JESUP — Denver eighth-grader Brody Sanderson secured his second consecutive state archery tournament appearance after leading all Denver archers with a score of 268 at the Jesup Archery Invitational this past weekend at Jesup High School.
Brody is the son of Blair and Sarah Sanderson of rural Denver and is the brother of Sophie Sanderson, who is also a talented archer with the club.
The invitational was Denver’s first competition of 2025, as the Dike-New Hartford invite scheduled for Dec. 14 was canceled due to a winter storm that brought ice to the area. Sanderson’s 268-point performance at Jesup matched his score from the South Tama Invitational in early December, the team’s only event before the break.
Sanderson surpassed the 516 points required for middle-schoolers to qualify for state in just his first two invites of the season, earning a total score of 536 points, with at least five more invites left in which to compete.
Marion will be the site of the next invitational for the Denver Archery Club where a handful of archers across the grades have a shot to join Sanderson in qualifying for state.
Top scores by grade
Seniors
Top Girl: Reeve Ristau — 231
Top Boy: Noah Brooks — 230
Juniors
Top Girl: Sophie Sanderson — 243
Top Boy: N/A
Sophomores
Top Girl: Nancy Van De Walle — 244
Top Boy: Austin Oltmann — 253
Freshmen
Top Girl: Julia McGrane — 239
Top Boy: Hadley Jarvis — 260
Eighth grade
Top Girl: Teagan Trunkhill — 255
Top Boy: Brody Sanderson — 268
Seventh grade
Top Girl: Lizzie Walton — 217
Top Boy: Devin Van Clark — 265
Sixth grade
Top Girl: Collins Jorgenson — 235
Top Boy: Gunner Widdel — 225
Fifth grade
Top Girl: Abigail Miller — 189
Top Boy: Greysen Dahlager — 211
High school results
(Grades in parenthesis)
Cade Pottebaum (10) 249, Nate Miller (10) 245, Evelyn Skeie (10) 240, Lillian Coombes (9) 235, Jesse Gomez (9) 232, Emma Jo Brotherson (10) 231, Caden Kopf (9) 229, Logan Pinter (10) 215, Jillian Doepke (9) 209, Max Pavelec (10) 208, Addilyn Frese (9) 207, Avery Trunkhill (11) 194, Hunter Adams (9) 188, Lily Bergman (12) 178, Katelyn Gomez (10) 175, Kierstyn Gomez (10) 46
Middle school results
Lincoln Marcotte (7) 263, Blaise Hockenson (8) 251, Nolan Judas (8) 248, Scout Wooldrik (8) 248, Coy Munson (8) 238, Kinnick Scott (8) 237, Chloe Bergman (6) 234, Stella Niemann (8) 231, Wilson Kimmich (8) 226, Donald Pinter (7) 225, Brigham Kimmich (6) 223, Lizzie Walton (7) 217, Garrett Wahl (8) 216, Dylan Eastman (8) 215, Ben Squier (7) 210, Lilliana Bensley (6) 208, Schuyler Boggs-Price (6) 204, Carver Gordon (6) 196, Maxwell Brooks (6) 194, Henry Marcotte (6) 194, Olivia Dolan (7) 191, River Downs (6) 191, Jacob Bevard (6) 190, Katie Trost (6) 190, Syndi Kopf (6) 187, Noah Dittmer (6) 180, Brody Wirtjes (7) 180, Kaden Kleinheksel (8) 176, Dusti Rose (6) 164, Jaxson McGrane (7) 161, Dane Pottebaum (8) 150, Willow Downs (6) 148, Aiden Thomas (6) 147
Elementary school results (all fifth-graders)
Kellen Westendorf (5) 194, Lelend Markey (5) 176, William White (5) 175, Autumn Nielsen (5) 170, Kinley Kleinheksel (5) 148, Colby Judas (5) 128, Briana Trost (5) 127, Kaison Jarvis (5) 120, Jase Brown (5) 111, Leo Ullom (5) 106, Peyton Scott (5) 104, Emery Niemann (5) 90
