Teammates Owen Peterson and Quade Everson pose with their champion Beginner Freestyle team plaques. Also receiving top team honors not shown are Teigen Bloms and Hunter Schultz.

Ward County 4-H Shooting Sports hosted State 4-H Indoor Archery Championship on April 22 at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds. North Dakota 4-H youth from 23 counties attended. There were 281 youth in attendance; 35 were from Ward County.

Indoor archery matches divide into groups by age and bow type. Ages are Beginner (eight to 10 years old), Junior (11 to 13), and Senior (14 to 18). There is also a Masters division for those at least 14 years old who qualify for a national contest in their age and bow division. The bow divisions are Barebow, which has no sights or releases on the bow, and Freestyle, which holds either a sight or a release.

Results for top places for individuals, teams, and Ward County participants from the match are as follows:

Masters Freestyle division individuals: 1st place – Bennett Schuler, Morton County, with a perfect score of 300; 2nd place – Kadin Beneke, Morton County, 298; 3rd place – Jake Ceynar, McKenzie County, 297 and 40 x’s; 4th place – Clay Ceynar, McKenzie County, 297 and 32 x’s;5th place – Hatley Hetletved, Morton County, 296.

Senior Freestyle division individuals:1st place – Parker Zimmerman, McIntosh County, with a score of 298; 2nd place – Kendra Boehm, Morton County, 295; 3rd place – Abigail Ferguson, Williams County, 294; 4th place – Jaxon Heilman, Pierce County, 291; 5th place – Rita Braun, Morton County, 290; 6th place – Dawson Beadle, McKenzie County, 289; 7th place – James McGrath, Morton County, 287; 8th place – Katie Schmidt, Hettinger County, 283; 9th place – Jaden Henning, Dickey County, 282 and 21 x’s; 10th place – Monica Yoder, Pierce County, 282 and 16 x’s. Representing Ward County were Axel Holter from Donnybrook, Clay Carpenter from Granville, Elizabeth Kraft and Teagan Strilcov from Minot, and Shelsey Brandvold, and Stetson Brandvold from Ryder.

Senior Freestyle division teams: 1st place team – Boehm, Braun, McGrath, and Tanner Frieze from Morton County with a combined score of 872 points; 2nd place team – Beadle, Dylon Cargo, Ryan Pingle, and Hailey Wendlandt from McKenzie County, 849 points; 3rd place team – Nova Morton, Kadence Reindel, K. Schmidt, and Mark Schmidt from Hettinger County, 834 points.

Senior Barebow division individuals: 1st place – James Dahl, Emmons County, with a score of 275; 2nd place – Jayden Diffely, McLean County, 271; 3rd place – Kenaday Gross, McIntosh County, 267; 4th place – J. Henning, Dickey County, 263; 5th place – Shelby Miller, Dickey County, 260; 6th place – Chloe Schmidt, Hettinger County, 259; 7th place – Jeremiah Patten, Williams County, 259; 8th place – Porter Glynn, Dickey County, 256; 9th place – J. Ceynar, McKenzie County, 253 and nine x’s; 10th place – Pingle, McKenzie County, 253 and six x’s; Representing Ward Count was Elizabeth Michel from Berthold.

Senior Barebow division teams: 1st place team – P. Glynn, J. Henning, Paige Henningson, and S. Miller from Dickey County, with a combined score of 779 points; 2nd place team – Megan Monke, N. Morton, C. Schmidt, and K. Schmidt from Hettinger County, 750 points; 3rd place team – C. Ceynar, J. Ceynar, Ethan Morris, and Pingle from McKenzie County, 743 points.

Junior Freestyle division individuals:1st place – Haidyn Mosset, Morton County, with a score of 150; 2nd place – Zoe Peterson, Morton County, 149 and 28 x’s; 3rd place – Levi Keith, Hettinger County, and Landon Mosset, Morton County, 149 and 21 x’s; 5th place – Hank Dinius, Hettinger County, 149 and 14 x’s; 6th place – Sierra Fitterer, Slope County, 144 and 15 x’s; 7th place – Anna Bargmann, Morton County, 144 and nine x’s; 8th place – Aliyah Williams, Pierce County, 143 and 11 x’s; 9th place – Beau Keith, Hettinger County, 143 and 10 x’s; 10th place – Hannah Russell, Pembina County, 143 and seven x’s. Representing Ward County were Wade Asmundson from Berthold, Brynlee Bloms from Carpio, Faith Carpenter from Granville, Breanna Mindt, Grady Mostad, Tyson Perdue, and Cole Whitcher from Minot, and Tyson Barden and Piper Thompson from Surrey.

