Spring N.D. 4-H archery match winners named

Special to the Journal

Teams from Morton, Logan, Rolette, Ramsey and McIntosh counties won first-place honors in the 4-H Archery Shooting Sports State Match held May 13-15 at the newly renovated North Dakota 4-H Camp near Washburn.

Nearly 170 4-H'ers competed in 3-D archery, field archery and World Federation field archery. Senior freestyle division participants competed in all three events to qualify for the 2017 4-H National Invitational Match in Grand Island, Neb.

The 3-D archery event consisted of bare bow and freestyle divisions. Participants scored 30 3-D animal targets, with one arrow shot at each for a complete round and total score of 300.

The yardages were adjusted for participants' age, with seniors shooting a maximum of 50 yards, juniors 35 yards and beginners 25 yards in 3-D and field archery.

World Federation field archery was for seniors only. The archery course had four shooting distances marked from 30 to 60 meters.

Here are the results by category:

Senior Division

* Freestyle team - first, Morton County (team members Braeden Kraft, Kinley Hetletved, Blake Hensley and Tanner Bitz).

* Freestyle individual - top scorer, Kraft, with a score of 785.

* Bare bow individual, 3-D - top scorer, Dixie Sauter, Grant County, with a score of 118.

Junior Division

* Freestyle team - first, Logan County (team members Trenton Erbele, Charmaine Haas and Payton Haas).

* Bare bow team - first, Rolette County (team members Wyatt Dunlop, Sabrina Dunlop, Marti Moberg and Isadora Morin).

* Field archery team - first, Ramsey County (team members Hannah Morstad, Peter Wang, Emily Tjelta and Rachel Alexander).

* Freestyle individual, 3-D - top scorer, Erbele, with a score of 245.

* Bare bow individual - top scorer, Wyatt Dunlop, with a score of 181.

* Field archery individual, freestyle - top scorer, Matthew Schauer, Ward County, with a score of 171.

* Field archery individual, bare bow - top scorer, Syndey Steiner, Hettinger County, with a score of 31.

Beginner Division

* Freestyle team - first, Morton County (team members Cutter Craig, Kendra Boehm, Hatley Hetletved and Kylie Thompson).

* Bare bow team - first, McIntosh County (team members Kenady Gross, Hailey Metzger, Camden Weist and Kya Weist).

* Freestyle individual, 3-D - top scorer, Hunter Gegelman, Stutsman County, with a score of 241.

* Bare bow individual, 3-D - top scorer, Gross, with a score of 153.

Master's Division

This division is for shooting sports participants who have qualified or attended the national shooting sports event in past years.

* First - Jacob Ellingson, Morton County, with a combined score of 757 in the three archery events.

* Second - Erin Morstad, Ramsey County, with a combined score of 755.

* Third - Christopher Morstad, Ramsey County, with a combined score of 735.