The Adairville School archery team returned this week from the National Archery In the Schools (NASP) World Archery Tournament in Orlando Fla., with a second place trophy in hand.

The Cardinals finished second out of nine teams in the elementary division of the meet.

Adairville recorded a team score of 3111. Eagle Mountain Magnet School, from Batesville, Ark., won the elementary division with a score of 3149.

Shopville Elementary from Somerset was third with a score of 3094. There were four other teams from Kentucky in the elementary division.

“Only teams that qualified for national tournaments were invited to participate in this tournament making the competition truly world class,” said Adairville archery sponsor Steve Stratton. “Shopville gave Kentucky two of the three top spots in the tournament. Shopville had place third in the Kentucky State Tournament in March nine points ahead of Adairville creating a friendly rivalry between the two schools.”

The Cardinals were led by fifth-grader Jordan Campbell, who shot a career-high 280 and was the top performer in his grade. For his efforts Jordan received a plaque, a new Genesis bow, and a target from Morrell targets. He was second overall in the elementary school division, just six points behind Cameron Peyton of Anderson County in Kentucky.

Laura Hendricks placed second in the fifth grade girls shooting a 276, Amanda Crutchfield placed third in fourth grade girls with a 256 score, and Alex Hughes was fourth in fifth grade males shooting a solid 274.

“The step-up award given by coaches for the archer who shoots well above their average and steps up to help his team goes to Chris Webster who shot a career high 263,” Stratton said. “Other members of the team who went toe-to-toe with some of the best archers in the world and brought home the second place trophy are Samuel Noe, Amber Anderson, Zeb Delaney, Emily Crutchfield, Joseph Hallman, Meagan Ferguson, Will Robey, Grace McLellan, Austin Rayno, Kristen Hendricks, Jacob Burton, Katie Robertson, and Dakota Smith.”

Some other shooters from Logan County also made the trip to Orlando, to compete as individuals.

Kaitlyn Foster from Lewisburg was second in the girls’ fourth grade division with a score of 268. Another Lewisburg archer, Blake Taylor, was second among fourth graders with a score of 277. Marah Harris represented Lewisburg Middle School with a 270 score.

Adairville was able to make the trip as a team thanks in large part to generous donations from the community.

“We were able to take 19 very deserving young people to Orlando because of a very generous community that helped us raise over $14,000 dollars to help fund the trip,” Stratton said. “To the young lady with a small child in the back seat who gave a hand full of change during the Russellville road block, and said ’I wished I could do more I appreciate what you are doing for those kids,’ to the lady who said she did not have any money with her but was on her way to get her disability check and then came back and gave $5. To the hundreds who gave change during the road blocks, to the business who sent checks, to Logan Fiscal Court, and Adairville South Logan Chamber of Commerce, to the hundreds who purchased over a thousand mums during our mum sale, to Kevin Ferguson of Hickory Hill Nursery for furnishing and transporting all those mums, to Don Neagle of WRUS for countless minutes of air time to promote our trip, to Laura Rogers of WBKO for doing an interview during the Mid Day Show to promote our efforts we say thank you.

“During our pre-game meeting just before we shot we told the kids that money was loaned to them and it is their responsibility to pass it along when some one else wants to do something for someone else. I expect they will do that and more that is just the way they are.”