Bay Creek Elementary School Archers to Compete in State Competition

Students from Bay Creek Elementary School's archery team will join the more than 600 students from the top school archery teams in the state in Perry, Ga. on Thursday, March 13, 2013, for the 7^th annual National Archery in the Schools Georgia state tournament. Bay Creek Elementary archers won top shooting honors at the second of six regional archery tournaments at Loganville High School last month to secure their position in the state championship.

Bay Creek shot a team score of 3,131 to outscore 12 other school teams and win the overall highest-scoring team award at the second Georgia regional in the qualifiers. In addition, Kamra King shot a 271 to win overall high-scoring female, winning a three-way tiebreaker by virtue of bulls eyes shot and  Zachary Patterson shot a 276 to win top elementary male.

Bay Creek Elementary School archers from Loganville will join the state's top archers from more than 40 elementary, middle and high schools at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry on Wednesay. The state tournament is coordinated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division and is open to all Georgia schools enrolled in the National Archery in the Schools Program The NASP reported that earlier this year, more than 1,100 archers in 4^th-12^th grades competed in six regional tournaments to qualify for entry into this state competition. State tournament division winners and individual qualifiers will have the opportunity to compete at the NASP National Tournament May 10-11 in Louisville, KY, where nearly 8,000 student archers from more than 35 states are expected to participate.

According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, in 2012, the national tournament was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest archery tournament ever held, with more than 7,800 archers. 

School teams of 16-24 students consisting of male and female archers compete in three separate divisions: elementary (4th-6th grade), middle (7th-8th grade) and high (9th-12th grade).  Archers will shoot at 10- and 15-meter intervals in six “flights.” There are 106 shooting lanes in each flight.  Awards will be handed out about one hour after the last flight is completed.

The state tournament is conducted at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter’s Miller Murphy Howard Building next to gate No. 24 (West Gate).  Admission is free for observers.

Regional tournament scores and state qualifiers are listed online at www.georgiawildlife.com/NASP. More scores and tournament team listings can also be found at www.nasptournaments.org.

See Also:

• Bay Creek Elementary Takes Top Honors at GA-NASP Regional Archery Tournament.

• Two for the Record Books for Bay Creek Archery Team