Sumrall Middle School held its first ever Sumrall Invitational on Friday March 3 & Saturday March 4, 2023. Columbia Academy, Oak Grove, Purvis, & Sumrall as well as some homeschool students particpated in the tournament. We are pleased to announce that OGMS Archery placed 1st in the middle school division! Furthermore, we had the top middle school shooter in the tournament, Rachel Woods, who scored a 268. Jon Cater also scored a 268 but had 3 less 10's than Rachel. Although only the top shooter won a medal, OGMS had the top female & male shooters in the invitational. Also archer Bailey McKissack scored a perfect 50 in one of her 10 meter ends. Way to go, OG!

Our top 12 were as follows:

1. Rachel Woods-268

2. Jon Cater-268

3. Ben Jeane-266

4. Aiden Creekmore-265

5. Tristan Taylor-258

6. Elle Townsend-252

7. Bailey McKissack-250

8. Faith Guy-246

9. Zac Drake-242

10. Mady Bixler-239

11. Claire Xie-238

12. Luke Snell-238

Additionally, the following members scored 200 or above:

Brayden Evans-233

Parker Burley-233

Brady Bounds-229

Jackson Leslie-229

Jalen Simmons-226

Adi Bradley-219

Frank Salcedo-214

Carson Bas-211

Sydney Lefeat-207

Constance Harrison-206

Julianna Hampton-203

OGMS Archery uniforms are REQUIRED to attend & participate in Meets and Tournaments once received. All students who completed the Archery packet including a current physical, paid the dues, and participate in the practices (after competing in tryouts & making the team) are part of the team. However, the number of team members who compete at school meets depends upon:

• Following all safety & range rules
• Attendance and participation in practices
• The current list of top shooters
• Number of competitors our opponents have/can hold

Ties are broken by seeing who made the mosts 10's (aka bullseyes) in the 6 scored rounds. If the number of 10's made are also equal, we check who had the most 9's. If 9's made are also equal, we checks 8's & so forth until the tie is broken. That is how one student is ranked above another student who has the exact same score. This would also be used to distinguish between the 12th shooter (whose score is part of the team score) & the 13th shooter (whose score would NOT be used as part of the team score.)

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We defeated Jefferson Middle School by a score of 3089 to 2635! This is our highest team score to date! We also saw our highest individual score yet this season when Ben Jeane scored a 280! Congratulations to our team and to 7th grader Ben!

Our top 12 shooters were:

1. Ben Jeane-280

2. Rachel Woods-271

3. Jon Cater-268

4. Aiden Creekmore-264

5. Tristan Taylor-259

6. Elle Townsend-259

7. Brady Bounds-257

8. Bailey McKissack-253

9. Parker Burley-249

10. Faith Guy-248

11. Zac Drake-241

12. Claire Xie-240

Additionally, other shooters scoring 200 or above included:

Julianna Hampton-234

Frank Salcedo-232

Jalen Simmons-230

Jackson Leslie-229

Adi Bradley-228

Mady Bixler-228

Sydney Lefeat-222

Brayden Evans-220

Dre Smith-219

Neal Bryan-219

I am proud of all my archers for a job well done!

Congratulations to the following students who made this year's team!

OGMS Archery Team | Grade | Years on Team | Gender |

| 1 | Anderson, Ashton | 6 | 1 | M |

| 2 | Baas, Carson | 7 | 1 | M |

| 3 | Bas, Vera | 7 | 1 | F |

| 4 | Bixler, Madelynn | 8 | 3 | F |

| 5 | Bounds, Brady | 7 | 1 | M |

| 6 | Bradley, Adison | 7 | 1 | F |

| 7 | Bryan, Neal | 8 | 2 | M |

| 8 | Burley, Parker | 6 | 1 | M |

| 9 | Cater, Jonathan | 8 | 3 | M |

| 10 | Creekmore, Aiden | 7 | 2 | M |

| 11 | Dearman, Brandon | 6 | 1 | M |

| 12 | Drake, Zaccheus | 8 | 2 | M |

| 13 | Evans, Brayden | 7 | 2 | M |

| 14 | Guy, Faith | 7 | 2 | F |

| 15 | Hampton, Julianna | 7 | 2 | F |

| 16| Harrison, Constance | 7 | 2 | F |

| 17 | Jeane, Benjamin | 7 | 2 | M |

| 18| Lefeat, Sydney | 7 | 1 | F |

| 19 | Leslie, Jackson | 6 | 1 | M |

| 20 | McKissack, Bailey | 8 | 2 | F |

| 21 | McQueen, Valerie | 7 | 1 | F |

| 22 | Miller, Lydia | 6 | 1 | F |

| 23 | Morales, Nevaeh | 7 | 2 | F |

| 24 | Reeves, Tyler | 8 | 1 | M |

| 25 | Salcedo, Frank | 6 | 2 | M |

| 26| Simmons, Jalen | 8 | 2 | F |

| 27 | Smith, Aundre | 7 | 2 | M |

| 28 | Snell, Luke | 7 | 2 | M |

| 29 | Taylor, Tristan | 8 | 3 | M |

| 30| Townsend, Elle | 7 | 2 | F |

| 31| Woods, Rachel | 8 | 3 | F |

| 32 | Xie, Claire | 7 | 2 | F |

Equipment Manager: Brody Creekmore, 7th grade

We had 37 of our 39 archers able to shoot in the championships and our team score was 2909. We came in 6th place out of 15 schools in AIMS 3A division.

Our Top 12 shooters were: Ben Jeane 265; Ayriel Fortune 265; Rachel Woods 259; Jon Cater 250; Elle Townsend 248; Lily Rogers 248; Leyton Knight 237; Ashleigh Henington 232; Aiden Creekmore 232; Bailey McKissack 226; Claire Xie 224; & Kaylee Coleman 223.

Other members who scored 200 or above, just outside the Top 12, include: Tristan Taylor 222; Aundre Smith 222; Nevaeh Morales 218; Blake Gibson 218; Mady Bixler 217; Neal Bryan 215; Faith Guy 214; Brayden Evans 212; Brody Creekmore 208; & Gavin Branton 202.

Those scoring above 155 include: Ma'Lysia Young, 195; Jalen Simmons 194: Miles Yarrington 192; Baylee White 190; Brady Graves 188; Zac Drake 178; & Frank Salcedo 158;

Other members who shot and want their score may contact Coach Miller by email to get scores: tamela.miller@lamark12.org .

We also had 3 team members who scored in the Top 18 (In the state) in the South State Qualifier, which allowed them to shoot in the All Star shoot on Saturday, April 9th. Rachel Woods shot a 267 and placed 9th in the 7th-8th grade female category; Elle Townsend shot a 260 and placed 6th in the 4th-6th grade female category; and Ben Jeane shot a 255 and placed 10th in the 4th-6th grade male category. What an outstanding ending to a great year in archery!

Congratulations to the entire team for a wonderful archery season! Forms for next year will be available soon for rising 7th & 8th graders.