The Iowa NASP State Archery Tournament was held this past weekend at the state fairgrounds in Des Moines. There were two divisions contested with a 3D Tournament and a Bullseye Tournament. Atlantic had a high school team competing in both tournaments and a middle school team in the bullseye tournament.

The Atlantic high school team finished 15th out of 17 teams in the 3D tournament with a score of 1599. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont was the champion with a score of 1712. Individually Lee Houser finished 21st with a score of 279. Zach Colton was 22nd also with a 279. Lia Lillard finished 60th out of 95 girls with a 255.

The Atlantic High School team finished 11th out of 31 teams in the Bullseye tournament with a score of 3286. Lee Houser finished 10th and Cooper Jipsen was 11th after competing in a shoot off for the 9th place spot. Both scored 290 totals. Dustin Dreager finished 20th with a 286. Jasmyne Oasay-Waddel was the top girl finisher for Atlantic at 158th out of 334 with a score of 266. Springville took the team title with a score of 3407.

The Atlantic Middle School team placed 19th out of 30 teams. Halle Copeland finished 2nd out of 350 middle schools girls with a score of 287. She finished 11th out of all 837 girls competing. Carter Smith was the top boys finisher at 19th out of 427 with a score of 278. He was 97th out of all 1.025 boys competing. Mariah Hadley finished 25th on the girls side with a 274 score. Washington Middle School took the title with a 3278 team score.