Homeschool team in Marshall County competing in archery

Members of the Olive Homeschool Co-op team called the Fireants (center black/red shirts) are competing in Archery this season and are pictured here at the Marshall County Bulls Eye Blowout this past weekend.

Along with our local archery teams from Marshall County and Christian Fellowship, a team of homeschool archers from the south end of the county have also been lining up in competition this season as part of the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). The Olive Homeschool Co-op team has been participating in regional tournaments including this past weekend’s Marshall County Bulls Eye Blowout with 18 archers ranging from elementary to high school level.

In their first eight events of the season, 8th grader Jireh Thompson has led the team in scoring in all but one tournament and has consistently ranked first or second in the middle school boys division. Sophomore Christian McManus, freshman Elijah Thompson, 5th grader Levi Thompson, senior Garrett Potter, 8th grader Sophie Holbrook and 5th grader Kaden Kortz all are consistent top scorers for the Olive Homeschool squad.

Levi Thompson has ranked first among elementary age archers in six of eight events so far this season. Christian McManus and Elijah Thompson rank among the top 20 high school competitors consistently through the first eight events.

The team will be competing in the NASP Region I Tournament Feb. 8 at Trigg County.

Top five Olive Homeschool Co-op results, team rank, scores and link to full results:

TOURNAMENT ARCHER SCORE TENS RANK
12/8 Murray Season Kick-off
4/6 Score 3117 Tens 91 Jireh Thompson 280 13 2/75 (MS)
Full results Elijah Thompson 272 11 13/47
Levi Thompson 271 13 1/47 (EL)
Garrett Potter 270 10 16/47
Sophie Holbrook 267 8 13/74 (MS)
12/14 Arrowcat Winter Warm-up
9/17 Score 3096 Tens 91 Christian McManus 281 14 13/93
Full results Jireh Thompson 280 14 2/88 (MS)
Levi Thompson 272 12 1/47 (EL)
Elijah Thompson 270 11 32/93
Garrett Potter 268 12 35/93
12/14 Arrowcat 3D Challenge
5/9 Score 1567 Tens 58 Jireh Thompson 287 18 1/14 (MS)
Full results Elijah Thompson 272 9 16/43
Christian McManus 271 10 17/43
Levi Thompson 255 8 1/9 (EL)
Azriel Thompson 255 8 16/26
1/4 Murray New Yr. NockBuster
5/6 Score 2743 Tens 77 Jireh Thompson 293 24 2/90 (MS)
Full results Levi Thompson 273 10 1/58 (EL)
Elijah Thompson 264 9 47/85
Sophie Holbrook 252 2 21/78 (MS)
Kaden Kortz 250 7 5/58 (EL)
1/19 Graves New Yr. Shootoout
4/7 Score 3135 Tens 106 Jireh Thompson 291 22 1/19 (MS)
Full results Christian McManus 284 16 5/65
Elijah Thompson 275 11 19/65
Kaden Kortz 271 11 1/51 (EL)
Garrett Potter 269 10 28/65
1/19 Graves 3D Challenge
5/7 Score 1577 Tens 62 (HS) Jireh Thompson 287 20 1/60 (MS)
1/4 Score 1335 Tens 28 (Elem) Elijah Thompson 276 16 7/43
Full results Christian McManus 272 9 14/43
Levi Thompson 271 8 1/30 (EL)
Emma Sheridan 253 5 14/46 (MS)
1/26 MC Bulls Eye Blowout
5/7 Score 3052 Tens 103 Jireh Thompson 293 23 1/54 (MS)
Full results Christian McManus 276 14 10/47
Elijah Thompson 274 14 14/47
Levi Thompson 272 12 1/31 (EL)
Sophie Holbrook 262 7 9/52 (MS)
1/26 MC 3D Challenge
3/4 Score 1598 Tens 56 Jireh Thompson 289 19 1/29 (MS)
Full results Christian McManus 268 8 4/12
Reiah Thompson 267 8 1/11 (EL)
Elijah Thompson 264 7 5/12
Levi Thompson 256 7 2/16 (EL)