2024 TRU Ball Pro Am | Senior Pro

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Welcome everybody to the Laurel County Fairgrounds in London, Kentucky. We are here for the fourth
stop on the 2024 Delta McKenzie ASA Tour. Of course, this is the True Ball Pro-Am.
Welcome to the competition archery media broadcast booth. I am PJ Reilly sitting alongside Darren
Christianberry. And folks, Darren, we just noticed the clouds have rolled in. This is
completely different weather than we have had all weekend. Yeah, typically London is one of two
things, very hot, humid or rain. This weekend, it's been low humidity and probably the upper 70s,
sunny, absolutely perfect shooting conditions. Now we're out in the wide open, a little bit
overcast, got a little bit of rain in the forecast, but so far we've been really lucky and I'm looking
forward to some great shoot downs. Me too, Darren. And right now, Darren, we'll set the stage for the
folks. So right now we've got our senior pros are out on the course. So that is an unknown
distance class. Explain to the folks at home what that means and what they're doing. Yeah,
they're stepping up to a stake on the range and they're using, you know, muscle memory, the trees,
whatever the definition of the animal, they're trying to figure out what that distance is with
no electronic device. It's just a skill that you learn over the years. You know, you look at it,
you think, you know, maybe it's 41 yards, you set your sight for 41, you make the best shot you can.
So they have no help in figuring out that distance other than their memory and what they can use from
the range. So later on, we'll see some known distance shooters. They're going to use a laser
range finder to know exactly what that distance is. But half the battle with what these senior
pros are getting ready to do is figuring out that distance and then having a strategy on where to aim.
And so Darren, folks always ask, well, how far are they shooting? Well, it's unknown distance,
so we don't know the distances, but we do know that the max that they set, the ASA sets by rules
for this class, for all these pro classes, is 50-ish yards, we'll say. Yeah. 50-ish.
Approximately 50 is what they say in the rules. And that's half a football field. Yeah. You know,
so you're shooting an arrow at a target. You know, the 12 ring is about the size of a half dollar,
50 cent piece. So it's not easy, especially with the ranges we shoot here. The power line's famous
for London. It's very tricky conditions, the footing, the hills, the lighting, the sun, the
shade. It's tough. It's really tough. So now they're coming out to wide open grass. Wind is a
little bit of a factor here. It's overcast, so lighting's perfectly even. It'll make it easy to
judge and aim at these targets. Wind could be a little bit of a factor, but this is 100 percent,
180 from what we've shot all weekend up to this point. I was just going to say, Darren, you've
been in both situations. You've been out there on the courses and had to come in here. I mean,
that's got to be a world of difference. It's literally like shooting in your bedroom with
the lights off and then shooting in your bedroom with the lights on. That's the difference right
here. So yeah. And as you mentioned, you know, London here, Laurel County Fairgrounds, that's
our facility here. And it's basically the pro courses are always set off what they call the
power line. You've heard people talk about ASA and the power line. This is the venue where that is.
And it is that it's just a giant power line. And the targets go off of that. The shooting stakes
are set up off that power line. The lighting is tricky. As you mentioned, it's Kentucky rolling
hills. So you folks had some two new courses this weekend, which were really steep compared to what
we've seen anywhere in the ASA. Absolutely whooped my butt today. And I've shot Kentucky
every time we've been here. I've been here every year. So I know what to expect when I come here.
I know what setup is going to work well for me. I don't know if it's getting older. I don't know
if it was, you know, really contrasting light. I struggled today to see the targets. I struggled
to see where to aim. Some of these guys and gals handle it amazing this weekend. So have hats off
to them for what they did. But again, what the folks at home and the folks here live get to see
this is nothing like what we compete. Nothing, nothing like it. Yesterday was probably in my 27
years of shooting ASA, probably one of the toughest ranges I've ever shot. And then by the time I got
through with today, I told the folks earlier, I said, the last time I shot this bad at London,
I went home and switched hands, went and switched from right to left. Now I'm in trouble because
I'm out of hand. So it wasn't my weekend personally, but I really like good archery.
And these folks have shot some great scores together today. Yeah, we are going to see some
scores that came in that were just unbelievable how folks were able. I mean, this is what we
talk about that, you know, London tends to separate folks in different classes and abilities.
Some people rise to the top. Some people don't. It's just one of those things. And I know Levi's
talked about it. You know, a lot of people are defeated before they start here because they dread
it. They're mentally defeated. Oh, I can't see it's going to be tough. It is, you know, so you
embrace it. Everybody has to shoot in those conditions. Do the best you can do. You know,
sometimes it works out in your favor. Sometimes it doesn't. I was on the doesn't side this weekend.
