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Christie Morton and Jason Chau Win NASP Archery Tournament

National Archery in the Schools Program

LINCOLN, Neb. – -(AmmoLand.com)- Christie Morton and Jason Chau of Lincoln won the overall female and male divisions, respectively, at the National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament March 28 at the Lancaster Event Center.

Morton, of Northeast High School, led females with a score of 278, while Chau, of Pound Middle School, led the males with a 272.

The top high school senior archers, each earning a $500 scholarship, were Morton and Kai Friis-Hansen of Oakland-Craig High School (271).

The tournament was the culminating event in the state for NASP, which is a physical education curriculum that has spread across the nation.

“When you walk into a NASP tournament and look at the participants, you will be amazed by the diversity of the archers taking part – from the skinny fourth grader to the big high school senior,” said Aaron Hershberger, a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission outdoor education specialist and state NASP coordinator. “You don’t have to be super tall or extremely muscular to be good at archery. It’s the reason NASP is so popular; everyone can do it.”

The tournament was conducted by the Commission, Nebraska State Archery Association, Lincoln Prairie Bowmen Archery Club, Golden Arrow Archery Club of Omaha, Saunders Archery, and volunteers.

“With more than 300 archers, this event has become the largest youth indoor archery event in the state,” Hershberger said.

The top five individuals in each division qualified for the NASP national tournament, to be held May 8-9 in Louisville, Ky. The following teams qualified by winning their division or meeting a minimum score: High School – Lincoln North Star, Superior Public Schools, Lincoln Northeast, South Platte Public Schools, Omaha Mater Dei Academy; Middle School – Lincoln Dawes Middle School, Lincoln Pound Middle School; Elementary School – Lincoln Pound Middle School (sixth grade).

The results:

Top High School Senior: Female – Christie Morton, Lincoln Northeast, 278 points; Male – Kai Friis-Hansen, Oakland-Craig, 271

Top Score – All Divisions: Female – Christie Morton, Lincoln Northeast, 278: Male – Jason Chau, Pound Middle School (Lincoln), 272

Top High School Female: 1. Christie Morton, Lincoln Northeast, 278; 2. Sam Griffin, Lincoln North Star, 270; 3. Joselyn Vosta, Lincoln North Star, 263; 4. Victoria Hinrichs, Lincoln Northeast, 259; 5. Jessica Nguyen, Lincoln North Star, 257

Top High School Male: 1. Kai Friis-Hansen, Oakland-Craig, 271; 2. Askar Akayev, Oakland-Craig, 269; 3. Craig Guilkey, Superior Public Schools, 265; 4. Cody Butler, Superior Public Schools, 262; 5. Zach Wright, Lincoln North Star, 256

Middle School Female: 1. McKenzie Hyde, Dawes (Lincoln), 267; 2. Gina Kassebaum, Dawes (Lincoln), 258; 3. Alisha Sheets, Dawes (Lincoln), 258; 4. Annie Keeshan, Dawes (Lincoln), 253; 5. Destiny McClure, Superior Public Schools, 253

Middle School Male: 1. Jason Chau, Pound (Lincoln), 272; 2. Ryan Hedges, Dawes (Lincoln), 265; 3. Aaron Balderson, Dundy County Schools, 261; 4. J.D. Hourigan, Superior Public Schools, 261; 5. Eric DeJonge, Pound (Lincoln), 258

Elementary School Female: 1. Harley Schuster, Superior Public Schools, 219; 2. Colby Duvel, Dundy County Schools, 217; 3. Fayelee Sanford, Dundy County Schools, 213; 4. Kylee Yakel, Pound Middle School (Lincoln), 212; 5. Catera Nondorf, Superior Public Schools, 202

Elementary School Male: 1. Marcus Fox, Dundy County Schools, 258; 2. Ashten Williams, Mickle Middle School (Lincoln), 241; 3. Jared Crouse, Dundy County Schools, 239; 4. Austin Chabb, Dawes Middle School (Lincoln), 238; 5. Collin Sehi, North American Martyrs (Lincoln), 236

Team – High School Division: 1. Lincoln North Star, 2,948; 2. Superior Public Schools, 2,862

Team – Middle School Division: 1. Dawes Middle School (Lincoln), 2,988; 2. Pound Middle School (Lincoln), 2,818

Team – Elementary School Division: 1. Pound Middle School (Lincoln), 2,317; 2. Superior Public Schools, 2,301

Saunders Archery SACO School Shoot-Out: 1. Pound Middle School (Lincoln); 2. Superior Public Schools

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President Builds Conservation Legacy in Signing Historic Lands Bill
Hunters and anglers laud measures beneficial to fish and wildlife populations, sporting opportunities in most significant conservation legislation enacted in decades.

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

WASHINGTON – -(AmmoLand.com)- President Barack Obama today signed into law a broad-based public lands bill and ensured the conservation of millions of acres of public lands and hunting and fishing opportunities, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced today.

TRCP President and CEO George Cooper attended the White House signing ceremony for the legislation and invoked the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt in assessing the president’s actions.

“Theodore Roosevelt once said, ‘We have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people ever received, and each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune,’” said Cooper. “With today’s events, Roosevelt’s words take on a new and deeper meaning. Ratification of this historic measure represents an important victory for sportsmen, as well as for our natural resources and activities that rely on our nation’s public lands.

“By acting decisively to ensure that Americans enjoy continued access to places to hunt and fish, President Obama is helping sustain a crucial element of our identity as a nation,” Cooper continued. “His ready support of this legislation demonstrates that he understands the value of America’s public lands and the ability of the common man to enjoy those vast open spaces.”

The omnibus legislation comprises more than 150 public lands, water and resources bills and numerous measures of importance to sportsmen, including the Wyoming Range Legacy Act and National Landscape Conservation System. The Wyoming Range Legacy Act prohibits further energy leasing on 1.2 million acres of big-game habitat and native trout waters and permits groups to buy and retire existing energy leases. The National Landscape Conservation System conserves hunting and fishing opportunities on millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management lands that encompass some of the nation’s most important extant fish and wildlife habitat. The legislation also includes the Altmire amendment, which maintains access for hunters and anglers in areas currently open to those activities and upholds the ability of states to manage fish and wildlife populations.

“Wyoming’s late senator, Craig Thomas, was a proponent of balance in the management of our shared natural resources, and the Wyoming Range Legacy Act embodies his beliefs and ideals,” said Tom Reed, spokesperson for Sportsmen for the Wyoming Range and backcountry coordinator for Trout Unlimited. “Through the legislation signed today by our president, these vast sagebrush steppes will continue to sustain healthy big-game herds and public-lands hunting opportunities – and, by extension, America’s outdoor heritage.”

Sportsmen for the Wyoming Range is a coalition of sportsmen’s and outdoors groups that support the Wyoming Range and conservation of natural resources and wildlife habitats. The TRCP is one of a growing number of organizations that supports Wyoming Range sportsmen.

The president’s approval of the public-lands bill comes only days after Congress voted to pass the measure. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the omnibus package “the most significant conservation measure to be enacted by Congress in the last 15 years.”

Read a statement by the president concerning the signing of the public-lands legislation.

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