The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced recently that students from 64 schools qualified to participate in this year’s Archery in the Schools State Tournament, which is scheduled to take place at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on Saturday, March 29.
“Archery in the Schools is a fantastic program that teaches focus, discipline and sportsmanship,” said WVDNR Director Brett McMillion. “We’re proud of these students for their dedication and look forward to an exciting state tournament this year.”
Almost 1,400 students from 94 West Virginia schools participated in the state qualifier. Of those participants, the top eight teams, top 15 individual boys and top 15 individual girls from elementary, middle and high school are eligible to participate in the state tournament. Students from the following schools qualified to participate in this year’s tournament:
- Alderson Elementary
- Andrew Jackson Middle School
- Bridge Street Middle
- Buckhannon-Upshur High
- Buckhannon-Upshur Middle
- Chapmanville Regional High
- Chesapeake Elementary
- Clendenin Elementary
- Conner Street
- East Bank Middle
- Eastern Greenbrier Middle
- Edison Middle
- Elk Elementary
- Elkview Middle
- Frankford Elementary
- George Washington Middle
- Grace Christian
- HEAT
- Herbert Hoover High
- Hinton Area Elementary
- Hurricane High
- Hurricane Middle
- Independence High
- Independence Middle School
- James Monroe High
- John Marshall High
- Lakeside Elementary
- Martin Elementary
- Maysville Elementary
- Middle Creek Elementary
- Mountain View Middle
- Oak Glen High
- Oak Glen Middle
- Petersburg High
- Petersburg Middle
- Peterstown Elementary
- Peterstown Middle
- Pickens
- Pinch Elementary
- Poca High
- Poca Middle
- Ravenswood Middle
- Ripley High
- Ripley Middle
- Ritchie Co. School
- Riverside High
- Ronceverte Elementary
- Saint Albans High
- Shady Spring High
- Shady Spring Middle
- St Vincent De Paul Parish School
- St. Michael’s Parish School
- Summers County High
- Summers Middle
- Triadelphia Middle
- Tyler Consolidated
- UCHAA Upshur County Homeschool
- West Liberty Elementary
- West Teays Elementary
- Westside High
- Wheeling Park High
- Winfield High
- Wirt County High
- Wood County Christian
“We want to congratulate these schools and the students who worked hard to make it to the state tournament this year,” said Chris Scraggs, Archery in the Schools program coordinator for the WVDNR. “I’d also like to thank coaches, volunteers, conservation and educational organizations for helping make this fantastic program possible year after year.”
The state tournament will start at 10 a.m. when students shoot the first arrows of the day. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m., and registration will start at 9 a.m. The tournament will conclude with an awards ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. Tickets are $10 for adults 18 and older and $5 for children 6-17. Children younger than 6 get in free. Tickets will be available at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center Box Office.
Tournament competition is only open to schools that have received the National Archery in the Schools (NASP) training and follow NASP rules. For more information on the West Virginia Archery in the Schools Program or to attend the next training, visit wvdnr.gov/west-virginia-archery-in-the-schools-program.
