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Williamsburg, KY – The Pennsylvania S3DA program has set a goal to increase student membership as well as participation at events statewide. On February 13th, 2021, the program took a step in that direction when four teams met at the Southeastern Indoor Regional hosted by the Reading Archery Club. Pennsylvania S3DA State Coordinator, Patricia Butts said, “I was impressed by the amount of planning and organizing from Pete Slusser and Bob Lauffer to make this event possible. I was very happy to see our two NEW S3DA teams, Atglen and Palmyra participating, and I look forward to additional teams coming on board with S3DA throughout the year. I am proud of each student that competed in this event and the sportsmanship displayed throughout the day made me happy to be the State Coordinator of a very talented and inspiring group of children.”
“Having to run A and B lines on most line times due to COVID restrictions actually ended up being a blessing. We were able to pair first time archers and experienced archers from different teams on the same scoring bale to work together on scoring and overall mentoring. It was great to have representation from our two newest teams, Atglen and Palmyra, both of which formed within the last month. I hope this tournament was an encouragement to those teams and that it makes people spread the word about Pennsylvania S3DA, so that other people in the community will gain interest and possibly even more teams can get started,” stated Reading Archery Coach Bob Lauffer. All archers showed up to compete and every team had archers that shot extremely well. There were several “lights- out” performances of archers shooting near perfect 150’s as well as podium finishes that were determined by inside-out X’s.
Atglen Sportsmen’s Club Head Coach, Chris Bannister said, “I overheard and witnessed Evan McDonough from Grass Hollow Archery continuously complimenting the shooting of his line partner Sophia Rizzo Eagle Barebow archer from Atglen Sportsmen’s Club. He told her his only focus is to make sure you have a great shoot and have fun. I thought that was an amazing thing to say to a young shooter to keep them motivated. It is such a blessing to be involved with S3DA and to have such a great platform for my child to participate in. I can see first-hand the character this is building in my daughter.”
About Scholastic 3-D Archery
Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) is a unique, family-oriented youth archery program which has grown exponentially across the United States as a next-step initiative to follow introductory archery programs. The mission of the Scholastic
3-D Archery program is to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target, and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting practices. The goal of the S3DA program is to provide archery and bowhunting opportunities to youth in after-school settings, as well as with archery-affiliated clubs and businesses in the community. S3DA students participate in 3-D and target archery using compound and traditional archery equipment. Students can participate at local, regional, state, and national archery events and earn college scholarships from colleges and universities across the United States. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.
Contact the Scholastic 3-D Archery National Office at:
www.s3da.org or 225 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685
Media contact Kayla Bolton at kayla@s3da.org, Ph: 423.494.2204