Newport News Archers Qualify for Nationals (with team members)

Three Newport News teams, Gildersleeve Middle, Richneck Elementary and B.C. Charles Elementary schools, qualified for the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Eastern National Archery tournament, which will take place from May 10-12 in Louisville, KY.

For Gildersleeve, it will be their seventh trip to Nationals over the past ten years, according to head coach Steve Cretacci, who is in his 11^th year at the helm.

Leading the team of 22 archers is a quartet of standouts. Brothers Bryce and Brett Spain excelled at the state tournament. According to Cretacci, Bryce has maintained over a 280 average this season and shot 286 at States, while Brett hovered close to a 280 average. Sixth-grader Caitlyn Hollis garnered several scores in the high 270’s, while Kasey Twitchell, an eighth grader, was also close to a 280 average.

Richneck had a six-year winning streak at the Newport News city tournament broken this year, placing second. However, the team regrouped at the NNPS-sponsored regional NASP tournament in January to qualify for the state tournament in Doswell in March. At Doswell, they qualified for Nationals, according to Coach Jim Riley. In all, 23 archers will represent Richneck in Kentucky.

B.C. Charles, coached by Beneline Williams, also made the cut for Nationals, qualifying 24 archers as they won the regional tournament to advance to States. Charles placed fourth at the state meet, and featured Grace Holland, who was second in the elementary girls’ division.

B. C. Charles Archers

Abigail Barrett
Bailey Barrett
Balen Caballero
Kylie Campbell
Gabby Carter
Taylor Crawford
Madison Dietz
Natalie Dietz
Brooke Ferguson
Grace Holland
Konnor Moody
Nikki Salatamos
James Salyers
Danica Schmidt
Sydney Sessions
Cecilia Sherman
Ethan Sleeth
Claire Smith
Alana Strange
Gabriel Taha
Jalen Terry-Winston
Razvan Verde
Evan Williams
Charlie Wilson

Richneck Archers

Gabrielle Gauthier

Ariana Robertson

Audrey McGrew

Adasyn Spindler

Darielys Diaz-Rodriguez

Kai-Ya Moore

Julia Diggs

Joshua Barnhart

Hudson Smith

Jeremy Barbee

Jacob Rodriguez

Brian Kilmartin

Harmonie Webb

Haley Harris

Sariah Webb

Rhianna Vaughn

Susan Kersey

Brielle Lacayo

Seliyah Viens

Makayla Cromwell

Samere Coleman

Maddox Evans

Evan Kim

Gildersleeve Archers

Carlton, Ian

Briggs, Ashton

Caldwell, Matthew

Evans, Cayden

Hager, Cheyanna

Herber, Ethan

Hollis, Caitlyn

McAninch, Avery

Morgan, Rachael

Rawls, Skylar

Slaughter, Kaden

Smith, Keira

Spain, Brett

Spain, Bryce

Taha, Haneen

Trau, Hayleigh

Tucker, Anna

Twitchell, Kasey

Walls, Drew

Welch, Bryson

Wells, Carson

Westphal, Keaton