04/24/18 – KHSAA State Archery Championships Set For Thursday at KBA

April 24, 2018 2017-2018 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2018

The 2018 KHSAA State Archery Championships get underway Thursday morning at the Kentucky Basketball Academy in Lexington, with the first of six flights starting at 9:30 a.m. The last flight of the day is set for 2:30 p.m., with awards presentations tentatively scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

This year’s state Archery Championship will be the first to award a girls’ team championship, following action taken by the Board of Control in January. The event was previously treated as a coed sport-activity with one overall team championship awarded. Team trophies will be presented to the top four boys’ and top four girls’ teams at this year’s event, with medallions presented to the top five individuals for each gender.

In 2017, Madison Central posted a team score of 3,442 to edge state runner-up Lafayette by two points (3,440) and repeat as state champions. Model’s Joshua Smith captured the boys’ individual state championship with a 298 (with 28 10’s), while Bethlehem’s Kristen Sedlatschek took home the girls’ state title with a 294 (with 25 10’s).

More information on the 2018 KHSAA State Archery Championships can be found through the links below:
Schedule – https://khsaa.org/archery/2018/stateschedule2018.pdf
Boys’ Lane Assignments – https://khsaa.org/archery/2018/boyslaneassignments.pdf
Girls’ Lane Assignments – https://khsaa.org/archery/2018/girlslaneassignments.pdf
Official Program – http://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20172018/Archery/issue1/
Results – https://khsaa.org/2017-2018-archery-results-and-information/

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 279 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions 44 state championships in 13 sports and 5 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.