Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones and the City Council paid special recognition Wednesday evening to the Atlantic High School and Middle School Archery Teams. The High School Team qualified both a bullseye and 3D team, and Middle School team qualified for Bullseye.

Members of the Atlantic Sate Archery Team pose during their recognition at City Hall (Ric Hanson/photo)

The High School team finished the 3D Tournament 15th, with Lee Houser scoring 279 and finishing 21st. Zach Colton finished 22nd with a 279, and Lia Lillard finished 60th with a score of 255. The team also finished 11th out of 31 teams in the Bullseye tournament. The top girl finisher for Atlantic was Jasmyne Oasay-Waddel, ranking 158th out of 334 and scoring 266. Finishing 10th was Lee Houser, Cooper Jipsen was 11th, and Dustin Dreager at 20th.

The Atlantic Middle School Team was 19th out of 30 teams. Out of the 350 middle school girls competing, Halle Copeland was second. Of the 837 girls in the tournament she was 11th. Carter Smith was 19th out of 427, and the tops boys finisher and 97th of all the boys in the tournament. On the girls side, Mariah Hadley finished 25th. The Washington Middle School took the title with a team score of 3,278.