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Archers excel at regional tournament as three teams advance to state


Posted: January 9, 2024

Three Newport News Public Schools archery teams and six individual archers placed first at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Regional Tournament on January 6 at Achievable Dream Middle and High School.

More than 200 students from 10 schools participated as Denbigh, Menchville and Warwick high schools; Gildersleeve, Ella Fitzgerald and Passage middle schools; and B.C. Charles, Richneck, Yates and Dutrow elementary schools were represented.

Team winners were for high schools Menchville, coached by Dan Cerny, with a score of 3087; for middle schools Ella Fitzgerald, coached by Josh Cerny, with 2922; and for elementary schools Richneck, coached by Lindsay Sessions, with 2301.

Winning teams will advance to the NASP State Tournament in Doswell on March 9.

Individual Place Winners

High schools:

  • Female: 1. Kyla Leggette (276), Menchville; 2. Elizabeth Ng (271), Menchville; 3. Kayla Osborne (270), Menchville
  • Male: 1 (tie). Nicholas Mazzola (275), Menchville and James Salyers (275), Menchville; 3. Sebastian Arsenault (268), Menchville

Middle schools:

  • Female: 1. Sonnet Kleinfieldt (275), Ella Fitzgerald; 2. Paige Deloach (268), Ella Fitzgerald; 3. Lillian Roman (263), Ella Fitzgerald
  • Male: 1. Fenton Weymouth-German (273), Gildersleeve; 2. Anthony Roman (251), Ella Fitzgerald; 3. Drake Meredith (248), Gildersleeve

Elementary schools:

  • Female: 1. Isabella Norman (230), Richneck; 2. Marleigh Parham (220), Richneck; 3. Leah Walton (213), Richneck
  • Male: 1. Corey Piggott (241), B.C. Charles; 2. Frank Felton (228), Richneck; 3. Landon Coleman (219), B.C. Charles

Elementary school individual winners
Elementary school individual winners
Richneck Elementary Team
Richneck Elementary Team
Middle school individual winners
Middle school individual winners
Ella Fitzgerald Middle School Team
Ella Fitzgerald Middle School Team
High school individual winners
High school individual winners
Menchville High School Team
Menchville High School Team