Neosho Heights Elementary

Here is a map of the campus at Carl Junction where our archery tournament is this weekend. Saturday morning we will set up in the high school. This is where you will get your bows and scorecards. If you are shooting in the junior high, we will walk from the high school to the junior high when it is your time to shoot. It is best to show up around 1 hour before you shoot. They will most likely let you in 10-15 minutes before your flight time . The address to the facility in on the map. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will communicate with everyone when your shooting time will be.

The USD 504 archers traveled to Pittsburg for our second tournament of the year on Saturday. Once again, our archers showed up and did a great job representing our school. This was an extremely competitive meet us. Throughout the day our middle school shooters battled Lamar. The tournament had 7 flights. At the start of the 6th flight Oswego was ahead of Lamar by 4 points. At the end of the 7th and final flight Oswego would trail Lamar by 9. Was extremely fun watching this play out throughout the day. Top three teams secured trophies. Oswego brought home three. One for the 3D, one for the elementary bullseye team and one for the middle school bullseye team. Medals were awarded for the top 3 shooters in each division. Those shooters for Oswego the won medals were: Axel Santana 1st place middle school boy 3D, Matthias Shaw 1st place middle school boys bullseye and Odalys Santana 1st place elementary girls bullseye. The following students shot their best score ever: 3D shooters Axel Santana, Michael Varner, Matthias Shaw, Brooklyn Hazell and Amelia Owens. Bullseye shooters: Odalys Santana, Gabe Spencer, Emma Barnett, McKenna White, Ellias Smith, Orrin Fuller, Oakley Gatton, Xitlally Santana, Samuel Byrd, Stephen House, Jackson Gilley, Maleah Moore, Vanslee Nading, Allison Becker, Adelynn Queen and Kenzie Rion. Congratulations to all of our shooters for a job well done on Saturday. Would like to also thank all of our coaches. They all dedicate many hours to ensure the development of our shooters. Without them we would not do as well as we do. A big thank you also goes out to all the parents for making sure our shooters get to the tournaments. Many of them leave meets and go straight to basketball or leave basketball and go straight to archery. Can’t thank them enough for doing what the do. Without the parents willingness to do this we would not have an archery team. Was a great day for Indian archers. Our next tournament will be Jan. 25 in Carl Junction. 3D Team finished 2nd with 1572 points. Carl Junction first with 1629 points Axel Santana Middle school boys 1st, 8th grade 1st, Overall boys rank 4th thru 12th grade 6th 275 PR Michael Varner Middle school boys 8th, eighth grade 3rd 265 PR Matthias Shaw Middle school boys 10th, eighth grade boys 4th 264 PR Brooklyn Hazell Middle school girls 7th, eighth grade girls 6th 261 PR Elizabeth Dalton eighth grade 8th 254 Chloe Rhodenbaugh eighth grade girls 9th 253 Andelyn Johnson eighth grade girls 10th 245 Amelia Owens sixth grade girls 2nd 243 PR Elementary bullseye team finished second with 2583 points. Carl Junction was first with 2780 points. Middle school bullseye team finished second with 3154 points. Lamar finished first with 3165 points. Matthias Shaw 1st place middle school boys, first 8th grade boys and sixth overall 4th thru 12th grade boys 279 Eric Martin 4th place middle school boys, third 7th grade boys 273 Michael Varner 5th place middle school boys, second 8th grade boys 272 Chloe Rhodenbaugh 4th place middle school girls, fourth 8th grade girls 268 Axel Santana 5th place 8th grade boys 264 Odalys Santana 1st place elementary girls, first 5th grade girls 263 PR Amelia Owens 7th place middle school girls, second 6th grade girls 259 Brooklyn Hazell 8th place middle school girls, sixth 8th grade girls 258 Andelyn Johnson 9th place middle school girls, seventh 8th grade girls 257 Kobe Hazell 2nd place 6th grade boys 255 Paris Clifton 4th place 6th grade girls 254 Gabe Spencer 4th place 6th grade boys 250 PR Isabelle George 5th place 6th grade girls 250 Ava Edmond 3rd place 7th grade girls 247 Emma Barnett 7th place 6th grade girls 241 PR Skyler Neblett 4th place elementary boys, fourth place 5th grade boys 240 Emily Wible 8th place 6th grade girls 235 Amelia Head 9th place 6th grade girls 233 Maicee Wimp 230 McKenna White 8th place 7th grade girls 230 PR Elias Smith 8th place elementary boys, eighth place 5th grade boys 229 PR Orrin Fuller 225 PR Kross Fuller 224 Camron Edmond 220 Sydney Huebner 212 Cage Miller 212 Oakley Gatton 1st place 4th grade boys 212 PR Aralynn Tun 8th place elementary girls, seventh place 5th grade girls 210 Xitlally Santana 2nd place 4th grade girls 208 PR Samuel Byrd 207 PR Stephen House 2nd place 4th grade boys 206 PR Jaxson Blair 199 Jackson Gilley 4th place 4th grade boys 199 PR Maleah Moore 198 PR Ryder Collins 6th place 4th grade boys 195 Teagan Davis 190 Jazlyn Folk 9th place 5th grade girls 189 Teazly Higgins 10th place 5th grade girls 187 Vanslee Nading 178 PR Allison Becker 170 PR Adelynn Queen 9th place 4th grade girls 169 PR Kenzie Rion 141 PR Raylan Gilliland 120 Brayleigh Blake 114 High School Axton Myers 7th high school boys, second 9th grade boys and eighth place overall 4th thru 12th 278 Chance Mills 7th place 10th grade boys 252 Paityn Edwards 7th place 9th grade girls 249 Brody Braun 239 PR Justice Spunaugle 231 Ella Shouse 215 PR

