Allen County-Scottsville Archers Open Season
The archery season is underway for archers at Allen County-Scottsville High School. Last Friday, archers participated in a match in Bowling Green to kick off the 25-26 season. Archers shooting at the match included, front row, left to right: Marissa Meador, Melia Emery, Gabby Joyce, Madaline Childers, Cole Petty, Tanner Reid, Ty Jacobson and Coach Scott Walker. Back row, L-R: Aubryahnna Blankenship, Mckinley Davenport, Kyrie Begley, Faithanna Williams, Haley Ditlevson, Jacob Farrar, Aiden Blakenship and Andrew Royals. Archers Olivia Baird, James Fisher, Seth Harris, Hailey Blankenship, Savannah Perkins and JoyDale Williams were not present at the shoot. (Photo by Don Meador).
By Don Meador,
Sports Writer
The Allen County-Scottsville High School archery team took aim at their first shoot of the 2025-26 season Friday (November 7) at the Bristow Bullseye Season Opener at Ephram White Park in Bowling Green. Seven AC-S sharpshooters scored personal best in the event.
Senior archer Hailey Ditlevson posted a score of 249 in her first shoot of the 2025-26 season. The AC-S archery team returns to the range in early December. (Photo by Don Meador).
Junior Aiden Blankenship shot a 266 including 10 “tens.” Freshman Marissa Meador fired a personal best 258 with eight tens. Freshman Madaline Childers also scored a personal best with a 253 including five tens. Sophomore FaithAnna Williams finished with a 249 as did senior Hayley Ditlevson.
Allen County-Scottsville archer Cole Petty places his arrow in his bow to take a shot on the 10-meter range during last Friday’s first archery shoot of the season. Petty scored 247 (out of a possible 300) at the Bristow Season Opener in Bowling Green (Photo by Don Meador).
Sophomore archer Cole Petty notched a 247 with sophomore Gabby Joyce shooting a personal best 243. Junior Jacob Farrar shot a 236 while sophomore Aubryahnna Blankenship finished with a 233. Sophomore Ty Jacobsen shot a personal best 227. Sophomore Tanner Reid fired a 223 with freshman Kyrie Begley recording a personal best 218.
AC-S archers Marissa Meador (left) and Gabby Joyce focus on their target and bow during last week’s archery meet in Bowling Green. Meador shot a career best 258 with Joyce scoring a personal best 243. (Photo by Don Meador).
Additional archers and their scorers were sophomore Melia Emery (207), freshman Mckinley Davenport (personal best 188), and sophomore Andrew Royals (personal best 169).
AC-S archers will return to the range in December.
AC-S Archery Coach Scott Walker talks to his archers following last week’s first match of the year. The team competed in Bowling Green. Seven Lady Patriot and Patriot archers shot personal bests in the competition. (Photo by Don Meador).
