Among more than 4,500 student archers from across the nation and Canada, Alabama’s archers represented the state well at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) National Championship held in May in Louisville, Ky.

The Ashville Middle School archery team brought home top honors in the middle-school division, and Katie Rappuhn, a fifth grader from Breitling Elementary in Grand Bay, was the highest-scoring, female fifth-grader in the nation.

The Ashville Middle School students scored 3,350 out of a possible 3,600 points and placed first out of 65 middle-school teams. Ashville, in St. Clair County, qualified for the national championship by winning the middle-school state title in Birmingham earlier this year.

While Alabama schools have done well in past national championships, Ashville Middle School is the first team to win the...