Archery Club takes 3rd at state tournament
The New Prague Archery Club competed in the Regional Tournament in Mahtomedi recently, with the High School Team taking first place with a team score of 3,370, slightly less than the season-high score they put up at St. Croix Prep of 3,421. The Combined Elementary/ Middle School Team took fifth with a score of 3,118.
The state tournament was held this past weekend at Duluth, drawing nearly 1,600 archers from 83 schools across Minnesota.
The High School Team 1 finished in third place with a team score of 3,376. Princeton won the tournament with a score of 3,399 and Grand Rapids was second at 3,386.
NPHS Team 2 finished in 27th place.
The Combined Middle School/Elementary team finished in seventh place with a score of 3,127. Top six were, in order, Princeton (with a score of 3,316), Champlin Park, Jackson, Foley, Milaca, Grand Rapids and Mahtomedi.
Top archers were: Cory Schroeder (first place, elementary boys), Tyler Grebner (10th, elementary boys) Breanna Franek (sixth place, high school girls) and Dakota Skluzacek (eighth, high school boys).
The archers are now....
To see more on this story pick up the April 6, 2017 print edition of The New Prague Times.
