03-18-2012, 05:10 PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) will host its seventh annual West Virginia Archery in the Schools (AIS) Program State Tournament at the Charleston Civic Center on Saturday, March 24, according to Krista Snodgrass, program coordinator. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., followed by an awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. This year's tournament will be the largest indoor youth archery tournament ever held in West Virginia with 658 students from 65 divisional teams, representing the following 50 schools:
Beckley-Stratton Middle
Buckhannon Upshur Middle<br />
Buckhannon Upshur High<br />
Buffalo Elementary<br />
Cabell Midland High<br />
Cameron Middle<br />
Cameron High<br />
Chapmanville Middle<br />
Chapmanville High<br />
Chesapeake Elementary<br />
Crescent Elementary<br />
East Bank Middle<br />
East Hardy Middle<br />
Elkview Middle<br />
Fayetteville High<br />
George Washington Middle<br />
Guyan Valley Middle<br />
Hannan Jr./Sr. High Herbert Hoover High<br />
Heritage Christian<br />
John Marshall High<br />
Lincoln County High<br />
Madison Middle<br />
Man Middle<br />
Meadow Bridge Elementary<br />
Moundsville Middle<br />
Mountain View Christian<br />
New Life Christian<br />
Nicholas County High<br />
Parkersburg South High<br />
Peterstown Middle<br />
Pickens<br />
Ripley Middle<br />
Ripley High<br />
Riverside High<br />
Scott High<br />
Shady Spring High<br />
Shady Spring Middle<br />
Sherman Elementary<br />
Sherrard Middle<br />
South Harrison High<br />
Summers County High<br />
Summersville Elementary<br />
Summersville Middle<br />
Truthway Christian Academy<br />
West Teays Elementary<br />
Winfield Elementary<br />
Winfield Middle<br />
WV School for the Blind<br />
WV School for the Deaf<br />
"We at the DNR are encouraged by the success of the Archery in the Schools Program," Snodgrass said. "The program provides students with a life-skill and possibly leading to future indoor or outdoor archery endeavors. Everyone is encouraged to come out and see how successful this tournament, and the Archery in the Schools Program, have become."<br />
Admission fee to watch the tournament is $5 for adults (18 and older) and $3 for children (6-17 years old). Children under 6 years of age get in free.<br />
Tournament competition is open only to schools that have received the DNR-sponsored AIS training. For more information on the WV Archery in the Schools Program or to attend the next training, visit the DNR website at www.wvdnr.gov/archery.
Beckley-Stratton Middle
Buckhannon Upshur Middle<br />
Buckhannon Upshur High<br />
Buffalo Elementary<br />
Cabell Midland High<br />
Cameron Middle<br />
Cameron High<br />
Chapmanville Middle<br />
Chapmanville High<br />
Chesapeake Elementary<br />
Crescent Elementary<br />
East Bank Middle<br />
East Hardy Middle<br />
Elkview Middle<br />
Fayetteville High<br />
George Washington Middle<br />
Guyan Valley Middle<br />
Hannan Jr./Sr. High Herbert Hoover High<br />
Heritage Christian<br />
John Marshall High<br />
Lincoln County High<br />
Madison Middle<br />
Man Middle<br />
Meadow Bridge Elementary<br />
Moundsville Middle<br />
Mountain View Christian<br />
New Life Christian<br />
Nicholas County High<br />
Parkersburg South High<br />
Peterstown Middle<br />
Pickens<br />
Ripley Middle<br />
Ripley High<br />
Riverside High<br />
Scott High<br />
Shady Spring High<br />
Shady Spring Middle<br />
Sherman Elementary<br />
Sherrard Middle<br />
South Harrison High<br />
Summers County High<br />
Summersville Elementary<br />
Summersville Middle<br />
Truthway Christian Academy<br />
West Teays Elementary<br />
Winfield Elementary<br />
Winfield Middle<br />
WV School for the Blind<br />
WV School for the Deaf<br />
"We at the DNR are encouraged by the success of the Archery in the Schools Program," Snodgrass said. "The program provides students with a life-skill and possibly leading to future indoor or outdoor archery endeavors. Everyone is encouraged to come out and see how successful this tournament, and the Archery in the Schools Program, have become."<br />
Admission fee to watch the tournament is $5 for adults (18 and older) and $3 for children (6-17 years old). Children under 6 years of age get in free.<br />
Tournament competition is open only to schools that have received the DNR-sponsored AIS training. For more information on the WV Archery in the Schools Program or to attend the next training, visit the DNR website at www.wvdnr.gov/archery.