The address for the archery tournament Saturday, Jan. 18 is: Pittsburg High School, 1978 East 4th Street, Pittsburg, Ks 66762. There will be an admission charge of $4.00 for adults, $2.00 for non shooters under 18. Coaches and shooters get in free. Please let us know if you have any questions.

The archery teams will be traveling to Pittsburg Saturday, Jan. 18 for our second tournament of the year. Our original schedule had us attending two meets on that date. Southeast has moved their meet to Feb. 8. We will not be shooting at Southeast on Jan. 18.

Today the Oswego archery teams traveled too Liberal for our first tournament of the year. Boy did we represent our school! All we did was come home with 12 medals and 3 trophies. I honestly can’t tell you how much I enjoy watching these kids shoot. They never cease to amaze me with how much they improve each year. We have some extremely dedicated kids and coaches. Am extremely proud of our archers and the coaches for all they do every day to improve. Our middle school bullseye team placed first with a score of 3190 with 111 tens shot. Compare that to 3011 last year with 70 tens shot. What an impressive day for our middle school team. Our middle school also competed as a team in the 3D shoot for the first time in school history. We have had individuals compete. Have never had enough for a team. All they did was secure a second place finish with a score of 1514 with 40 tens shot. The winning team from Carl Junction shot a score of 1543. The elementary school placed first also with a score of 2403 with 31 tens shot. Last year at this time we shot a team score of 2255 with 20 tens shot. Pretty impressive improvement from them also. The high school did not have enough to form a team. We hope in the near future that we will have enough to complete a team. We also had 30 archers shoot their career best scores Saturday. Those shooters with PR scores were:Matthias Shaw 261 3D, Axel Santana 237 3D, Kobe Hazel 219 3D, Chloe Rhodenbaugh 259 3D, Elizabeth Dalton 257 3D, Andelyn Johnson 251 3D, Brooklynn Hazell 235 3D, Michael Varner 281 Bullseye, Elizabeth Dalton 275 Bullseye, Amelia Head 268 Bullseye, Skyler Neblett 260 Bullseye, Paris Clifton 260 Bullseye, Emily Wible 252 Bullseye, Camron Edmond 244 bullseye, Emma Barnett 219 Bullseye, Oakley Gatton 210 Bullseye, Elias Smith 210 Bullseye, Ryder Collins 208 Bullseye, Samuel Byrd 200 Bullseye, Xitlally Santana 195 Bullseye, Orrin Fuller 181 Bullseye, Jackson Gilley 180 Bullseye, Adelynn Queen 155 Bullseye, Kenzie Rion 123 Bullseye, Brayleigh Blake 121 Bullseye, Madison Spencer 113 Bullseye. Top five archers in each division earned medals for their efforts. Those receiving medals were: Matthias Shaw 3D, Chloe Rhodenbuagh 3D, Elizabeth Dalton 3D, Andelyn Johnson 3D, Michael Varner Bullseye, Matthias Shaw Bullseye, Elizabeth Dalton Bullseye, Skyler Neblett Bullseye, Camron Edmond Bullseye, Odalys Santana Bullseye, Cage Miller Bullseye, Xitlally Santana Bullseye. Trophies were awarded to the top three teams. Our middle school bullseye, middle school 3D and elementary bullseye teams all secured trophies. I can’t say enough about how we performed today. We have been shooting pretty well in practice. Sometimes that does not translate to tournament day. We definitely showed up on the big stage today. Next Saturday we travel to Pittsburg for our second tournament. I anticipate we will do well and can’t wait for that day to arrive. Thank you goes out to everyone that traveled to Liberal to show their support for all of our archers today. Was a great day to be an Indian. We also had two archers shoot two perfect rounds of 50 Saturday. Both Michael Varner and Matthias Shaw shot perfect rounds. Congratulations to both of those archers. Other students participating on Saturday were Cage Miller, Raylan Gilliland, Allison Becker, Junior Martin, Kross Fuller, Gabe Spencer, Jaxon Blair, Landyn Kratzer, Amelia Owens, Sydney Huebner, Ava Edmond, Maicee Wimp, Isabella George, McKenna White, Chance Mills, Brody Braun and Justice Spunaugle. Middle School team first place 3190 111 tens (3011 last year 70 tens) Middle School 3D team second place 1514 40 tens (first place had 1543) Elementary team first place 2403 31 tens (2255 last year 20 tens) I would just like to add a little more to what we accomplished yesterday at Liberal. Our team score of 2403 ranks us at 169 out of 355 elementary teams in the United States. Our team score of 3190 ranks the middle school team at 44 out of 591 middle school teams in the United States. As far as individual scores go. Skyler Neblett is ranked 133 out of 4981 elementary boys. Elizabeth Dalton is ranked 235 out of 4991 middle school girls. Michael Varner is ranked 124 out of 4901 middle school boys and Mathias Shaw is ranked 176 out of 4901 middle school boys. Axton Myers is 295 out of 5000 high school boys. To make this list you would need to be in the top 300 in your division. We had a pretty good day yesterday.

