Southern Illinois S3DA hosted the first Regional Qualifier of the 3-D season March 17, 2018. There was a lot of excitement going into this tournament because of tremendous growth since the end of the 2017 3-D season. This time last year there were 86 young people participating in this event. This year 109 kids came out for the shoot. This program has grown enough to warrant having to set 2 – 20 target ranges to accommodate the number of kids participating.
There was 7 clubs represented at this event. Southern Illinois S3DA, NCOE, Hardin County, Gallatin County, Carmi, Wabash Warriors and Edwards County all had members shooting.
Elementary Fixed Pins Female
1st Brooklyn Campbell NCOE
2nd Parker Biggs Edwards County
3rd Olivia Howard NCOE
Elementary Fixed Pins Male
1st Grayson Wilson Gallatin County
2nd Grant Wilson Gallatin County
3rd Jaron Weaver Edwards County
Elementary Open Female
1st Lacy Sanders NCOE
Elementary Open Male
1st Reece Gholson Southern Illinois S3DA
2nd Hayden Sauls Southern Illinois S3DA
3rd Myles Barnett Southern Illinois S3DA
Elementary Traditional Male
1st Wyatt Wells NCOE
Middle School Fixed Pins Female
1st Alyson Williams Edwards County
2nd Addyson Monroe Gallatin County
3rd Dezerae Blair Southern Illinois S3DA
Middle School Fixed Pins Male
1st Jacob Weber Edwards County
2nd Morgan Pearce NCOE
3rd Collin Monroe Gallatin County
Middle School Open Female
1st Jerzi Sharp NCOE
Middle School Open Male
1st Drake Barnett Carmi-White County
2nd Nate Garner Carmi-White County
3rd Ethan Wyatt NCOE
Middle School Traditional Female
1st Adrianna Wilkerson Gallatin County
Middle School Olympic Recurve Female
1st Viktoria Mancheva Southern Illinois S3DA
High School Fixed Pins Female
1st Adriana Armstrong Hardin County
2nd Kassi Ketten Hardin County
3rd Jessica Shilling Wabash Warriors
High School Fixed Pins Male
1st Trenton Wick Edwards County
2nd Bailey Sneed Hardin County
3rd Colton Goines Hardin County
High School Open Female
1st Jalyn Sharp NCOE
2nd Zeppelyn Fiala NCOE
High School Open Male
1st Jase Kiefer Southern Illinois S3DA
2nd Devon Robinson NCOE
3rd Sean Neal NCOE
High School Traditional Male
1stHunter CullumHardin County
“ The event was a huge success. If it keeps growing I’m not sure where I will park all the cars next year. This is a good problem to have and I will figure out something. With each kid there was at least 1 adult and sometimes 2.” said Illinois S3DA State Coordinator Ricky Sauls.
White County Sheriff Doug Maier and 118th District State Representative Natalie Finnie came to see the event and both were impressed at the number of kids involved with this program. There were kids from as far South as Vienna and as far North as Lake County which is North of Chicago.
Scholastic 3D Archery is an after-school program that fosters, educates and guide youth in the areas of 3D, Indoor target and Outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting practices.
For more information on S3DA in Illinois contact Ricky Sauls at: [email protected]
