Brinkhoff Gets High Score at State NASP Tournament

LINCOLN – Joseph Brinkhoff of Mater Dei Academy in Omaha had the day’s high score of 288 points in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament in Lincoln on March 28.

Jemma Farabee of the Expect the X Homeschool Association in Lincoln had the girls’ high score of 284. Expect the X had the overall high team score of 3,293 points.

The state’s largest archery event, which took place at the Lancaster Event Center, included a record 700 students from a record 32 schools and an estimated 2,500 spectators. NASP is an in-school curriculum covering target archery for students in grades 4-12. In Nebraska, more than 200 schools have NASP as part of their physical education curriculum, and more than 25,000 students participate each school year.

St. John the Apostle School of Lincoln won the Nebraska Bowhunters Association Sportsmanship Trophy. Omaha Mater Dei won the SACO Shootout and Lincoln North Star took second place. Brinkhoff and Averi Bott of Expect the X each won a $1,000 Nebraska Archery Endowment Scholarship and Farabee and Paul Chamberlain of Mater Dei each won a $250 scholarship.

Results are as follows:

Individual Results

High School Female – 1. Jemma Farabee, Lincoln Expect the X Homeschool Association, 284; 2. Averi Bott, Lincoln Expect the X, 279; 3. Jennifer Cerise, Omaha Mater Dei Academy, 276; 4. Jenna DeJonge, Lincoln Southwest, 274; 5. Belle Kendle, Lincoln East, 273

High School Male – 1. Joseph Brinkhoff, Omaha Mater Dei Academy, 288; 2. Ryan Cerise, Omaha Mater Dei, 282; 3. Brandon Swenson, Oakland-Craig, 281; 4. Devin Sobotka, Lincoln Southeast, 279; 5. Paul Chamberlain, Omaha Mater Dei, 276

Middle School Female – 1. Katrina Kendle, Lincoln Dawes, 275; 2. Clara Whyman, Lincoln Blessed Sacrament , 274; 3. Mary Steil, Omaha All Saints, 270; 4. Collene Cerise, Omaha Mater Dei, 267; 5. Aliece Aylor, Lincoln Expect the X, 267

Middle School Male – 1. Auguste Auger, Lincoln Expect the X, 286; 2. Doran Auger, Lincoln Expect the X, 274; 3. Taylor Murphy, Lincoln Blessed Sacrament, 274; 4. Boaz Bornschlegl, Lincoln Expect the X, 272; 5. Hudson Hall, Lincoln Pound, 272

Elementary Female – 1. Kylie Beard, Superior, 243; 2. Dannen Farabee, Lincoln Expect the X, 239; 3. Mikynzie Hansen, Superior, 239; 4. Emma Cordray, Bellevue Arrow2Ammo Homeschool Association, 221; 5. Evelin Vasquez, Omaha All Saints, 212

Elementary Male – 1. Gabriel Picard, Omaha Mater Dei, 262; 2. Augustine Osantowski, Omaha Mater Dei, 252; 3. Obadiah Bornschlegl, Lincoln Expect the X, 245; 4. Clayton Morris, Superior, 238; 5. Max Bugbee, Lincoln St. John the Apostle, 236

Team Results

High School – 1. Lincoln Expect the X Homeschool Association, 3,293; 2. Omaha Mater Dei Academy, 3,265; 3. Lincoln North Star, 3,101

Middle School Division – 1. Lincoln Pound, 3,060; 2. Omaha Mater Dei Academy, 3,029; 3. Lincoln Blessed Sacrament, 2,950

Elementary Division – 1. Superior, 2,431; 2. Lincoln Blessed Sacrament, 2,161; 3. Bellevue Arrows2Ammo Homeschool Association, 1,967