Menchville Archery Team earns a shot at States with Regional Tournament win
The Menchville Archery Team claimed another first place victory Friday at the Newport News Regional Archery Tournament on January 26th. Menchville had a team score of 3219, improving 43 points from their total at last year’s tournament and cementing the team’s spot at the Virginia State Archery Tournament in March.
In addition to taking first overall team, Menchville students swept the individual archer categories, with first, second, and third place wins in both the girls and boys divisions.
Sophomore and Academic Archer Felix Arsenault and Junior Chris Kessel took second and third in the boys category, with scores of 280 and 275, respectively. Senior and NASP Academic Archer Alan McGuire won first place with a score of 281. McGuire shot 25 points higher than his score at the Regional Tournament last year and hit fifteen 10s in the center of the target.
Senior Sherry Paranuk, with a score of 272, and Freshman Hannah Hollis, with a 270, placed second and third in the girls division. First place in the girls category was won by Sophomore and Academic Archer Courtney Hodge with a score of 284 and sixteen perfect 10s. Hodge also ranked first overall in the tournament, and her score of 284 (a 22-point improvement from her showing at last year’s Regional Tournament) was the highest of the competition.
The members of the Menchville Archery Team will now practice and prepare for their next competition, the Virginia State Archery Tournament, on March 10. During the 2017 season, the team advanced all the way to the NASP World Archery Tournament after consistently placing high in regional, state, and national competitions. With such a strong start at the Regional Tournament, the team is well on their way to going to Worlds again this summer.
Archer Scores:
Courtney Hodge- 284
Alan McGuire- 281
Felix Arsenault- 280
Chris Kessel- 275
Sherry Paranuk- 272
Hannah Hollis- 270
Ethan Pittman- 268
Tyrek Lee- 264
Hailee Ward- 261
Juliana Cerny- 260
Mohummed Taha- 259
Ben Beal- 259
Anthony Cretacci- 256
Elisa Konop- 256
Noah Reynolds- 255
Chris von Schmidt-Pauli- 254
Curtis Merkel- 253
Ethan Matthews- 248
Andrew Ross- 244
Andrew Marcum- 243
Kynlee Johnson- 239
Michael Koutsogiannis- 233
Beth Ellis- 232
Ashley Johnson- 217
Dorianne Ras- 211
David Lembersky- 189
Brittany Steele- 170
Committed to graduate in 2020, Laura Madler is Editor-in-Chief and fourth year staff writer for the Lion's Roar. Outside of class, she can be found twirling...
