Lots of local success in Medford shoot, which goes virtual for 2021

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Youth archers from Medford and Gilman won two bullseye championships and a trio of 3-D championships in Medford’s annual National Archery in the Schools Program shoot, held virtually this past weekend across Wisconsin.

While Medford archers shot at Medford Area Middle School, the rest of the competitors shot at their home facilities. The eighth annual bullseye competition still drew 383 shooters, down just 15 from last year’s total of 398, while the 3-D shoot did have a sharp reduction in participants with 62.

The Gilman Pirate Archery Club won the high school team championship and claimed both individual high school championships in the bullseye shoot. Senior Kylee Burton had the competition’s highest score with a 296, coming up just four points shy of perfection. In 15 shots from 10 meters and 15 more from 15 meters, she hit the 10-point ring on the target 26 times and the nine-point ring four times to finish eight points ahead of female runner-up Kayla Brantner of Elk Mound. Pirate Tatum Weir was ninth among high school girls with a 277.

Gilman sophomore Casey Grunseth made 19 10-point shots and won the high school boys title with a score of 288, two points ahead of his teammate Dalton Wisocky, who made 18 10-point shots.

Gilman’s team score of 3,229, which included the scores of several middle school archers, topped a five-team field that included the second-place team from the Medford Archery Club (3,185). The Raiders’ high-school team was led by sophomore Kirsten Weix, who shot a 280 to place seventh out of 56 high school girls; sophomore Landen Viergutz, who shot a 277 to place eighth out of 50 high school boys, and freshman Jenna Wickersheim, who shot a 276 to place 13th in the girls standings.

Medford finished second in the middle school team standings with 3,074 points. Stratford won it with 3,180 points. Gilman (2,887) was fifth out of nine teams and Medford II (2,756) was sixth. Medford’s Ashton Behling was seventh out of 97 boys with a 273. Mattie Gebert was sixth out of 83 girls with a 271, while Kyanna Mallien was eighth with a 269. Gilman was led by a ninth-place score of 271 from Wyatt Webster.

In the elementary competition, Gilman’s Kennedy Buske (248) was third out of 43 girls and Reece Weir (242) was fifth. Medford’s Breanna Lemke (238) was sixth among girls and Jake Erl (233) was 10th out of 54 boys. Spring Hill of Wisconsin Dells had the only full team in the division and scored 2,217 points.

Medford Archery Club bullseye results High school girls: 7. Kirsten Weix, 280; 13. Jenna Wickersheim, 276; 15. Alexis Fleegel, 273; 20.

Hailey Reilly, 268; 26. Hannah Fleegel, 259; 31.

Christine Czeshinski, 253; 42. Meredith Richter, 243; 48. Allison Paul, 233.

High school boys: 8. Landen Viergutz, 277; 13.

Corbin Sperl, 267; 20. Preston Adams, 261; 22.

Aidan Ball, 260; 31. Logen Underwood, 256; 32.

Wyatt Ertl, 255; 41. Nick Cipar, 234; 45. Jake Cipar, 220.

Middle school girls: 6. Mattie Gebert, 271; 8.

Kyanna Mallien, 269; 17. Kella Gebert, 255; 21.

Unica Ramm, 253; 24. Naomi Fleegel, 250; 27.

Kodi Rappe, 247; 30. Tana Rappe, 246; 56. Mallory Petersen, 223; 57. Kadence Weix, 222; 63.

Mackenzie Petersen, 215; 68. Alexis Zuleger, 210; 76. Haley Wesle, 188; 82. Sabrina Underwood, 158.

Middle school boys: 7. Ashton Behling, 273; 15.

Jaeden Grant, 263; 19. Ezra Hillebrand, 261; 22.

Michael Meyer, 259; 28. Logan Langdon, 253; 29.

Ethan Emmerich, 252; 36. Evan Fechhelm, 248; 42. Evan Czarnezki, 244; 44. Nathaniel White, 243; 51. Brody Peche, 235; 54. Hank Paul, 234; 56. Collin Sperl, 233; 64. Evan Paul, 219; 68. Matthew Brunner, 215; 74. Mathew Kostner, 206; 84.

Xander Schmidt, 182; 84. Tyler Hartwig, 182; 86.

Cash Thums, 174; 87. Austin Czarnezki, 171; 96.

Brandon Brunner, 80.

Elementary girls: 6. Breanna Lemke, 238; 10. Ashlyn Kropp, 230; 13. Cora Semrau, 223; 20. Jordyn Grant, 211; 42. Rylee Hartwig, 119.

Elementary boys: 10. Jake Erl, 233; 14. Eric Paul, 227; 20. Kayne Adams, 219; 24. Kason Myszka, 213; 34. Levi Zuleger, 186; 39. Jacob Fleegel, 171; 41. Parker Judnic, 167; 53. Wyatt Hartwig, 112; 54. Everett Ziembo, 73.

Gilman Archery Club bullseye results High school boys: 1. Casey Grunseth, 288; 2.

Dalton Wisocky, 286; 9. Wayne McAlpine, 277; 16. Tyrel Mravik, 266.

High school girls: 1. Kylee Burton, 296; 9. Tatum Weir, 277; 18. Kiersten Webster, 270.

Middle school boys: 9. Wyatt Webster, 271; 13.

Alex Copenhaver, 266; 17. Brady McAlpine, 262; 37. Dawson Grunseth, 246; 41. Dawson Robinson, 245; 45. Colin Irwin, 242; 58. Tate Krizan, 229; 65. Andy Copenhaver, 218.

Middle school girls: 20.

Alison Krizan, 254; 22.

