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National Archery in the Schools Program nationals results

• 5/14/2024 12:27:00 PM
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Several Iowa NASP Archers qualified for and participated in the recent US Eastern and Western Nationals.

Results from 2021 state archery tournament

• 4/21/2021 1:12:00 PM
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Nearly 2,000 archers from more than 100 Iowa schools participated in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Virtual State Tournament in Iowa. This year a virtual state format was used to allow a large number of participants to compete. The tournament season ran December 1 to February 20 and saw 3,940 archers compete in at least one event.

1,750 archers compete at state archery tournament

• 3/13/2018 2:24:00 PM
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1,750 archers from 86 Iowa schools participated in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament March 10-11, in Des Moines.

State archery tournament begins March 10 in Des Moines

• 2/27/2018 11:31:00 AM
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An estimated 1,900 Iowa students in grades four through 12 will be at the Iowa State Fairgrounds March 10-11 competing in the Iowa State Archery Tournament.

Mount Vernon archer scores first perfect round in national 3D target competition

• 6/20/2017 1:02:00 PM
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Iowa’s Logan Kelly has become the first archer to shoot a perfect score in 3D competition when he shot a 300 on June 17 at the International Bowhunters Organization Midwest Invitational National Archery in the Schools Program 3D Challenge tournament, in Bloomington, Ind.

1,500 archers compete at state tournament

• 3/9/2017 9:34:00 AM
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Nearly 1,500 archers from 84 Iowa schools participated in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament March 3-4 in Des Moines.

Iowa's Bullseye Boys

• 8/26/2016 3:08:00 PM
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Archery requires rigorous concentration and is steeped in history, but two Iowa teens are starting a new chapter—Nick Wright of Spencer will be the first Iowa archer from a national after-school program to receive a collegiate athletic scholarship this fall, and David Machart of Anamosa is the first Iowan, fifth in the nation, to score a perfect 300. 

Friends of Lake Darling Receives National Recognition

• 8/17/2016 1:14:00 PM
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DES MOINES -- The Friends of Lake Darling group was recognized Aug. 16 as recipient of the National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD) 2016 President’s Award.

Spencer Archer Accepts Scholarship To Continue Competing In College

• 5/11/2016 10:31:00 AM
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Nick Wright couldn’t believe what he was reading. Something like this didn’t happen to a kid from small town Iowa, he thought.