But again, you know, I could have very easily with a little bit of luck been, you know, out here
competing again as well. But it's it's just part of the challenge of 3D archery. Yeah, I was going
to. I'm glad you said 3D archery. We haven't seen any targets yet, but this is 3D archery. So we're
shooting three dimensional foam animals. And so the scoring rings aren't at best. You can kind of
see them at worst on some of these targets, the Black Panther, the Blast Buck. Man, good luck
seeing them in any light. Yeah. And you'll see a lot of folks. You can't see that. And we don't
have the product to show you. But these archers use a wide variety of peep sights, apertures,
clarifiers, lenses, magnification. Some of them can see the rings very clearly. Some of them can
see the rings very faintly. So it's what your sight what your mind likes, what kind of sight
picture you prefer. But there's a lot of variance in the different setups out there for people to
get equal results. So there's no one set rule on what you have to do. And this is just proof
of the pudding right here, because Nathan Brooks hasn't shot a tournament all year. He's shooting
in the Oprah Pro Division. He does not shoot a lens. Right. You know, so he's out there with
zero magnification, which is a benefit because he's probably not fighting these weird lighting
conditions, but it makes the target look a mile away when you're aiming at it. So he's one of
the few, probably the only person out here today that's not shooting magnification. I talked to
Levi Morgan and he had said he considered taking it out at one point, taking his lens out. But he
said his eyes just aren't the same anymore. Yeah. After the third target today, I wanted to, but I
didn't know where my bow would hit. So I just ran with what I brought. All right, Darren. Well,
Senior Pro Division is going to be up first. So we are going to go to the third member of our team,
Brandon Reyes. We're going to go to him and he is going to bring out our archers.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the London, Kentucky True Ball ASA Pro-Am and the shoot
down rounds. How about a round of applause for this weather that I ordered this weekend?
So far. All right, here we go. We're going to begin with the Senior Pro shoot down
and our fifth place qualifier from Clarksville, Tennessee, shooting for prime Richard Teasley.
Your fourth place qualifier from Boswell, Pennsylvania, shooting for Hoyt Tony Tazza.
Third place qualifier shooting for Darton Archery from Mill Spring, North Carolina,
Bill McCall. Your second place qualifier from Chillicothe, Illinois, shooting for Matthew
Kevin Cook. And your number one qualifier from Lacona, Iowa, shooting for Matthew Jeff Hopkins.
Thank you, Brandon. Thank you, Brandon. Gentlemen, if you want the upper 12s,
the orange cone goes out in front of you to the left or right of the T sign to make sure that our
taller can see it. The 14 ring is in play. It does not have to be called.
And as usual, high score wins.
Once we get it resettled in, Jeff, you ready? Everybody feel good about their number?
All right. So, Darren, what we can tell folks at home is that Jeff Hopkins is our leader. You see
him right there at a 407. Kevin Cook, 395. Bill McCall, 394. Tony Tazza and Richard Teasley, 393.
That is evidence right there of the difficulties of this course. 400 would be what we consider par.
Yes. Yeah. Jeff at seven up. He has a 12-point lead. Amazing shooting conditions. I mean,
amazing shooting in the conditions we had this weekend. I said, if anybody shot up in our class
that came off those two courses, hats off to him. And Jeff really showed out having that 12-point
lead to start out. So, look at Billy McCall right there. Just missed that lower 12. So,
we haven't talked about scoring yet, Darren, but there you see the scoring range. You can see
he's just to the right of a 12, that small ring, so that's going to score a 10. But let's go over
here to Jeff Hopkins first. Jeff shot just under that for an eight. You can see he's just under
that ring, so he'll get eight points right there. I was teasing Jeff before they started. He always
12s these long targets. I said, sure enough. I said, you'll 12 this, Kyle. You wait and see. So,
I may have jinxed him. Sorry, Jeff. But 12-point lead, really, all he has to do is not make many
mistakes like that. Keep it in the 10 ring. These other guys have to pound. Like Kevin Cook did right
there. That's a four-point swing. Jeff shot an eight. Kevin shot a 12. So, that's a four-point
swing right there, right off the bat. Kevin Cook is our reigning winner. He won the last one in
Minden, Louisiana, the last tournament of the season in this class. And what that does on that
four-point swing there, PJ, Kevin, Jeff's lead is now eight, with four potentially five targets to go.
