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“Now I shoot the same scores, but the competition is so much greater than it was then.”Nowadays, Sampson estimates that he’s in the top one-third in the nation among men in the senior division (over the age of 50).On the opposite end of the age spectrum in Valley archery is 17-year-old Justin Rogers, a junior at Linton High School.In the recent National Field Archery Association (NFAA) indoor championships, he placed second in his flight in the Young Adult Male Freestyle Division with a score of 596.Rogers competes in four archery organizations — the NFAA, International Bowhunting Organization (IBO), Archery Shooters Association (ASA) and Indiana Field Archery Association (IFAA).
Since his father let him experiment with a used bow at age 5, he’s improved enough to win five IFAA state championships and set three st...
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