Weir, Lang win two state titles; Grunseth, Viergutz win as well

NASP STATE ARCHERY TOURNAMENT

Gilman wins 3-D team title by 1 over Medford

Youth archers from Gilman’s and Medford’s programs won individual championships and the two schools nearly tied for the 3-D team state title during Wisconsin’s National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament, held March 11-27.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources sponsored the Wisconsin State NASP tournament and has helped host previous in-person state tournaments in Wisconsin Dells before the pandemic.

Due to Covid-19 precautions, the 1,200 archers from 51 public, private and home schools competed with teammates from their homes or nearby schools. The scores were verified by an adult with no affiliation with the teams and then provided to tournament organizers.

Gilman’s Tatum Weir and Colton Lang were the county’s biggest individual winners. Weir won the girls high school state championships in both the bullseye and 3-D shoots, while Lang was the state champion in both shoots in the elementary boys age group, which consists of fourth and fifth graders.

Gilman’s Casey Grunseth won the boys bullseye state title with a score of 296, just four away from perfection, while Medford’s Landen Viergutz won the 3-D high school boys championship and took third in the bullseye shoot.

Gilman won the high school team state title in the 3-D by one point over Medford in an incredibly close result, 1,672-1,671. Medford also was second in the middle school standings with 1,566 points, 32 points behind St. Patrick’s Catholic of Sparta. Gilman was fifth and Medford was seventh in the high school bullseye team standings, while Medford was fifth in the middle school competition.

Bullseye highlights

The bullseye virtual tournament included 1,197 archers, including 621 boys and 576 girls. Archers take 15 shots at their targets from 10 meters and 15 more shots from 15 meters. Thirty shots in the 10-point circle would result in a perfect score of 300.

Grunseth’s score of 296 was the highest one registered in the entire state. He hit the 10-point circle on 26 shots and the nine-point ring on four. The Gilman junior was four points ahead of East De Pere senior Zachary Columb, while Viergutz was five points behind with his 291 that included 24 10-point shots.

Weir had the top female score in the state and was fifth overall with her 290 that included 21 tens. She won the high school competition by two points over Grayce Bottlemy of Owen-Withee.

Lang, a fifth grader, won the boys elementary competition with a 286 that included 17 10-point shots. He won his age group easily, finishing 21 points ahead of runner-up Dylan Reineke of Thorp.

Other top-10 locals included Gilman sophomore Dalton Wisocky, who shot a 288 to take seventh among 237 high school boys, Medford sophomore Jenna Wickersheim, who shot a 283 to place seventh among 238 high school girls, Medford eighth grader Ezra Hillebrand, who shot a 282 to place fourth out of 277 middle school boys, Gilman fifth grader Wyatt Stephens, who shot a 259 to place fifth out of 107 elementary boys and Medford fifth grader Karson Ecklund, who shot a 250 to place 10th among elementary boys.

Team scores are based off the top 12 individuals with at least four archers of each gender. Gilman’s high school team scored 3,263 points, while Medford scored 3,226. Cadott won the title with 3,400. Medford’s middle school team had 3,147 points. St. Patrick’s won with 3,237.

State bullseye results High school boys: 1. Casey Grunseth, Gil., 296; 3. Landen Viergutz, Med., 291; 7. Dalton Wisocky, Gil., 288; 60. Collin Rausch, Med., 270; 66. Coy Loucks, Med., 270; 73. Wyatt Webster, Gil., 268; 88. Jaylyn Orth, Gil., 262; 93. Michael Meyer, Med., 263; 158. Tyrel Mravik, Gil., 246; 160. Logen Underwood, Med., 246.

High school girls: 1. Tatum Weir, Gil., 290; 7. Jenna Wickersheim, Med., 283; 19. Mattie Gebert, Med., 280; 29. Kiersten Weix, Med., 277; 34. Kiersten Webster, Gil., 274; 80. Tana Rappe, Med., 264; 86. Kaedence Ecklund, 262; 92. Melanie Kreklau, Med., 261; 101. Christine Czeshinski, Med., 259; 122. Olivia Buske, Gil., 254.

Middle school boys: 1. Dylann Brogan, Marshfi eld, 289; 4. Ezra Hillebrand, Med., 282; 11.