And what I mean by that, after we shoot these five targets in regulation, anybody within 10
points of the leader will get a shoot of sixth and final. The last chance, last chance arrow,
they'll get a shoot of sixth and final arrow. Yes, we should mention that we have target sponsors
here. And that was just the mule deer. That is the gold-tip mule deer. We're switching to the
bow-doodle panther. And I, unless Richard Teasley called upper,
he must have called upper. He must have, yeah. Darn it, Richard. A 10. So close. Some of these
targets are pretty long for these guys right now. So, 10s are really good. 12s are bonuses,
but there is a little bit of risk involved shooting at those. So, that orange cone that
you see there behind Richard Teasley, if he wants to call the upper 12, he has to bring that around
front where Scott Parrott, tournament director, can see it. And what we're talking about is there
were two rings, one in the lower part of that inner circle and one in the upper part. The lower
one is always in play unless the shooter calls for the upper. And then if they hit it, as Richard did
there, but he had called upper, it's only worth 10 points. Richard's such a fun-loving guy. He's
so good to shoot with. He's got a great attitude and personality out here.
Here we go. So, we're looking at Jeff Hopkins on the left shoot. Oh, no, excuse me. This is
going to be Richard Teasley on the left shooting the coyote. And that was Jeff Hopkins shooting
at the wolf. It looks like Jeff shot low again. Teasley might have clipped the 10 on the coyote
and it looks like Jeff's just low again. So, if Kevin shoots another 12 here, Jeff's lead is going
to be gone. And there's Mr. Steady Bill McCall. Billy McCall, slow and steady, wins the race.
He's in the core line there. That's going to be an eight. Yeah. Richard Teasley. Richard,
just laughing, having fun out there. Nobody has more fun than Richard in that range that I know
of. That's super close, but I think it's just wide for an eight. Sure enough. Yeah, and when we come
over to this wolf, Darren, so we've got new paint on these targets that is flat. Yeah. It used to
be shiny. They're not fun to shoot at in these dark shadows. Oh, man, yeah. I can't see what that's...
Oh, there we go. Golly, that's better. Just under it. So, an eight. So, all it has to do is touch the arrow.
And these are foam animals. So, the foam is pliable. So, the line can move.
This is a big arrow for Kevin right here. Did he get it again? Oh, he did. That's another four-point swing.
Another 12. Are you kidding me? Oh, wow. 12-12 for Kevin Cook. As I mentioned, he's our Minden
champion. So, he's coming out swinging. Jeff's going to move to a 4.23.
And Kevin's going to move to a 4.19. So, his lead after two arrows is just now four points,
and it started at 12. I guess it's never easy, you know? Yeah. I mentioned briefly that Jeff just
needed to shoot 10s. It's obviously not that easy, and he wants to hit 12s to put the
tournament out of reach. I understand that, but there's a point, too, where you have to say, okay, I
got to make a mistake, but make that mistake in the 10 ring. Easier said than done because it goes
really fast when you're standing out there. I spoke to him beforehand, and he said his job was
to see what happens, and if things got tight, then he was going to have to be. I said, are we going to
see aggressive Jeff? He said, that depends. Yeah. I think we might need him now. I think the eight on
the coyote set the stage for, okay, I need to try to get this next one because it's a little closer
target, you know? Now, he's like, okay, he's on a fairly long target now. I believe he's on that
leopard, so if he misses the 12, he needs to miss this one in the 10 ring. Yes, that is the
Stan Leopard. Our first target is the Elevation Coyote and the Shibuya Howling Wolf. There's a
good look over Jeff's shoulder there. Holding that bow pretty good. He's shooting a title this weekend,
Matthew's target bow. What? Did he not hit the target? Oh, no. Did he miss? He's looking.
I don't think he hit it. He's clicking his sight. Oh, wow. You hate to see that.
He's shaking his head. I'm just getting ready to mention Jeff's been shooting. I don't remember
which one was a hunting bow from Matthew's. Phase four. There you go. Phase four, and he's just
switched to the new title. Was really, obviously, shot it super good all weekend, but he's something
happened right there. I don't know what happened, but
Bill McCall just right on the bow doodle panther. So, wow, I hate to see that. There's a good look
at Tony Tazza. Tony's such a good shooter. Always consistent. Doesn't make a lot of mistakes.
That's gonna be, he's looking for a cone. No cone. That should be.
Nope, that's a lower. 12. 12 points for Tony. Elevation coyote.
Oh, he shot. He did not call for the upper. He wanted the lower.
