CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — The STC archery season is officially underway.

On December 2, 2023 the South Tama archers were joined by archers from Denver, Dike – New Hartford, Jesup, Mount Vernon, and West Fork at their home tournament to start off the season. Over 350 archers competed at the tournament which allowed archers to shoot Bullseye and 3D.

Three schools competed at Bullseye Elementary level with Mount Vernon taking first place followed by Jesup and South Tama. At the Middle School level Mount Vernon came in first again followed by South Tama, Jesup, Dike-New Hartford and Denver. Rounding off the team scoring was the High School level which saw Mount Vernon on top once again with the remaining teams coming in as follows: Jesup, Dike-New Hartford, South Tama and Denver.

South Tama individual scores for bullseye were as follows.

Elementary, 4th and 5th grade: 1st place boys-Connor Bradley- 270, 1st place girls-Milah Wanatee- 250, 2nd place boys-Alexandro Placencia- 248, Hunter Stanton- 216, Tucker Atcher- 169, Shayla Thiessen- 160, Brecken Pansegrau- 158, Gabe Wadey- 150, Blake Deason- 143, Jace Robson- 87, Harper Gates- 69, Lillia Benner- 68, Dominic Homan- 60, Luke Popelka- 47, Jace Thomas- 47, and Geargia Wadey- 29

Middle School, 6th – 8th grade: 2nd place girls- Ava Boldt- 281, 2nd place boys-Anthony Beck- 273, 7th place girls-Shelby Ford- 261, 10th place girls-Maelie Kinnaman- 245, Ayden Behounek- 242, Isabel Gomez- 239, Jayden Hiles- 239, Kendra Svacina- 234, Wyatt Feisel- 234, Logan Hoskey- 233, Lexie Cowles- 233, James Cowles- 228, Kiera Crouch- 226, Chase Axler- 225, Preston Hanus- 223, Clarissa Dvorak- 220, Keygan Cruikshank- 219, Stella Zmolek- 218, Cohen Unkrich- 190, Brenden Weitzell- 183, Quintyn Schroeder- 175, Stella Sawyer- 118, Ximena Raya- 88

High School, 9th — 12th grade: 2nd place boys-Timm Chandonia- 287, Lexi Thiessen- 267, Emma Kern-263, Olivia Bradley- 261, Elena Glockl- 257, Grace Gomez- 253, Wyatt Silhanek-248, Mya Mekanovic- 244, Jack Keenan- 242, Isabella Ortiz- 237, Josiah Houghten- 230, Robert Jensen- 214, Melissa Stanley- 150, Joseline Jensen- 53.

For 3D the four schools competing at the Middle and High school levels were South Tama, Mount Vernon, West Fork and Dike-New Hartford. Mount Vernon came out on top for both levels followed by West Fork, Dike-New Hartford and South Tama.

South Tama individual scores for 3D were as follows.

Middle School, 6th – 8th grade: Ava Boldt- 278, Shelby Ford- 235, Clarissa Dvorak- 217, Logan Hoskey- 214, Preston Hanus- 194, James Cowles- 193, Jayden Hiles- 189, Brenden Weitzell- 175, Cohen Unkrich- 129

High School 9th – 12th grade: 1st place boys-Timm Chandonia- 290, 7th place girls-Emma Kern- 256, 9th place girls-Olivia Bradley- 253, Wyatt Silhanek- 217, Grace Gomez- 203, Robert Jensen- 201, Josiah Houghton- 193, Melissa Stanley- 142.

Saturday December 9, 2023 the South Tama Archery Club traveled to Dike-New Hartford to compete. In the Bullseye competition Connor Bradley took 1st, Alexandro Placencia 3rd, Hunter Stanton 5th and Tucker Atcher 9th for Elementary boys while Milah Wanatee came in 4th for Elementary girls. For Middle School Ava Boldt placed 2nd and Shelby Ford took 5th place for girls, Timm Chandonia took 1st for High School Boys while Olivia Bradley came in 4th for High School girls.

Individual Scores for bullseye were as follows.

Elementary: Connor Bradley- 282, Alexandro Placencia- 245, Hunter Stanton- 225, Tucker Atcher- 213, Milah Wanatee- 211, Gabe Wadey- 171, Shayla Theissen- 162, Blake Deason- 153, Jace Robson- 144, Brennen Lastovka- 119, Luke Popelka- 87, Dominic Homan- 80, Jace Thomas- 53, Georgia Wadey- 11

Middle: Ava Boldt- 281, Shelby Ford- 259, Anthony Beck- 252, Jayden Hiles- 245, Isabel Gomez- 237, Kendra Svacina- 235, Lexie Cowles- 233, James Cowles- 228, Kiera Crouch- 226, Keygan Cruikshank- 218, Ayden Behounek- 208, Chase Axler- 204, Preston Hanus- 196, Clarissa Dvorak- 190, Maelie Kinnaman- 185, Quintyn Schroeder- 119

High: Timm Chandonia- 295, Olivia Bradley- 275, Lexi Theissen- 264, Mya Mekanovic- 256, Jack Keenan- 255, Elena Glockl- 254, Emma Kern- 254, Grace Gomez- 242, Isabella Ortiz- 241, Lincoln Ealy- 230, Josiah Houghton- 218, Robert Jensen- 188, Melissa Stanley- 175

Individual scores for 3D were as follows.

Elementary: Connor Bradley- 251, Alexandro Placencia- 228

Middle: Ava Boldt- 264, Shelby Ford- 257, Jayden Hiles- 252, Clarissa Dvorak- 235, Isabel Gomez- 232, Preston Hanus- 144

High: Timm Chandonia- 286, Olivia Bradley- 249, Grace Gomez- 243, Emma Kern- 236, Josiah Houghton- 231, Robert Jensen- 205, Melissa Stanley- 148

In the 3D competition, Connor Bradley and Alexandro Placencia took 1st and 2nd places respectively for Elementary boys. Jayden Hiles grabbed 7th for Middle School boys while for Middle School girls Ava Boldt took the 1st place spot, Shelby Ford 4th, Clarissa Dvorak 7th and Isabel Gomez at 9th. For High School Timm Chandonia took 1st place for the boys and the girls came in with Olivia Bradley at 7th, Grace Gomez 9th and Emma Kern 10th.