Brody Peche, Med., 277; 33. Brock Anderson, Med., 268; 40. Jake Erl, Med., 267; 51. Ashton Behling, Med., 263; 79. Wyatt Orth, Gil., 255; 97. Dawson Grunseth, Gil., 250; 101. Dawson Robinson, Gil., 250; 103. Makii Austin Mallo, Gil., 249; 110. Ethan Emmerich, Med., 247; 121. Hank Paul, Med., 245; 125. Anthony Graf, Med., 244; 140. Colin Irwin, Gil., 242; 168. Michael Standke, Med., 233; 226. Jossiah Jackson, Gil., 214; 238. Xander Schmidt, Med., 206.

Middle school girls: 1. Amanda Budtke, Stratford; Lexi Freese, Marshfield, and Lydia Effa, Kaukauna River View, 284; 19. Kella Gebert, Med., 271; 26. Reece Weir, Gil., 267; 34.

Jazmyn Robinson, Gil., 264; 41. Cora Semrau, Med., 262; 47. Kadence Weix, Med., 261; 57.

Kodi Rappe, Med., 259; 93. Kennedy Buske, Gil., 246; 98. Breanna Lemke, Med., 245; 114.

Shyan Pentimone, Gil., 239; 115. Ella Ewings, Gil., 239; 124. Ava Webster, Gil., 236; 126.

Ashlyn Kropp, Med., 236; 130. Erin Kreklau, Med., 236; 139. Misty Mravik, Gil., 233; 169. Mylie Stephens, Gil., 223; 176. Kaitlynn Madlon, Gil., 219; 187. Destiny Bertsinger, Gil., 216; 206. Rayanna Romig, Gil., 209; 237.

Sabrina Underwood, Med., 193.

Elementary boys: 1. Colton Lang, Gil., 286; 5.

Wyatt Stephens, Gil., 259; 10. Karson Ecklund, Med., 250; 21. Jax Gosse, Med., 238; 27. Cade Kowalczyk, Gil., 231; 83 Chet Paul, Med., 180; 89. Owen Machon, Med., 161; 97. Bentley Cooley, Med., 148; 105. Jaylin Mallo, Gil., 129.

Elementary girls: 1. Carys Flock, Spring Hill, 263; 41. Lexi Semrau, Med., 203; 44. Kyra Scheithauer, Med., 201.

High school team scores: 1. Cadott, 3,400; 2. Wisconsin Dells, 3,318; 3. West De Pere, 3,316; 4. Stratford, 3,295; 5. Gilman, 3,263; 6. East De Pere, 3,248; 7. Medford, 3,226; 8. Oostburg, 3,197; 9. Kaukauna, 3,183; 10.

Sun Prairie, 3,162; 11. Sparta, 3,156; 12. Elk Mound, 3,156; 13. Fort Atkinson, 3,135; 14.

Living Word Lutheran of Jackson, 3,078; 15.

Faith Christian Academy of Wausau, 2,944; 16.

Harborside Academy of Kenosha, 2,906; 17.

Portage, 2,902; 18. Rice Lake, 2,892.

Middle school team scores: 1. St. Patrick’s Catholic of Sparta, 3,237; 2. Stratford, 3,210; 3. Cadott, 3,203; 4. Spring Hill Middle School of Wisconsin Dells, 3,157; 5. Medford, 3,147; 6. Marshfield, 3,136; 7. West De Pere, 3,106; 8. Auburndale, 3,104; 9. East De Pere, 3,068; 10. Hortonville, 3,061; 11. Portage, 3,018; 12. Fort Atkinson, 3,010; 13. Kaukauna River View, 3,000; 14. Columbus, 2,961; 15. Cornell, 2,926; 16. Oostburg, 2,912; 17. Elk Mound, 2,779; 18. Harborside Academy of Kenosha, 2,704; 19. Rice Lake, 2,669; 20. Columbus II, 2,549.

Elementary team scores: 1. St. Patrick’s Catholic of Sparta, 2,926; 2. Spring Hill Elementary of Wisconsin Dells, 2,837; 3. Thorp, 2,716; 4.

Stratford, 2,639; 5. Columbus, 2,557; 6. Purdy Elementary School of Fort Atkinson, 2,447; 7.

Portage Muir, 2,297.

3-D highlights

The state 3-D shoot attracted 376 archers, including 205 boys and 171 girls. Archers again take 30 shots total at a diagonal line of six animal targets that range in distance from 10 to 15 meters.

Viergutz posted the state’s top score with a round of 293 that included 24 10-point shots. Stratford’s Derek Wiese was three points behind and Stratford’s Garrett Drexler was third at 287. Wisocky was fourth with his 285 and Grunseth was fifth at 282.