I can't see it. Whatever. All right, we'll give him a 12 this time. We'll talk about it later.
So Tony, Tony 12's that coyote then. Coming over to the howling wolf here.
This is the Shibuya howling wolf. This is Richard Teasley.
Oh, he went for the 14. Okay, yeah, we didn't mention that scoring ring up there, Darren. He
went for the big ring. Yeah, that 14 sits out there high right in the eight ring or high left,
depending on which direction the animal's facing. Here's a look at Jeff. See if we can see what
happened. His bow didn't move much when it fired. It looked like it went low.
He did not touch it. Well, and they found it, so it clearly went low. If it had gone over,
it would have gone into the woods. And another 12 for Kevin. Another 12.
Wow, good shot, Kevin Cook. That's, I mean, that's crazy that Jeff had a 12-point lead
and Kevin's going to be eight points ahead of him right now after three arrows.
I feel bad for Jeff. I hate to see that happen. He shot so solid all weekend long and now after
three arrows, he's fighting for a podium spot. So Darren, I had mentioned that those targets
looked deceiving to me, the coyote and the leopard. I thought, ah, I thought the, you know,
I thought they looked different than they were. And maybe that fooled him too. I don't know.
Jeff doesn't get fooled much. He doesn't miss yardage too often. He's seen
2.7 million targets in his lifetime. And I don't know, something happened there. I don't,
maybe he knocked an arrow upside down or something. I'm not certain, but that's.
So yeah, how much of a gap, like how off would you have to be in your estimation to
miss a target like that? Potentially. At our, at the 292, 293, that's the feet per second that
about everybody shoots out here in this class, low 290s. At 40 yards for every yard you're off,
if a target's 40 yards and you shoot it for 41, you'll hit about an inch high. If you shoot it
for 42, you hit about two inches high and vice versa. If it's 45, you shoot it for 44,
you hit about an inch low. So to miss that, he'd have to miss it by six yards or so. Yeah. Or like
I said, knock an arrow upside down. He likes the lowers. So he generally shoots down closer to the
bottom. Yeah. There's a good look at Billy. He's holding that bow pretty good. Good.
I'll tell you what, I think Jeff might've hit the 14 on this one. When we get to it, we'll see.
Before they shot this arrow, he had dropped to third place. So he still has a chance to
climb back in that 14 ring. We'll help him. Bill McCall's first on the Elevation Coyote.
Good 10 for me.
Here we go. Tony Tazza on the Shibuya Hattling Wolf.
So it's just left naked eye there. Yeah.
10 for Tony. State 10. All right. Now we have Richard Teasley on the Leopard.
The Stan Leopard. I don't know that he, I don't see his cone. I don't think he called upper,
but he smoked it. He's laughing. So I think he's laughing because he called upper, hit lower,
went for lower, hit upper. His numbers are just a little bit off.
Let's see what Jeff did here. There you go. He got it. All right. Whatever happened,
he's tuned in now. That's crazy. That's his son, Scott, right there. Two twin peaks,
twin mountains right there. Yeah. His mini me. I think Nathan said his other me now.
That's probably another 12 feet called upper. Yeah. So that's a unique situation there,
Darren. Let's see what the call is first. We'll talk about it.
12. Yeah. So there's like a row. There's a connector line there that is kind of where
three scoring rings come together. You hit anywhere in there, you get the 12. Yeah. They
call it the pie, the connector. There's some different terminology that the archers use,
but if you go 90 degrees from the inside edge of that 12, that 12 goes all the way to the outside
of the 10 line there. So it's actually a misformed circle, but by ASA rules, depending on where it
lies in that pie, you'll get the 12. So there's a lot of controversy on those calls at times.
And let's talk about Kevin Cook right there. Kevin's on fire. Four for four.
If you shoot two or three rings, you've shot well, he's hit four in a row. He's eight
up in the finals. Yeah. He's got a six point lead right now over Jeff.
Now he's shooting that coyote. Kevin. If he hits this one, I'm going to go out there and ask for
his range finder. He's judging. He's judging extremely well. Oh, Richard, I think he got that.
He went for the 14. He did. Yeah. There's a good looking Kevin come and settled in again.
I mean, at this point, he just needs to go five for five. Just left. I mean,
Bill McCall still at full draw. There he goes. All right. Bill finally shot.
If Kevin takes a six point lead into the final arrow, he's going to be hard to beat.
Hey, 10. That's a good safe.
453 is where he'll finish up right there for now. Next up, coming around to Bill McCall.
