Mason County archery team makes first trip to the KHSAA state championships

In its first trip to the KHSAA Archery State Championship, the Mason County boys team finished in 22nd place today.

The Royals, the 7th Region champions, had a team score of 1,884. Bullitt Central won the boys state championship with a score of 2,030.

Sophomore Landen Bowling led Mason County with a score of 286 out of a possible 300. He finished in 59th place. Bowling had 19 Tens.

8th grader Jacob Brown had Mason County's second best score at 279 and had 12 Tens and sophomore Elijah Throckmorton followed with a score of 267. He had eight Tens.

Three Lady Royals qualified for the state tournament as individuals. Sophomore Shaelee Bess had a score of 274 with 10 Tens, freshman DeAnna Roberts had a score of 270 with 13 Tens and junior Stacey Williams had a score of 257 with eight Tens. 

Both the Mason County Middle School and Mason County High School teams will compete in the National Archery in the Schools Program Eastern Nationals May 10 in Louisville.

Boys Results

Girls Results


(Updated to correct that the Royals are the 7th Region champions, not the 10th Region champions)

Mason Co. archery coach Bridget White and 4 archers on SportsTalk

Mason County archery coach Bridget White and archers Shaelee Bess, Stacey Williams, Andrew Jones and Jacob Brown were my guests on SportsTalk this morning.

Here is a link to the podcast.

Mason County post a school-record score in NASP state tourney

The Mason County High School archery team had a school-record score of 3,197 at the National Archery in the Schools Program Kentucky State Tournament today in Louisville.

Sophomore Landen Bowling had Mason County's best score at 287. He had 19 Tens. He ranked 42nd out of 1,154 high school boys and 12th out of 335 sophomores.

The Mason County Middle School archery team had a score of 3,003 with eighth grader Jacob Brown leading the way with a score of 278. He had 13 Tens.

The Mason County teams will find out next month if they qualified for NASP National Tournament.

The Mason County boys team and three Lady Royals will compete in the KHSAA State Archery Championship April 26 at Kentucky Basketball Academy in Lexington. The Royals qualified for the state tournament by winning the 7th Region title earlier this month. Bowling was the individual region champion. Three Lady Royals -- Stacey Williams, Shaelee Bess and DeAnna Roberts -- also qualified for the state tournament as individuals.

Check out the scores with these links:

Mason County High School scoresheet

Mason County Middle School scoresheet

Mason County boys archery team and Landon Bowling win region titles, three Lady Royals also qualify for state

The Mason County Royals won the 7th Region archery championship and Mason County sophomore Landen Bowling won the boys individual region title today at Harrison County.

The regional titles are the first in the seven-year history of the Mason County archery program.

The Royals had team total of 1,931 points. Harrison County was second with 1,930 points and Pendleton County was third with 1,928 points.

Bowling had a score of 291 with 22 Tens.

Harrison County won the girls region championship with 1,939 points. Pendleton County was second with 1,920 points and Mason County was third with 1,878 points.

The top two teams advance to the state tournament.

Three Lady Royals- Stacey Williams, Shaelee Bess and DeAnna Roberts- qualified for the state tournament as individuals.

Bridget White is the Mason County archery coach.

Here are the Mason County archers scores:

Boys

Landen Bowling 292 (22 Tens)

Jacob Brown 278 (12 Tens)

Elijah Throckmorton 277 (12 Tens)

Nathan  Jones 275 (10 Tens)

Anthony Ventura 272 (11 Tens)

Alden Lawson 269 (13 Tens)

Andrew Jones 269 (8 Tens)

Samuel Blevins 268 (6 Tens)

Brad Kegley 233 (2 Tens)

Jackson Jones 217 (2 Tens)

Girls

Stacey Williams 277 (14 Tens)

Shaelee Bess 276 (14 Tens)

DeAnna Roberts 272 (10 Tens)

Savannah Sims 267 (9 Tens)

Laney Gifford 265 (8 Tens)

Olivia Kirk 265 (8 Tens)

Shelby Wallace 256 (7 Tens)

Danielle Nicole Baker 247 (5 Tens)

Taylor Grigson 239 (7 Tens)

Aubrie Fogleman 238 (6 Tens)

Annika Strunk 229 (3 Tens)