We just received an email from Liberal on the status of the archery tournament. They have confirmed they are still going to have the tournament tomorrow. Please be safe traveling to Liberal. You are not expected to go however if you don't feel that it is safe to travel. Please let me know if you have any questions.

At this time the archery tournament for tomorrow is still on. Liberal will make a final decision on the tournament at 2:30 today. We will let you know the status of the tournament as soon as we hear from them.

Good Evening Indians: There will be no school tomorrow due to poor weather and road conditions. Please stay safe and warm. We will see you on Monday. Thank You.

The address for the archery tournament this Saturday, Jan. 11 is 205 North Paine, Liberal, MO. The bullseye tournament will be held in the high school gym and the 3D tournament will be in the elementary gym. I have included a map of the Liberal school campus. Let us know if you have any questions.

Good Evening Oswego Nation: No school tomorrow , January 6th, due to poor weather and driving conditions Please stay safe!

Please review the rosters for our Archery tournament in Liberal. Please let me know if the shooting times work for you. You can email me or send me a message to let me know. We can possibly add more to the middle school 3D roster if you are interested in shooting 3D at Liberal. We need 4 more middle school students to make a team. Please also let me know if you will need transportation to the meet.

There will not be archery practice tonight.

We will have a few dates over Christmas break that we will have archery practice. Attached is a document with the date we will have practice. Hope to see you at practice.

I would like to remind everyone that in order for us to enter archers in tournaments. Each archer will need a KDWP ID number before we can enter them. I have attached an instructional form. Just follow the instructions on the form to get you KDWP ID. Once you have received your ID number please get that information to me. If you have already sent me the number please send it again just to make sure I have all of them. You can email it to ncruse@usd504.org or call me. We will also have a parent meeting at NEHI on Saturday, Dec. 14 starting at 6:00 in the cafeteria. If you need help getting your KDWP ID we can help you Saturday. We will also have a parent meeting at SVCA on Monday, Dec. 16 starting at 6:00 for those parents that can't make it on Saturday the 14th. We will have practice this Wednesday, Dec. 11 starting at 5:30 in the NEHI gym. Please let me know if you have any questions.

On Wednesday, December 4 Oswego will be having their Christmas parade. Because of that, we will not have archery practice at NEHI on Wednesday, December 4. We will have practice on Saturday, December 7 to make up for the lost practice time. Practice on Saturday will begin at 5:30 pm. Mrs. Kapler also will not be able to have archery practice at Service Valley after school on Wednesday, December 4. She will be able to stay after school on Tuesday, December 3 however for those that are interested.

There will be no archery practice on Wednesday, November 27. Practice will start back up on Wednesday, December 4. Everyone have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Second archery practice of the year tonight. We have averaged around 40 archers each night. This includes 4th thru 12th grade students. We are seeing improved numbers in the high school age group. That gets the coach really pumped up to see that. The coaches have been extremely impressed with the performances of our new shooters from the 4th grade. They have picked it up pretty fast. The experienced shooters we have returning have picked up right where they left off last year. Many of our shooters are putting together some really good arrow groups. Is going to be a really fun year if we improve on what we are shooting now. Congratulations goes out to Brooklyn Hazel. Brooklyn shot her first perfect round of 50 tonight. Awesome job Brooklyn!

Good afternoon: The Labette County Sheriff's Department has notified the district that they will be landing the Life Flight helicopter will be landing on our practice field shortly. None of our students or staff are involved in this occurrence. Thank You.

Archery practice information for Wednesday, Nov. 20

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