By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Simon Kenton won its first Kentucky state championship in girls sports on Thursday when the archery team finished with the highest score in the state tournament at Midway University.
This is the first year that the Kentucky High School Athletic Association sanctioned a team champion in girls archery and the Pioneers finished on top with 1,992 points. Muhlenberg County took second place with a 1,985 total that was one point better than Pulaski County.
Simon Kenton’s three previous state championships have come in boys sports — wrestling (1987), basketball (1981) and bowling (2013).
The leading scorer for Simon Kenton in the state archery tournament was sophomore Holly Snow, who placed third in the individual standings with a 293 total. The winning score was 297 by Emmaline Klineman of Louisville Eastern.
In the final flight, each archer released 30 arrows at targets. Snow had 23 shots that scored 10 points and seven shots that scored nine points for her 293 total.
Simon Kenton senior Lydia Smith placed fifth with 292 points and freshman Paige Robbins tied for seventh with 291. The other girls who were part of the Pioneers’ winning team total were eighth-grader Kennedy Wyatt (286), freshman Grace Hofstetter (284), sophomore Mackenzie Myers (274) and sophomore Elizabeth Fulmer (272).
Ryle placed 10th out of 22 teams in the girls standings with 1,963 points. The Raiders’ leading scorer was seventh-grader Abigail Wright with a 286 total.
Bullitt Central won the boys archery state title with 2,030 points. Simon Kenton placed 12th with 1,967 points and Covington Catholic placed 20th with 1,931.
Two archers tired for first place in the boys individual standings with 299 scores and Dalton Hinkle of Henderson County won the title in a shootout.
The top local scorer in the boys final round was Simon Kenton eighth-grader Mason Hammons with a 290 that tied for 22nd place. One of his teammates, sophomore Drew Drake, shot 287 to tie for 50th place.
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