The Illinois Department of Natural Resources hosted the National Archery in the Schools Program Illinois State Tournament last Saturday on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.  873 archers from 32 schools qualified to compete, including Pinckneyville High School and Junior High School.  The high school did not place, but the Junior High placed 3^rd out of 18 schools.  Individually, Jordan Koester placed 4^th, just 2 points back of 1^st.  Top finishers qualify for the NASP National Tournament to be held May 9^th and 10^th in Louisville, Kentucky.  NASP is a nationally acclaimed youth archery program that implements a curriculum-based archery education program into the public – private school system through the physical education department.  Illinois was one of the first 10 states registered in the program.