Shibuya Howling Wolf looks just as low. It's going to be an eight. I'm going to move Billy to 440.
So he will not be the final arrow. You have to have a 443 or better
to shoot the final arrow, because Kevin moved to a 453.
Tony Tez, I believe that's going to be a 10. Yep. So he's going to make it.
And then depending on what Jeff did here.
Well, Richler could get to a 443 if he 14s this. Yeah.
Pretty sure he did. Oh, yeah. So he'll make the final arrow by the number.
Did he call lower on that? All right. There you go.
He's always having a good time. Yes.
Let's see what Mr. Jeff did here. He's probably going 1,400 now.
I don't know what he shot. Yeah. 445. So he'll get a chance. So Kevin's got an eight-point lead.
If he shoots a 10, he cannot be beat. If he shoots an 80, he can't be beat.
It's a pretty good spot to be in. Regardless of what target they set,
these guys can hit just about anything from any distance.
Yeah. So Bill McCall is going to be our only one that we're going to drop. He's going to
finish in fifth place. But the story of the shoot down has got to be Kevin Cook.
Yeah. Plus eight in the finals so far. That's incredible.
When you hit four out of five, that's 80%. That's pretty darn good.
That is pretty darn good. So now what we've got happening here, Darren, is we're bringing out our
last chance, last chance arrow. And it is last chance archery, last chance arrow. It is the
Impala. And so they just pick a spot somewhere on the field. We don't know where. Scott Parrott will
move the stake, presumably. He's going to pick a shooting position,
and then they'll have some time to judge it. And then they will each take a shot at it.
That is the Impala. Yes. Tricky little animal. It's not a very big animal from belly to back.
It doesn't have a very thick body. Won't be hard to judge out here in this wide open field. But
in the woods, that thing can be tricky. I'd be feeling really good if I was Kevin Cook right
now. For sure. Oh, there goes Scott Parrott. He moved him, I don't know, maybe four yards up in
front of where they were shooting. But now they're kind of diagonal as well. They're not shooting
that target directly head on. So yeah, they're going to get to judge the distance there. Yeah.
Teasley has to hit a ring to make a move. If he just shoots a 10, Tony shoots a 10, Jeff shoots a
10. Richard stays in fourth place. So he shoots a 12, depending on bonus ring count, and Tony
shoots a 10. He could slip onto the podium, same as Jeff if he ties him. But since Richard has to
hit a bonus ring, I think I might shoot at the 14 if it were me. Why not? Really put the pressure
on those guys. Worst he's going to finish right now is fourth place. Yeah, he's got a good number
out there. And sometimes the 14 on these animals is just a wee bit bigger. Right. And when I say
wee, I'm talking eighth inch, you know, some I know on the Audad target, the 14 seems to be huge.
Unfortunately, we don't typically shoot that in a shoot down. But from where they're standing,
the pallet doesn't look to be too long of a distance. And I think Richard will be able to
see that ring probably naked eye in through his scope. So it probably wouldn't be a bad one to
take a risk at. Yeah, so we're coming behind it over their head. Even there, you can see the
difference between the howling wolf and the impala. You can see a lot more definition on that impala
than you can on the wolf. Yeah, you can see the impala several feet or a few yards in front of
the leopard. And they also move the shooting stick up several feet. So it's not terribly long. Yeah,
I don't think it'll be. I think a bonus ring is very attainable here. It's just what decision
does it make to hit the 12 and force these guys to hit the 14 and make them have to shoot at the 14.
I want to. Yeah, the wind's starting to pick up here just a little bit.
Where we shot all weekend in the hills and the hollers, the trees, the cover wind is zero factor,
not a factor at all. But when you get out in these wide open fields, depending on how big
their fletchings is, their veins, their feathers, whatever you want to call them,
they wind can make those arrows move. So wind can be a factor out here in the shoot offs.
Yeah, so we see Richard Teasley's umbrella man, Brady Hempen, young kid out there.
If you'll be able to hold that up in a strong breeze. Yeah, phenomenal shooter himself,
Brady is. Let's see what Richard decided to do. He did not call for an upper. So
he's either going to shoot at the lower or shoot the 14.
Got to let down. He's looking up. He may say a little prayer right there or something. I
don't know what he did. He took a deep breath. He's reset. Let's see what happens.
There you got the target in the lower left. He went. Oh, did he get it? He went at it.
They're fist bumping, so I'm thinking he got it. So close. I can't see it from this side.
Good play, though. Oh, I think he's going to be just wide. Richard says.
