LaNou crowned the champ, while Hornets five-peat

By Ginna Young

For the fifth straight year, the Cadott archery team claimed the high school title at State competition March 22-23, in Wisconsin Dells. Placing first out of 24 teams, the Hornets finished with a score of 3,405.

“I was very happy with the high school team’s performance on Saturday,” said coach Scott Christenson. “Our goal all season, was to break 3,400 team points and we did that at State, when it counted.”

Not only did the team do well, but the Hornets also came home with an individual champion in sophomore Logan LaNou, who placed first overall for boys, out of 782 archers, scoring 293. With the title, LaNou is Cadott’s first archery champion since 2018.

“This year, Logan started off slow, but really picked it up toward the end of the season,” said Christenson. “He has really hit his stride and looks to continue that through Nationals.”

It wasn’t without a battle between LaNou and sophomore Anthony Glenz, who finished second overall for the boys, but LaNou edged out Glenz, who also had a score of 293, with two more 10s to take the top spot.

Junior Mozelle Walthers also finished high for the Hornets, with a fourth place rank in the girls competition and second in her grade level, scoring a 287, and also placing fifth overall. Senior Adam Evanson came next, with a score of 286, placing second in his level and 10th in the high school level.

Olive LaRose, sophomore, followed that up with a 283, ranking third in her grade and eighth for the high school girls. Sophomore Abi Bowe came next, in fourth place, with a score of 282, while eighth grader Megan LaNou was third, scoring 281.

Freshman Isaac Wellner and sophomore Gavin Roscoe each also scored 281, placing seventh, while junior Trenten Schimmel also scored 281, ending in fifth. Freshman Jada Loken rounded out the highest scoring with 280, placing third.

Also placing for the Hornets, were freshman Gabe Dohms, 279, ninth; sophomore Zakary Hladilek, 279, ninth; freshman Payton Pederson, 279, 10th; senior Braden Denzine, 278, ninth; freshman Owen Fasbender, 277, 13th; senior Wyatt Engel, 277, 12th; sophomore Danielle Sikora, 276, sixth; senior Aubree Foldy, 276, fourth; freshman Garrett Engel, 274, 16th; sophomore Marcus Burlum, 274, 16th; freshman Max Demulling, 274, 17th; and sophomore Alexa Gindt, 273, 10th.

Finishing at State, for Cadott, were junior Emma Romanowski, 273, ninth; senior Alex Jackson, 272, 16th; eighth grader Kaylee Stai, 271, 19th; eighth grader Andrea Wundrow, 267, 26th; junior Brooklyn Hrdlicka, 267, 21st; sophomore Mary Walthers, 265, 19th; sophomore Myka McCullough, 265, 22nd; junior Logan Wand, 264, 28th; seventh grader Claire Seiberling, 263, 14th; senior Katlynn Jackson, 262, 24th; junior Ewan Weir, 262, 30th; and sophomore Gracy Dahm, 260, 27th.

Also placing, were junior Danika Holler, 259, 33rd; seventh grader Keirsten Evanson, 259, 16th; seventh grader Lorelai Pulchalski, 256, 21st; junior Adrianna Goodman, 255, 38th; senior Gavin Huber, 254, 36th; seventh grader Beau Folczyk, 254, 34th; junior Mia Lorenzo, 254, 41st; senior Max Kisling, 253, 38th; sophomore Gabe Sikora, 252, 44th; seventh grader Brady Folczyk, 251, 45th; eighth grader Carter Slagle, 251, 54th; and junior Charlotte Eslinger, 250, 44th.

Rounding out the placings, were seventh grader Easton Harvey, 249, 49th; senior Alaina Kempen, 248, 32nd; seventh grader Jayden Bauer, 246, 38th; eighth grader Adam Glenz, 243, 66th; eighth grader Lucas Bourget, 242, 67th; eighth grader Orran Goodman, 232; freshman Brock Folczyk, 227, 73rd; freshman Chapman Eslinger, 226, 74th; eighth grader Ryan Koffler, 207, 104th; junior Cal Demulling, 203, 61st; senior Sam Steffes, 193, 64th; freshman Hunter Evanson, 185, 90th; and seventh grader Jocelynn Drehmel, 167, 97th.

“I am planning on taking a middle and high school team to Nationals (May 9-11, Lousiville, Ky.),” said Christenson.