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Trigg County won the first-ever KHSAA Region I Girls Archery Tournament Saturday at Henderson County and will send a team to the state tournament next month.
After five years of combining genders to comprise one total school score and one total state champion, the KHSAA voted last year to divide archery by gender.
Trigg County totaled 1,965 points from their top seven archers, which was 23 more than second place Webster County. Henderson County (1,940) was third, and Hopkinsville (1,911) was fourth.
Sisters Audrey and Kaylin Smith tied for the top region score at 292 with Audrey declared the individual champion because she had one more ten (or bullseye).
Lilly P’Pool shot a 280 to finish 13th, and Macy Mitchell’s 279 was good enough for 15th place.
Other scorers for Trigg County were Jeri Beth Oliver (276, 19th), Brooklyn Schubert (273, 26th), and Jadelin Morrow (273, 28th).
Other Arrowcats competing were McKenna Green (35th), Madelin Morrow (38th), Kierslyn Thomas (42nd) Katlyn Hooks (52nd), and Alaina Keller (77th).
Trigg County will also be sending a boys’ team to the state tournament. Trigg County scored 1,982 points to finish in second place, 15 points behind region champion Henderson County.
Daniel Martin shot a 292 to finish in fifth place. Christopher Mudd (10th), Chase Oglesby (11th), and Cole Joyce (12th) each shot a 287 to help Trigg County put four archers in the top 12.
Garrett Knight finished 33rd with a 277, followed by Keenan Bush (34th) and Andrew Amsden (35th), who both shot a 276.
Other archers who competed were Jevan Hamby (38th), Noah Strickland (43rd), Justin Kelly (46th), Chandler Oglesby (51st), and Apolo Blackbear-Francis (71st).
Both Trigg County teams will compete in the KHSAA State Tournament April 26 in Lexington. Trigg County won the first three KHSAA state archery championships, with Madison Central winning the last two. This year will mark the first gender-specific state championships.
