A Little School Takes Aim In The Big Leagues
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Right about now there are four very excited teens from Schroon Lake Central School who can’t wait for Thursday to roll around.
Seniors Megan Hall and Shannon Garland, sophomore Derek DeZalia, and 8th grader Ben Wisser, will be on their way to the National Archery In Schools Program’s (NASP) National Archery Competition in Louisville, Kentucky.
The four teens ranked in the top 6 and with other SLSC students ranking 11 in the top 50 – out of 607 competitors – an outstanding achievement for a school with a population of around 250!
Years of practice, sheer determination, skill and talent got them this far in the program, run by SLSC’s Physical Education teacher Michael Sharp, who has been the champion of NASP since 1999. This year there were 18 kids in the program.
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