The YRHS Raider archery team put a successful end to their 2016 season this past weekend, travelling to Weyburn for the 2016 Provincials 鈥� 麻豆传媒AV Division and returning home with several medals.
Team-wise, the Raiders took top honours with an overall score of 3017 to give them their fourth team top finish in five tournaments this season. 鈥淲e had a really good showing at provincials, and because of that we managed to win the team competition again,鈥� said YRHS Archery coach Mike Jarvis, who had returned to the team at the beginning of the season after taking a couple of years off.
Archers Brayden Jarvis and Cailin Jarvis both found themselves on the podium in singles competition at the provincials, as Brayden took home High School Boys鈥� gold with a score of 273 while his sister Cailin won a bronze in the High School Girls鈥� competition shooting a 266 鈥� three back of the gold medal score of 269 shot by Prairie Valley School Division team member Daniella Gericke. 鈥淏rayden and Cailin both shot well at provincials, and it was nice to see them rewarded for their hard work,鈥� offered the YRHS coach. 鈥淲e also had quite a few archers shoot well but just miss the podium, but because of their shooting we still managed to win the team competition.鈥�
Overall, Coach Jarvis feels the YRHS Archery team had a great season, with top shooters in three of their five tournaments this season, four first place team finishes and a fifth place finish at Nationals.
He鈥檚 also hopeful for next season, as only two members of the YRHS team - Tamara Bartley and Brett Kuzek - are graduating this year, meaning most of the team will remain together.
The YRHS team will also be bolstered by several 2016/17 grade nine athletes from surrounding elementary schools who have shown promise on the archery range. 鈥淪chools like Springside, Saltcoats, Yorkdale, M.C. Knoll, they鈥檙e all sending up some fantastic grade eight shooters for me next year so I鈥檓 looking forward to these next few years here being very successful with our archery at the YRHS.鈥�
Results
Brayden Jarvis 鈥� 273, Cailin Jarvis 鈥� 266, Thomas Jagowez 鈥� 261, Brett Kuzek 鈥� 261, Ocean Williams 鈥� 260, Payton Weinmaster 鈥� 260, Payton Corkum 鈥� 256, Jed Stachura 鈥� 255, Dustin Murray 鈥� 243, Jake Fenske 鈥� 238, Jordan Percival 鈥� 229, Sara Medvid 鈥� 215, Tamara Bartley 鈥� 213, Brittany Riffel 鈥� 209, Sydney Tangadal 鈥� 199, Connor Dobson 鈥� 183.
Other local area results saw M.C. Knoll grade eight archer post a tournament-best score of 281 to take home middle school/elementary honours as well as top archer honours, while M.C. Knoll teammates Jaron Weinmaster (263) and Sebastian Courville (241) also had strong performances at provincials.
Yorkdale archers Burke Sabastian (262), Mason Ferris (258), Abby Lees (249), Emma Parkvold (248), Keanen Gnyp (247) and Zach Wasylyshen (242) all eclipsed the 240 point mark, as Columbia archer Mikayla Prince.
Saltcoats School had a total of 17 archers shoot about 240 with Jessica Farquharson shooting a team high 278. Mya Lauer (277), Isaiah Bergen (267), Karlee Sidoryk (265), Caitlin Sidoryk (264), Teagan Bolton-Zerebeski (257), Trinity Wagner (256), Kaydence Clay (256), Tolan Tangedal (254), Tristan Hutchings (250), Jaden Collins (246), Brett Switzer (246), Mathew Datema (245), Jayha Rodgers (245), Connor Thompson (245), Ayden Bergen (242) and Charlotte Loewen (240) all shot 240 or higher as well to make Saltcoats the most successful team overall at the provincials.
