Atherton Archers Take Aim at Midseason During Atherton’s Annual Winter Blast

Lucas Selch and Callie Thornton • January 27, 2026

As Atherton Archery hosts its 2nd annual Home tournament, our Raven archers continue to dominate in tournaments in both team and personal scores.

Individual score leaders for Atherton in Boys and Girls were held by Junior Connor Higgins, who led the Boys division with a score of 289, and Sophomore Sabrina Garcia-Reyes, who landed in 2nd Place in the girls division with a score of 281.

In the High school division Atherton’s Team 1 led the tournament with a score of 3236, followed close by Ballard high school with a score of 3225. And 3rd held by Christian educational Consortium with a score of 3194.

East Oldham Middle dominated the Middle school division with a score of 3135. Followed by St Edward with a 3031, and Noe middle with a score of 2999.

Fairdale led the elementary school division with a score of 2394. With St. Raphael with a 2308, and St. Edward with a 2278.

With a total of 12 Personal best across Atherton’s teams the raven archer continue to improve and exceed expectations.

Congratulations Ravens on your personal and team Scores! The next home tournament and Senior night is Atherton’s Cupid Shoot on February 13th and 14th. Come out and support our Ravens!

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About the Contributors

Lucas Selch, Photo Editor

Lucas Selch, a senior here at Atherton, is excited to get the word out about the Aerial and help it grow during his first year on staff. He plans on being a photo editor, photographer, and writer for our news. He is looking to be a photo journalist after high school, which makes him even more excited to be a part of the Aerial. Selch is also in the media arts pathway, which furthers this goal. Lucas is a very creative person, some of his biggest hobbies being music and photography. Outside of school, Selch is in two local bands, Gaia, and Sweet Easy Listening, where he plays the bass. He loves all types of rock music including punk, prog, and psyche. He has a love for Jimmy Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and occasionally Limp Bizkit. His favorite movie is 10 Things I Hate About You, being introduced to it by his girlfriend. At home, he lives with his parents, sister, two brothers, and his two huskies. Lucas plans on using his creative talents to help us expand, and is very excited for what’s to come.

Callie Thornton, Editor

Callie Thornton (12) is an editor and writer. During her first year, Thornton first thought of participating in the Aerial as a way to fill a class period, but contrary to previous intentions, realized that she had fallen in love with journalism. In her second year on the Aerial, Thornton is excited to be deeply involved in journalism again. She has hopes for more perspectives to come through the newsite, expanding outside of school to see more impacts in the community. Thornton looks forward to the new team taking the Aerial to the next level. At Atherton, Thornton participates in archery and track. Passionate about movies, film, and photography, Thornton hopes to go to college to pursue a career in film. Thornton’s top three movies are The Iron Claw, The Way Way Back, and Mid90s. In her free time, she enjoys painting, scrapbooking, listening to music, and spending time with her cat named Tom.