North Davidson High School finished second in the 2014 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament, the pre-collegiate shooting sports state championship, Saturday by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission at Millstone 4-H Center in Richmond County.
North Davidson finished with 3,762 points. Graystone Gray took first place with 3,856 points.
Tanner Albright placed second in individual shotgun. North Davidson also finished second as a team in the event.
Youths competed in team and individual categories for rifle, shotgun, archery and compass on senior (high school) and junior (middle and elementary schools) divisional levels, with overall team and individual awards based on aggregate scores in all events.
There were 554 students from 54 teams participating in this year’s tournament, having advanced from nine district events across the state where there was combined participation by more than 2,700 students from 290 schools. Overall attendance, including spectators, staff and competitors at the tournament, was estimated as approaching 2,500.
