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Archers shine at 4-H Archery Match

Submitted Photo Ward County 4-H Archer Raegan Albert takes aim with her Barebow – winning a belt buckle for first place at the Ward County Archery Match.

Ward County 4-H Shooting Sports hosted the Ward County Archery Match on Feb. 8 at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds, welcoming 248 participants from 23 counties, including 40 young archers from Ward County.

The indoor match featured categories divided by age and bow type: Beginners (8-10 years), Juniors (11-13), Seniors (14-18), and a Masters division for those at least 14 years old who qualified for a national contest. Bow divisions include Barebow, which uses no sights or releases, and Freestyle, which allows for sights and releases.

Results for Ward County participants from the match are as follows:

Senior Freestyle Division: fifth place – Breanna Mindt, Minot, (Score: 283); sixth place – Teagan Strilcov, Minot (Score: 282); eighth place – Paislee Everson, Minot (Score: 281); also representing Ward County were Brooklyn Bloms, Carpio; Faith Carpenter, Granville; Madison Privratsky, Gage Schenfisch, and Cole Whitcher, all of Minot; Stetson Brandvold, Ryder, and Tyson Barden, Surrey; team result – Brandvold, Everson, Mindt and Strilcov placed second with a combined score of 846.

Senior Barebow: first place – Raegan Albert, Garrison; third Place – Brynlee Bloms, Carpio (Score: 274); ninth place – Elizabeth Michel, Berthold (Score: 263, tied with two others); also representing Ward County were Abrielle Michel, Berthold; Rebecca Tetrault, Bowbells; and Mindt and Clara Potts, Minot; team result – Albert, Bloms, Michel and Potts placed second with a combined score of 815.

Submitted Photo Ward County 4-H Archers Clara Potts and Hope Anderson aim at targets during the Ward County 4-H Archery Match.

Junior Freestyle Division: fourth place – Quade Everson, Minot (Score: 146); ninth place – Grady Mostad, Minot (Score: 143); also representing Ward County were Heston Seifert, Burlington; Tatum Ehli, Tyson Perdue, Rachel Privratsky, Cason Schenfisch, Hunter Schultz and Hadley Yoder, all of Minot; Blake Guritz and Tabitha Hauge of Surrey; team result – Everson, Guritz, Mostad and Seifert placed third with a combined score of 424.

Junior Barebow Division: fifth place – Taryn Albert, Garrison (Score: 266); also representing Ward County was Emmy Novak, Minot; team result – Albert and Novak placed sixth with a combined score of 476.

Beginner Freestyle Division: first place – Owen Peterson, Minot (Score: 133); fourth place – Kelbie Yoder, Minot (Score: 128); also representing Ward County were Foxy Leavitt and Jennings Leavitt, Burlington; Lillian Privratsky and Daisy Zietz, Minot; team result: Leavitt, Peterson, Yoder, and Zietz placed first with a combined score of 361.

Beginner Barebow Division: Representing Ward County were Livvy Michel, Berthold; Finnley Neshem and Hyla Zietz, Burlington; Rhett Bloms and Parker Murphy, Carpio; Hope Anderson and Eva Novak, Minot; team result – Anderson, Bloms, Michel and Neshem placed fourth with a combined score of 528.

Submitted Photo Ward County 4-H Archers Owen Peterson and Madison Privratsky take aim competing in Freestyle at the Ward County 4-H Archery Match.

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