Weir’s 283 gave her the girls high school championship, while Wickersheim was just three points behind in fourth place. Raider junior Kiersten Weix was eighth at 276.

Lang was right there with the state’s best again, shooting a 287 to easily win the boys elementary division, while Stephens was fifth at 250. Hillebrand finished fourth out of 96 middle school boys with his 275, five points behind champion Caden Leis of St. Patrick’s. Raiders eighth grader Ashton Behling was seventh with a 265 and seventh grader Brody Peche was one point behind Behling in eighth place.

The top six individual scores create the 3-D team scores with at least two archers from each gender. The scorers on Gilman’s championship team were Lang, Wisocky, Weir, Grunseth, Wyatt Webster and Kiersten Webster. Medford’s scorers that were one point behind were Viergutz, Wickersheim, Coy Loucks, Weix, Christine Czeshinski and Mattie Gebert.

State 3-D results High school boys: 1. Landen Viergutz, Med., 293; 4. Dalton Wisocky, Gil., 285; 5. Casey Grunseth, Gil., 282; 11. Coy Loucks, Med., 276; 13. Wyatt Webster, Gil., 275.

High school girls: 1. Tatum Weir, Gil., 283; 4. Jenna Wickersheim, Med., 280; 8. Kiersten Weix, Med., 276; 11. Christine Czeshinski, Med., 274; 13. Mattie Gebert, Med., 272; 16.

Kaedence Ecklund, Med., 269; 22. Tana Rappe, Med., 262; 27. Kiersten Webster, Gil., 260; 29.

Olivia Buske, Gil., 259; 30. Jaylyn Orth, Gil., 259.

Middle school boys: 1. Caden Leis, St. Patrick’s, 280; 4. Ezra Hillebrand, Med., 275; 7. Ashton Behling, Med., 265; 8. Brody Peche, Med., 264; 16. Jake Erl, Med., 259; 18. Dawson Grunseth, Gil., 257; 19. Brock Anderson, Med., 257; 33. Anthony Graf, Med., 248; 37. Wyatt Orth, Gil., 245; 41. Makii Austin Mallo, Gil., 243; 46. Dawson Robinson, Gil., 237; 51. Michael Standke, Med., 232; 92. Jossiah Jackson, Gil., 170.

Middle school girls: 1. Eleanor Paulsen, St. Patrick’s, 272; 11. Kadence Weix, Med., 254; 12.

Reece Weir, Gil., 254; 18. Kella Gebert, Med., 249; 23. Jazmyn Robinson, Gil., 240; 33. Kodi Rappe, Med., 233; 40. Kaitlynn Madlon, Gil., 226; 50. Mylie Stephens, Gil., 214; 53. Rayanna Romig, Gil., 212; 57. Ella Ewings, Gil., 207; 60.

Ava Webster, Gil., 200; 65. Destiny Bertsinger, Gil., 192; 66. Kennedy Buske, Gil., 190.

Elementary boys: 1. Colton Lang, Gil., 287; 5.

Wyatt Stephens, Gil., 250; 17. Karson Ecklund, Med., 220; 29. Bentley Cooley, Med., 201; 33.

Cade Kowalczyk, Gil., 193; 50. Jaylin Mallo, Gil., 111.

Elementary girls: 1. Breanna Delmore, Spring Hill, 251.

High school team scores: 1. Gilman, 1,672; 2.

Medford, 1,671; 3. Stratford, 1,667; 4. Wisconsin Dells, 1,659; 5. Elk Mound, 1,588; 6.

Marshfield, 1,558; 7. Superior, 1,544; 8. Prairie du Chien, 1,523; 9. Faith Christian Academy of Wausau, 1,460.

Middle school team scores: 1. St. Patrick’s Catholic of Sparta, 1,598; 2. Medford, 1,566; 3. Spring Hill Middle School of Wisconsin Dells, 1,525; 4. Marshfield, 1,524; 5. Cornell, 1,517; 6. Auburndale, 1,496; 7. Stratford, 1,494; 8. Elk Mound, 1,318; 9. Portage, 1,247.

Elementary team scores: 1. St. Patrick’s Catholic of Sparta, 1,481; 2. Spring Hill Elementary of Wisconsin Dells, 1,431; 3. Thorp, 1,405; 4.

Auburndale, 1,120.