4-H'ers fare well in Firearm and Archery Competition
On Friday and Saturday April 4-5, 30 4-H’ers from St. Martin Parish participated in the Southern Regional 4-H Shooting Sports competition at the Tallow Creek Shooting Grounds in Goodbee. The youngsters participated in Archery, BB, Air Rifle and Shotgun matches against others from 35 South Louisiana parishes. The only way that a child could advance to the state competition was to score high enough to place in the top 15 scores.
St. Martin archers dominated the competition, sweeping the medals in the individual and team competitions, in both the Junior and Senior Divisions of Bare Bow and Sighted Recurve. St Martin Parish had two Junior Division teams of Compound shooters and two teams of Bare Bow shooters and those two teams placed first and second to sweep both events. All SMP senior archers and most of the junior archers qualified for the state competition.
Two of SMP’s senior Shotgun participants and two seniors in the Air Rifle competition will advance to the state competition. Two local BB Gun teams took the second and fourth place medals in the Junior Team Division. The state competition will also be held in Goodbee May 2-3.
These youngsters are coached by Danny Guidry, Russell Foti, Tony Duplantis, Roland Robichaux, Glen Bienvenu Jr, Jimmy Dupuis and John Mount.
Listed below are the various awards earned by the St. Martin Parish competitors.
BB Gun
2nd Place. St. Martin Team 1 – Delaina Guidry, St. Martinville Sr. High (SMSH); Kaitlyn Bienvenu, Alexis Louviere and Korey Louis, Parks Primary (PP); Wade Scrantz, Teche Elementary (TE).
4th Place. St. Martin Team 2 – Elliot Bernard, St. Bernard (SBS); Trystian Castille, Parks Middle (PM); Kelli Dugas, Breaux Bridge Christian Academy (BBCA); Jacob Cyr, Trinity Catholic (TC); Micah Huval, TE.
Individual Awards: Delaina Guidry, 5th; Kaitlyn Bienvenu, 9th; Elliott Bernard, 10th; Alexis Louviere, 12th; Trystian Castille, 13th
Other Participants: Dagan Cope, SBS.
Shotgun–Sr. Div.-Modified Trap
Lamar Louis, 10th, Breaux Bridge Jr. High (BBJH); Mason Robin, 14th, PM.
Participants: Desiree Guidry, SMSH.
Shotgun–Jr. Div.–Modified Trap
Participants: Hunter Foti, Dustin Hayes, Andre Huval.
Shotgun–Sr. Div.–5 Stand
Participants: Robert Burkhart, Teurlings (TCHS), Cody Melancon, Cecilia High School (CHS).
Air Rifle-Sr. Div.
Eric Melancon, 2nd Place, CHS; Krissy Ketelers, 5th, TCHS.
Archery–Jr. Div.–Bare Bow
1st Place. St. Martin Team 1 - Andre Huval, Cecilia Jr. High (CJH); Aidan Thibodeaux and Garrett Chaisson, SBS; Trystian Castille, Parks.
2nd. St. Martin Team 2 - Dustin Hayes and Erin Blanchard, TE; Elliot Bernard, Ascension; Dagan Cope, SBS.
Individual Awards: Andre Huval, 1st; Dustin Hayes, 2nd; Elliot Bernard, 5th; Aiden Thibodeaux, 7th; Garrett Chiasson, 8th; Dagan Cope, 11th; Trystian Castille, 14th
Archery–Jr. Div.– Compound
1st. St. Martin Team 1 - Dustin Hayes, TE; Hunter Thibodeaux, Lafayette Christian Academy (LCA); Garrett Richard, Homeschooled; Hunter Foti, Catahoula Elementary (CE).
2nd. St. Martin Team 2 - Luke Patin, BBJH; Micah Huval, TE; Kaitlyn Babineaux and Madelyn Babineaux, Home schooled.
Individual Awards: Dustin Hayes, 1st; Hunter Thibodeaux, 5th; Garrett Richard, 6th; Luke Patin, 7th; Hunter Foti, 8th; Micah Huval, 10th; Kaitlyn Babineaux, 11th; Madelyn Babineaux, 13th.
Archery–Jr. Div.–Sighted Recurve
Individual Awards: Andre Huval, 1st.
Archery–Sr. Div.–Bare Bow
1st. St. Martin - Codey Angelle and Eric Melancon,
CHS; Krissy Ketelers and Dillon Comb, TCHS.
Individual Awards: Codey Angelle, 1st; Krissy Ketelers, 2nd; Eric Melancon, 4th; Dillon Comb, 5th.
Archery–Sr. Div.–Sighted Recurve
1st. St. Martin - Codey Angelle, CHS; Dillon Comb and Krissy Ketelers, TCHS; Delaina Guidry, SMSH.
Individual Awards: Codey Angelle, 1st; Dillon Comb, 2nd; Krissy Ketelers, 3rd
Archery–Sr. Div.–Compound
Individual Awards: Compound – Cody Melancon, 11th, CHS.