Oh, it's an eight. It is out. So that puts him at 451. Good try there, Richard.
Tony shoots at eight. He locks up third place.
So if Tony shoots a 14, it moves him to 59.
That right? So then Kevin shoots. If Kevin would have to shoot a five.
So I think Tony tries to shoot a 12 here to make Jeff have to hit a ring. Him shooting a 14
could basically just hand Jeff second place or ensure him second place. So I don't know what
Tony will decide to do here. I think 12 might be the play right here. He has called.
I can't tell. There's a cone, but I don't know which one's out there.
There's a 10. All right. Called the upper 12. I did call the upper 12. He's just a little short
on yards. He's going to hit straight under it. So Tony's on the podium. 10 for Tony Tazza.
Moves into 455. Now, depending on what Jeff does here, what position Jeff must be ahead on bonus
rings since he shoots after Tony. So a 10 here will give Jeff second. A 14. Really, if Jeff
shoots a five, he goes, shoots a 450, he would drop to fourth. So Jeff has to shoot at least an
18 to stay on the podium. Now, Darren, you're in this position. Are you thinking about that miss
or is it gone? Have you put it out of your head? It has to be behind you now. You can dwell on it
when this is over. Right now it's time to, you know, make a shot here and then and then think
about it once it's all done. He did not call upper. He may have hit the upper. Looks like it.
So his number was a little strong, but that'll get him second place, I'm sure.
Not what he was hoping for. 10 for Jeff. Yeah. All right. That's a 10. He's a 45. So Kevin just
hit the target. That's it. Kevin Cook. Kevin. Props to Kevin Cook. So all weekend he was five down.
Come in here and shoot eight up. Yeah. In five targets. Yeah. That's the difference in being
able to see. Clearly you can see out here. All right, Kevin. Here you can see the animals and
the rings and everything. So this should be a pretty good easy shot for Kevin. Back to back
championships. There you go. Center 10. That's so good. We'll get a final number for his score.
So back to back. Jeff second place. Third is Tony Tazza. Fourth is Richard Teasley.
Wow. That's coming in with determination. And you know, then not freezing when you see Jeff Hopkins,
somebody like him struggling. Kevin was doing everything he needed to do. You know,
12 the first two. Jeff shot a couple eights. Okay. He's still got a four point lead.
You have to be thinking, man, I'm never going to catch this guy. Yeah. Yeah. And then, and then
Jeff has that unfortunate mishap. And then all of a sudden Kevin's like, holy smokes,
I could win this. I could win it. Yeah. He's going to come on over here and we're going to,
I've got to ask him about that. Cause those going four for four to start
and in back to back championships here. So I believe he's got the headsets on there. Now,
Kevin cook back to back championships start now four for four on twelves. Tell us about that round.
Oh, that's, that's, I can't believe it. I mean, I thought I had some good numbers, but being out
here on the grass, it's, it's pretty tough judge on that stuff. And as little iffy, but I hit the
Okay. Usually when I hit the first one or be close, I can go after the second one. So I went
after the second one, hit it. And I just kept going. And I thought maybe I had a little bit
too much number on the Panther. And I like called the upper aim center. It rose up in there. So
it's, it's, I can't even believe I'm here right now because, because yesterday I struggled,
you know, I shot no nine down yesterday. And today I hung in there and I couldn't believe
I was sitting in second when I got there, got done. So we talk about the struggles,
Kevin, and how tough the ranges were and the difference from out there to here
and the emotional rollercoaster that archery brings. I mean, when you first stepped out there,
you were 12 points behind Jeff. You have to be thinking, I'm going to have a tough time
catching this guy. And then all of a sudden Jeff has a mishap and you're in the catbird seat.
You're like, I got a chance to win this thing. So, I mean, your, your whole weekend flipped
in just one arrow right there. Yeah, it did. I mean, I was, I was hoping to put a few 12s
in the, in the target and maybe, maybe give my chance to get close on the last arrow.
And unfortunately Jeff had a, had a, had a mishap. I'm not sure what went on and,
and just can't believe. Yeah. Well, buddy, back-to-back wins. That's not easy to do.
Congratulations on a consistent, solid weekend. Fantastic shooting. I'd like to say one thing
though, before I go, happy birthday to my wife. It's her birthday today and she's here with me
today in the crowd. So awesome. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Yeah. Congrats, Kevin. All right,
folks, don't go anywhere. We will be right back here at the Laurel County
Fairgrounds for the Senior Known Pro Division. We'll be right back.