Junior Freestyle division teams:1st place team – Bargmann, H. Mosset, L. Mosset, and Z. Peterson from Morton County, with a combined score of 448 points; 2nd place team – Dinius, B. Keith, L. Keith, and Kaleb Reindel from Hettinger County, 441 points; 3rd place team – Matthew Arnston, Raegan Hager, Brandie Yoder, and A. Williams from Pierce County, 419 points.

Junior Barebow division individuals: 1st place – Michaela Bierman, Dickey County, with a score of 274; 2nd place – Presley Thompson, McLean County, 270 and 11 10’s; 3rd place – Louis Schmidt, Dickey County, 270 and eight 10’s; 4th place – Molly Jochim, McLean County, 269, 5th place – Haylie Bentz, McLean County, 267; 6th place – Bella Wimer, McLean County, 266; 7th place – Kaylee Magandy, McLean County, 263; 8th place – Alyssa Brummund, LaMoure County, 260; 9th place – Jazmyn Zaun, LaMoure County, 258; 10th place – Emmy Kiecker, LaMoure County, 257. Also representing Ward County were Abrielle Michel from Berthold, Brynlee Bloms from Carpio, Mindt and Clara Potts from Minot, Raegan Albert from Ryder

Junior Barebow division teams:1st place team – Bentz, Jochim, Presley Thompson, and Wimer from McLean County with a combined score of 806; 2nd place team – Bierman, Harper Glynn, Marlee Miller, and L. Schmidt from Dickey County, 799 points; 3rd place team – Brummund, Lilah Ketterling, Kiecker, and Zaun from LaMoure County, 775 points.

Beginner Freestyle division individuals:1st place – Isaac Scherr, Burleigh County, with a score of 142 and 13 x’s; 2nd place – Quade Everson, Ward County (Minot), 142 and nine x’s; 3rd place – Austin Heupel, McIntosh County, 135; 4th place – Jase Clemens, Bottineau County, 134; 5th place – Ryann Veith, Morton County, 133 and four x’s; 6th place – Kinzy Roeder, Morton County, 133 and three x’s; 7th place – Owen Peterson, Ward County (Minot), 127; 8th place – Lucas Kraft, McHenry County, 125; 9th place – Gracie Russell, Pembina County, 123 and four x’s; 10th place – Jake Kessel, Adams County, 123 and three x’s. Also representing Ward County were Beckett Bloms, Teigen Bloms, and Avery Corpe from Burlington, Cason Schenfisch, Gage Schenfisch, Hunter Schultz, and Hadley Yoder from Minot, Kendall Janz from Ryder, and Blake Guritz from Surrey

Beginner Freestyle division teams: 1st place team – T. Bloms, Everson, O. Peterson, and Schultz, Ward County, with a combined score of 385 points; 2nd place team – Laila Gartner, Ryder Peterson, Roeder, and Veith, Morton County, 366 points; 3rd place team – Reece Bentsen, Kessel, and Garrett Knuth, Adams County, 332 points.

Beginner Barebow division individuals: 1st place – Tayler Knoke, Ward County (Surrey), with a score of 248 points; 2nd place – Landon Larson, Towner County, 247 and three 10’s; 3rd place – KayDee Ceynar, McKenzie County, 247 and two 10’s; 4th place – Dekker Mosley, Dickey County, 241; 5th place- Payton Schultz, McKenzie County, 240; 6th place – Owen Bratlie, Dickey County, 238; 7th place- Janz, Ward County, 232 and five 10’s; 8th place – Claire Miller, Hettinger County, 232 and four 10’s; 9th place – Veith, Morton County, 224 and four 10’s; 10th place – RyLynn Stecher, Slope County, 244 and two 10’s. Also representing Ward County were Everson, Henry Fitzpatrick, and Charlotte Fitzpatrick from Minot, Taryn Albert from Ryder, and Logan Thompson from Surrey

Beginner Barebow division teams: 1st place team – K. Ceynar, Noah Ellis, P. Shultz, and Paul Smith, McKenzie County with a combined score of 710 points; 2nd place team – Bratlie, Paisley Henning, Evoleht Holt, and Mosley, Dickey County, 701 points; 3rd place team – Shyann Awender, Kaycee Green, Charlette Marxen, and C. Miller, Hettinger County, 671 points.