot (Score: 293); eighth place, Grady Mostad, Minot (Score: 291).
Also representing Ward County have been Brynlee Bloms of Carpio; Faith Carpenter of Granville; Paislee Everson, Tyson Perdue, Rachel Privratsky, Cole Whitcher, Brandie Yoder of Minot; and Stetson Brandvold of Ryder.
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Tayler Knoke tallies a rating for a neighboring archer. Ward County 4-H volunteer Michael Peterson assists at the Ward County 4-H Archery Match.
Team Result: Mindt, Mostad, Strilcov and Whitcher positioned first with a mixed rating of 882.
– Senior Barebow Division: sixth place, Raegan Albert, Garrison (Score: 271).
Also representing Ward County have been B. Bloms, Mindt and Abrielle Michel of Berthold.
Team Result: R. Albert, B. Bloms, A. Michel and Mindt positioned fourth with a mixed rating of 770.
Junior Freestyle Division: third place, Tyson Yoder, Minot (Score: 149); fourth place, Quade Everson, Minot (Score: 147); fifth place, Owen Peterson, Minot (Score: 146)
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Brynlee Bloms, Breanna Mindt and Abrielle Michel pose for a photograph at the Ward County 4-H Archery Match.
Also representing Ward County have been Heston Seifert of Burlington, Tatum Ehli, Peyton Opp, Ryder Prellwitz, Fletcher Privratsky, Hadley Yoder and Kelbie Yoder of Minot, Sophia Carlton of Norwich and Tabitha Hauge of Surrey.
Team Result: Q. Everson, Hauge, O. Peterson, and T. Yoder positioned first with a mixed rating of 442.
– Junior Barebow Division: fourth place, Taryn Albert, Garrison (Score: 262)
Also representing Ward County was Tayler Knoke of Surrey.
Team Result: T. Albert and Knoke positioned sixth with a mixed rating of 496.
Beginner Freestyle Division: second place, Rhett Bloms, Carpio (Score: 128); ninth place, Parker Murphy, Carpio (Score: 119)
Also representing Ward County have been Claire Babinchak of Carpio, Emma Peterson and Lillian Privratsky of Minot.
Team Result: Babinchak, R. Bloms, Murphy, and E. Peterson positioned third with a mixed rating of 345.
– Beginner Barebow Division: ninth place, R. Bloms (Score: 206)
Representing Ward County have been Olivia Michel of Berthold, Landon Huettl of Garrison and Victoria Carlton of Norwich.
Team Result: R. Bloms, V. Carlton, Huettl and O. Michel positioned third with a mixed rating of 527.