Bismarck (CSi) A total of 530 archers competed in the North Dakota National Archery in the Schools
Program state bull’s-eye tournament March 18-19 in Minot.
Hankinson students claimed top honors in the elementary (grades 4-6) and middle
school (grades 7-8) divisions. North Sargent claimed first place in the high school
(grades 9-12) division.
Overall male and female winners were Spencer Brockman of North Sargent and Kate
Loewen of Hankinson.
Winning teams and the top 10 individuals qualify for the national tournament,
scheduled for May in Louisville, Ky. The Game and Fish Department and North Dakota
Youth Archery Advisory Council contribute a total of $3,000 in travel assistance to
the first place team in each division, and $1,000 to the overall male and female
individual winners. In addition, a total of $20,000 in college scholarships was
awarded by the NDYAAC to the top five overall scorers in both boys and girls.
Qualifying for nationals in each division are:
High school boys – 1) Brockman; 2) Kyle Andres, Medina; 3) Dawson McKeever, North
Sargent; 4) Mark McFarland, North Sargent; 5) Steve Dudas, North Sargent; 6) Cheyne
Meyer, Hankinson; 7) Dylan Jost, Wahpeton; 8) Alex Huff, Medina; 9) Chase Bladow,
Hankinson; 10) Jonathan Goroski, Wahpeton.
High school girls – 1) Loewen; 2) Lisa Buckhaus, Hankinson; 3) Cassie Boelke,
Wahpeton; 4) Jaidyn Sander, Hankinson; 5) Kayla Hiam, Hope-Page; 6) Kailee Klein,
Wahpeton; 7) Maddie Weigum, Twin Buttes; 8) Mary Goroski, Wahpeton; 9) Sara
Hatlewick, Gackle-Streeter; 10) Brinley Mathern, Edgeley.
Middle school boys – 1) Avery McFarland, North Sargent; 2) Braxtyn Hamann, North
Sargent; 3) Tate Zerface, Hope-Page; 4) Tavon Stadler, Griggs County Central; 5)
Brady McKenna, North Sargent; 6) Austin Bladow, Hankinson; 7) Derrick Zietlow,
Hankinson; 8) Brennan Wiederrich, Edgeley; 9) Will Peckham, Montpelier; 10) Bronson
Haugen, Barnes County.
Middle school girls – 1) Sadie Keller, Hankinson; 2) Grace Neameyer, Mt. Pleasant;
3) Alicia Biewer, Hankinson; 4) Olivia Balch, Pingree-Buchanan; 5) Nadia Post,
Glenburn; 6) Jaden Gilje, North Sargent; 7) Olivia Prochnow, Hankinson; 8) Abby
Helm, Medina; 9) Tenley Evans, Hankinson; 10) Kendra Landsiedel, Wilton.
Elementary boys – 1) Dylan Carlson, Edgeley; 2) Ethan Millner, Hankinson; 3) Aiden
Bladow, Hankinson; 4) Jonathan Hill, Wahpeton; 5) Carter Spitzer, Kensal; 6) Matthew
Wehseler, North Sargent; 7) Maxin Walock, Oakes; 8) Riley Christensen, North
Sargent; 9) Max Fronk, St. John’s; 10) Kendal Sondrol, Wilton.
Elementary girls – 1) Jaycee Brown, Hankinson; 2) Lily Wiek, Oakes; 3) Reagan Teske,
Edgeley; 4) Abi Bronson, Wahpeton; 5) Ariana Onchuck, Hankinson; 6) Kennedi Faber,
North Sargent; 7) Hannah Neameyer, Mt. Pleasant; 8) Kaydence Brummond, Oakes; 9)
Kirstan Loewen, Hankinson; 10) Madison Sitzman, Edgeley.
In addition, 288 archers competed in a NASP 3-D Challenge, run simultaneously with
the bull’s-eye tournament.
Top performers in the 3-D high school boys were 1) Brockman; 2) David Loegering,
Central Cass; 3) McKeever; 4) Garrett Ponzer, North Sargent; 5) Ted Mandt,
Wahpeton.
3-D high school girls – 1) Loewen; 2) Boelke; 3) Laura Kielb, North Sargent; 4)
Olivia Waswick, North Sargent; 5) Sabyl Hunt, Dunseith.
3-D middle school boys – 1) McKenna; 2) McFarland; 3) Hamann; 4) Logan Stirling,
Hankinson; 5) George Ringuette, Montpelier.
3-D middle school girls – 1) Neameyer; 2) Post; 3) Biewer; 4) Tavi Hirchert, Wilton;
5) Landsiedel.
3-D elementary boys – 1) Hill; 2) Sondrol; 3) Christensen; 4) Bladow; 5) Noah
Skroch, Hankinson.
3-D elementary girls – 1) Wiek; 2) Faber; 3) Loewen; 4) Lily Walth, North Sargent;
5) Estella Prochnow, Hankinson.
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Live White Suckers Only Legal in Bois de Sioux, Red Rivers
The State Game and Fish Department reminds anglers that live white suckers are not
legal baitfish anywhere in North Dakota, except for the Bois de Sioux and Red
rivers.
Fisheries division chief Greg Power says that regulation has been in place for most
water bodies in the state for more than 20 years, but every spring Game and Fish
still gets questions from anglers who wonder if they can use live white suckers for
early ice-out northern pike fishing.
“White suckers can and have caused a lot of problems when they get introduced into
waters where they were not present,” Power said. “Since we adopted that regulation
in 1993, the number of new lakes with introduced white suckers is near zero.”
Although anglers can use live white suckers on the Bois de Sioux and Red rivers and
tributaries up to the first vehicular bridge, they are illegal elsewhere. Fathead
minnows, sticklebacks and creek chubs are the only legal live baitfish outside of
the Bois de Sioux and Red rivers. Dead white suckers which have been preserved by
freezing, salting or otherwise treated to inactivate sexual products are legal
bait.
Anglers are also reminded that live baitfish or other live aquatic bait such as
leeches, cannot be transported from another state into North Dakota.
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Hunting Guide and Outfitter Test Set
The next guide and outfitter written examination is May 14 at 1 p.m. at the North
Dakota Game and Fish Department office in Bismarck. The test is given periodically
to anyone interested in becoming a hunting guide or outfitter in the state.
In addition to passing a written exam, qualifications for becoming a guide include a
background check for criminal and game and fish violations; certification in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and standard first aid; and employment by or contract
with a licensed hunting outfitter.
Hunting outfitter eligibility requirements include the guide qualifications, as well
as an individual must have held a hunting guide license for two years; and must have
proof of liability insurance.
Interested individuals are required to preregister by calling the Game and Fish
Department’s enforcement office at 328-6604.
Upcoming Events
* March 28-29: District Advisory Board Meetings
* April 1: 2016 Fishing Season Opens
* April 4-5: District Advisory Board Meetings
* April 9: Spring Turkey Season Opens
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