04/19/16 – 2016 KHSAA State Archery Championship Set for Thursday at KBA

April 19, 2016 2015-2016 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2016

The 2016 KHSAA State Archery Championship gets underway Thursday morning at the Kentucky Basketball Academy in Lexington. The competition begins at 9 a.m. with the first of six hour-long flights. The four teams with the highest overall scores across the opening flights will advance to the championship round, scheduled for 3:30 p.m., followed by an awards presentation for the top four teams and the top eight individuals.

Last year, Trigg County’s Clay Stevens became the first student-athlete to post a perfect score of 300 at the state championship en route to capturing the 2015 individual state title. Stevens’ performance helped Trigg County claim its third-consecutive team championship. The Wildcats finished with a total score of 4,507 points during the championship round, followed by Madison Central (4,484), Anderson County (4,466) and Letcher County Central (4,463).

A complete list of lane assignments for this year’s event can be found at http://khsaa.org/archery/2016/laneassignments.pdf

Live results for the 2016 KHSAA State Archery Championship will be available at http://khsaa.org/2016-complete-khsaa-state-archery-results/

The championship program can be viewed at http://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20152016/Archery/issue1/index.html

Following the event, official championship photos and highlights will be available at KHSAA.org.

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 277 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions 43 state championships in 13 sports and 4 sport-activities, licenses and trains over 4,000 officials, provides catastrophic insurance for its more than 70,000 member school student-athletes, as well as overseeing coaching education and sports safety programs.