Covington High School Archery

10/30/2026

Another B day on Friday, the day before Halloween, AND Mr. Jeff’s birthday means challenging shots from the 15, more candy, more $$, and cupcakes! Thank you, Mr. Jeff, for all you do for the team!

10/29/2026

We never know what Mr. Jeff Phillips is going to have cooked up for archery class. A little Halloween fun mixed in with target practice today!

10/28/2026

Full 3:30 practice today!

10/22/2026

Kicking off the ‘26-‘27 Archery season with new targets at our first practice! Excited to see what the season will bring. 💜🏹⚡️

05/14/2026

Finished out our season with a bit of archery tag and some awards! Missed those who couldn’t make it! 💜🏹⚡️

05/07/2026

There is nothing better than small town spirit!! Thank you to all who came out to cheer on Lyla as we send her off to NATIONALS! She’s 2nd in the State of TN and we couldn’t be more excited for her.

What's behind the excitement this morning? CHS Archery is on its way to nationals in Louisville, KY! Congratulations to Lyla Ammons on this impressive achievement and for earning a spot at nationals!

03/27/2026

EGG-cellent work in archery today!

03/21/2026

What a great State Tournament! The team scored 3210, placing 6th among 18 high school teams - the highest yet for our team at the TN NASP State Tournament. That score easily puts the team above the 3100 score required to qualify for Nationals in Louisville, KY.

The Top 12 archers that formed the score for the team were
Lyla Ammons - 285 🔥
Aden Sonwineski - 281 🔥
Carson Walton - 273 🔥
Oliver Byrd - 272 🔥
Katherine Anderson - 269 🔥
Kaleigh Waldron - 267 🔥
Caleb Sanders - 266 🔥
David Lassiter - 262
Alexis Prater - 261
Taylor Hill - 260 🔥
Allan Parks - 257
Nevaeh Maben - 257

Alexis Brown also scored a personal best of 254 🔥 making 9 total personal bests in this tournament.

Lyla Ammons’s score of 285 earned her 2nd place high school girl’s score AND 2nd place overall girl’s score. She also won a $2000 scholarship!

Super proud of our team!! Can’t wait to see how they continue to grow. 💜⚡️🏹

02/22/2026

Southwest Christian Academy
Cupid’s Arrow Bullseye Tournament
Little Rock, Arkansas

Team score - 3205 - First place high school team

The top 12 archers on the varsity team were
David Lassiter - 280 🔥
Lena Carter - 276
Lyla Ammons - 273
Aden Sonwineski - 267
Carson Walton - 266 🔥
Alexis Matlock - 266 🔥
Zayden Johnson - 264 🔥
Alexis Prater - 264
Jocelyn Muex - 264 🔥
Oliver Byrd - 262
William Hanks - 262
Nevaeh Maben - 261

🔥= personal best score

In addition to first place team, individuals also came away with awards
David Lassiter was first place for all high school boys
Lena Carter was second place for all high school girls.
Lyla Ammons was third place for all high school girls.
And we had 5 archers that won bullseye ribbons for shooting the most bullseyes in the tournament:
David Lassiter - 15
Zayden Johnson - 14
Lyla Ammons - 12
Alexis Prater - 11
Aden Sonwineski -11

Other archers who also shot a personal best were Aliyah Ehmer, Nick Castleman, Sarah Earwood, and Cheyenne Arwood.

Great job, team!

02/17/2026

The CHS archery team competed in their first travel tournament of the season today in New Madrid, Missouri. They won first place!

Here are more detailed results:

Riverbend Regional Tournament
New Madrid, Missouri

Team score - 3165 - First Place
Top 12 Archers
Lena Carter - personal best of 286 - also top high school girls’ score and Overall Top Girls’ score
Lexi Prater - personal best of 273 Top 4 girls’ score
Allan Parks - personal best of 271
David Lassiter - personal best of 270
Aden Sonwineski - 265
Nevaeh Maben - 265
William Hanks - 261
Alice Byrd - a personal best of 258
Ollie Byrd - 257
Lyla Ammons - 254
Zayden Johnson -254
Jocelyn Muex - 251

Other archers who also shot personal bests were Caleb Sanders, Katherine Anderson, Alexis Matlock, Kyra Johnson, Tyson Hill, Riley White, Lily Latham, and Sarah Earwood.

The CHS archery team competes again in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday February 21st.