Mylie Stephens, 252; 23. Jaylyn Orth, 252; 35.

Olivia Buske, 244; 45.

Misty Mravik, 235; 71.

Destiny Bertsinger, 208.

Elementary girls: 3.

Kennedy Buske, 248; 5.

Reece Weir, 242; 15.

Shyan Pentimone, 218; 19. Jazmyn Robinson, 214; 23. Rayanna Romig, 206; 26. Kaitlynn Madlon, 200; 27. Ava Webster, 198.

Elementary boys: 17.

Cade Kowalczyk, 224; 18. Colton Lang, 223; 19. Wyatt Stephens, 221; 77. Wyatt Orth, 202; 42. Adam Copenhaver, 163.

High school team: 1. Gilman, 3,229; 2. Medford, 3,185; 3. Elk Mound, 3,169; 4. Wisconsin Dells, 3,068; 5. Faith Christian Academy, 2,895.

Middle school team: 1. Stratford, 3,180; 2. Medford, 3,074; 3. Spring Hill, Wisconsin Dells, 3,052; 4. Rice Lake, 2,932; 5. Gilman, 2,887; 6. Medford II, 2,756; 7. Thorp, 2,676; 8. Spring Hill, Wisconsin Dells II, 2,610; 9. Elk Mound, 2,583.

Elementary team: 1. Spring Hill, Wisconsin Dells, 2,217.

3-D shoot

Viergutz defended his 2020 high school boys championship in the 3-D shoot, Wickersheim won the girls title and Behling earned the middle school boys championship to lead a strong showing by Medford’s club.

Viergutz shot a 291 to beat Grunseth by nine points. Those two were the best of six high school boys. Wisocky was third at 268, followed by Pirate Wayne McAlpine (267) and Medford’s Aidan Ball (266).

Wickersheim’s 279 topped a field of five high school girls. The others were Tatum Weir (266), Weix (265) and Medford’s Alexis (254) and Hannah Fleegel (223). Medford had enough archers to win the high school team title with 1,578 points.

Behling shot a 271 and won a tiebreaker over Webster to win the middle school boys competition, which had 17 entrants. Behling had 15 10-point shots, while Webster had 12. Gilman’s Alex Copenhaver as third at 264 and Medford’s Brody Peche was fifth at 260.

Gilman’s Olivia Buske was the girls runner-up with a score of 267, eight points behind Auburndale’s Sydney Lobner. Pirate Mylie Stephens (265) was third, Mallien was fourth (263) and Medford’s Tana Rappe (252) was fifth out of 12 archers.

Gilman (1,584) outshot Medford (1,517) and Medford II (1,355) in the team competition.

Gilman’s Wyatt Stephens (225) and Ava Webster (220) were second-place finishers in the elementary division. Medford’s Kason Myszka was third (218) among 12 boys and Jordyn Grant (196) was seventh out of 10 girls. Auburndale (1,136) won the team title.

Medford Archery Club 3-D results High school girls: 1. Jenna Wickersheim, 279; 3.

Kirsten Weix, 265; 4. Alexis Fleegel, 254; 5. Hannah Fleegel, 223.

High school boys: 1. Landen Viergutz, 291; 5.

Aidan Ball, 266.

Middle school boys: 1. Ashton Behling, 271; 5.

Brody Peche, 260; 6. Nathaniel White, 258; 9.

Jaeden Grant, 248; 11. Ezra Hillebrand, 220; 13.

Evan Fechhelm, 212; 15. Evan Czarnezki, 209; 16. Cash Thums, 160; 17. Austin Czarnezki, 102.

Middle school girls: 4. Kyanna Mallien, 263; 5.

Tana Rappe, 252; 6. Mattie Gebert, 249; 7. Kella Gebert, 245; 8. Naomi Fleegel, 234; 9. Kodi Rappe, 222; 11. Kadence Weix, 210.

Elementary boys: 3. Kason Myszka, 218; 5. Eric Paul, 203; 10. Jacob Fleegel, 155; 11. Parker Judnic, 147.

Elementary girls: 7. Jordyn Grant, 196.

Gilman Archery Club 3-D results High school boys: 2. Casey Grunseth, 282; 3. Dalton Wisocky, 268; 4. Wayne McAlpine, 267.

High school girls: 2. Tatum Weir, 266.

Middle school boys: 2. Wyatt Webster, 271; 3.

Alex Copenhaver, 264; 4. Dawson Robinson, 262; 7. Dawson Grunseth, 255; 8. Colin Irwin, 251; 10. Brady McAlpine, 227; 12. Andy Copenhaver, 214; 14. Tate Krizan, 211.

Middle school girls: 2. Olivia Buske, 267; 3. Mylie Stephens, 265.

Elementary girls: 2. Ava Webster, 220; 3. Reece Weir, 216; 4. Kaitlynn Madlon, 208; 5. Kennedy Buske, 207; 6. Jazmyn Robinson, 203; 9. Rayanna Romig, 162; 10. Shyan Pentimone, 133.

Elementary boys: 2. Wyatt Stephens, 225; 4.

Colton Lang, 214; 8. Cade Kowalczyk, 158.

High school team: 1. Medford, 1,578.

Middle school team: 1. Gilman, 1,584; 2. Medford, 1,517; 3. Medford II, 1,355.

Elementary team: 1. Auburndale, 1,136.

Jenna Wickersheim sends an arrow flying toward the target during Friday’s session of Medford’s archery shoot.

Kodi Rappe lines up a shot from 10 meters.

Kadence (l.) and Kirsten Weix score their partners’ round of five shots.