Louisville, KY - The Scholastic 3-D Archery program held their Kentucky Regional shoot on May, 14th at Fort Boonsboro in Richmond Kentucky. The event was hosted by In-Range

Archery with 158 shooters in attendance.

"This program has been truly amazing for our shop," says Ronnie Aldridge, owner of

In-Range Archery. "We have students from all 19 schools in Madison County shooting for our In-Range S3DA Club. This has enabled us to bring our community together for a common program instead of the normal rivalry they have in other sports. Our archery sales are exploding with purchases from S3DA members. After a few months these students are coming back to upgrade bows, arrows and releases. In addition to the equipment needs of the S3DA students, the parents and grandparents are getting involved. This is a sport that the entire extended family can do

together and here in Kentucky, they are."

"This was an amazing event for our region," adds Randy Groce, Scholastic 3-D Archery Regional director. "We had 158 participants in this years Regional shoot, that is three times larger than our event last year. The Fort Boonsboro State Park was perfect for our venue. The park director, Rob Minerich was amazing to work with. S3DA's partnership with Kentucky's State Park's has allowed our students a chance to experience these beautiful parks and to see what our great state has to

offer."

The results of the 2016 Scholastic 3-D Archery Kentucky Regional:
Elementary:
Traditional -
Male: 1st Trey Stuecker, 2nd Lucas Wheatley, 3rd Jason Purvis
Female: 1st Isabelle Moore, 2nd Grace Peak, 3rd Erin Riney
Pins -
Male: 1st Tyce Beehn, 2nd Hayden Knoy, 3rd Tanner Willis
Female: 1st Audree Kaylor, 2nd Morgan Huddleston, 3rd Madison Hill
Open -
Male: 1st Chase Morris, 2nd Colton Hunt
Female: 1st Madison Marcum
Middle School:
Traditional -
Male: 1st Nate Jarboe, 2nd Will Middleton
Female: 1st Shelby Bell, 2nd Taylar Middleton
Pins -
Male: 1st Jacob Newby, 2nd Grayson Montgomery, 3rd Brady Huckleberry
Female: 1st Natalie Brockman, 2nd Kynsley Redmon, 3rd Abby Knoy
Open -
Male: 1st Tanner Barker, 2nd Skylar Bumgardner, 3rd Owen Morrow

High School:
Traditional -
Male: 1st Tristan Kitchen, 2nd Kody Kline, 3rd Eric Shields
Female: 1st Danielle Underwood, 2nd Cambron Johnson
Pins -
Male: 1st Lucas Gilliaspie, 2nd Cody Adkins, 3rd Preston Meadows
Female: 1st Bailee Jones, 2nd Katie Hemmann, 3rd Kennedy Swope
Open -
Male: 1st Jase Boils, 2nd Zach Toles, 3rd Cameron Matney
Female: 1st Bethany Groce, 2nd Macie Morrow

Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving
thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.

For more information on S3DA membership go to: WWW.S3DA.ORG or email: S3DArchery@gmail.com
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