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Robin Hood has nothing on Casar archer Anzlee Kilby Fifteen-year-old is a national level bow and arrow champ By Alan Hodge If legendary English archer Robin Hood could come back to life and meet up with 15-year-old Anzlee Kilby of Casar, he could probably pick up a few tips to improve his aim. That’s because Anzlee is a highly accomplished competitive bow and arrow athlete with a room full of trophies, medals, and other awards that she’s earned at archery events on a local, state, and national level. Anzlee, a ninth-grader at Pinnacle Classical Academy, was bitten by the archery bug at an early age. Her father,
Award winning archer Anzlee Kilby is seen with one of her favorite bows and just one of the many trophies she has earned at competitive arrowshooting events. (Photo by Alan Hodge)
Bobby, was the inspiration. “I would watch my father shooting targets in the backyard,” she said. “I got my first bow when I was five-yearsold.” It wasn’t long before her archery talent manifested itself, as well as the desire to pit her skill against other archers. “My first contest was in 2018 at Advance, N.C., when I was in fourth grade,” she said. From that initial tournament, there was no turning back. Anzlee Anzlee shows off a few estimates that she has of her many medals. taken part in at least
200 events. Places she and her dad and mom Miranda have travelled to are far-flung and include Lancaster, Pa., Cullman, Ala., Metropolis, Ill., and London, Ky. To name a few. “Some of the tournaments have as many as 2,000 contestants,” she said. Anzlee is a member of several competitive archery organizations. These include the Archery Shooters Association, USA Archery, Junior Olympic Archery Development and Scholastic 3D Archery. She has com-
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Anzlee taking aim at a 3D outdoor target. (Photos provided) peted in the Youth Open Girls and Young Adult Female Open categories. The competitions are held at varied venues. “They can be indoor or outdoor events,” she says. Targets can be anything from paper to life size animals made of Styrofoam-like material. “We shoot at everything from hyenas to wart hogs,” she says. “The lynx is my favorite.” See KILBY, Page 6
Anzlee drawing down on a target.
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