Adairville Archery continued it’s winning ways by taking second place in the Colonel’s Classic at Henderson County on Jan. 24. Arch rival Trigg County took first place in the Elementary Division with a score of 3091 with Adairville close behind with 2849 followed by Lewisburg with a 2659 score. Trigg Elementary is the reigning State Tournament Champion and has won numerous State and National titles. Other schools participating included: Chandlers, SMS Elementary, (Indiana) Boone County High School (Indiana), New Castle High School (Indiana), Booneville Middle School, (Indiana), Logan County High, and host Henderson County.

Adairville was led in scoring by Alex Hughes with a 264 Trigg County’s Skylar Pool won the Elementary individual medal shooting a 271. Katie Robertson finished sixth in the girls division shooting a 252, Deanna Ladd of Trigg was medalist with a 265. Other team members and their scores are: Jason Schrock 255, Zeb Delaney 239, Laura Hendricks 238, Jordan Campbell 237, Amber Anderson 235, Jacob Burton 232, Austin Rayno 229, Grace McLellan 224, Lauren Batten 221, Chris Webster 221, Meagan Ferguson 217, Amanda Crutchfield 214, Joseph Hallman 204, Will Robey 192, Jeffrey Schrock 181, Laruen Burton 171, Luke Davenport 167, Kristen Hendricks 161, Collen Pinion 155, Curtis Shelton 132.

Adairville Archery fans and family continue to come out in large numbers to support the team even making the long drive to Henderson on Saturday. With a large crowd cheering for the team we continue to improve at a fast pace. On Jan. 19 our Booster Club brought in Curtis Beverley of the Mathews Bow Team to work with our young archers. He was able to show our archers and coaches new techniques to help our team continue to make the improvements necessary to win the state tournament in March. The Adairville School and Archery team members appreciate the continued support of the team by the Booster Club and The Red River Fish and Game Club who furnishes our practice facility.

Marah Harris a member of the Lewisburg Middle School team won her division shooting a 282, Marah continues to be one of the leading shooters in Kentucky. All attempts to recruit her to Adairville have failed but we keep trying.

Our next tournament will be in Lewisburg Saturday Feb. 7, this tournament will be the first Logan County Tournament with Adairville, Chandlers, Stevenson Elementary, host Lewisburg, and Logan County High School participating. On Feb. 21 Adairville will host the Second Annual Cardinal Classic at Adairville School the first flight is scheduled for 9 a.m. Make plans to attend one of these tournaments and support our local teams.