Upset!
Odyssey Archery
team defeats Connellsville, 154-151
Since 1956, the McAlister
Memorial Field has hosted the great tradition of Connellsville beating
Odyssey in an archery match. But that trend changed this year in a major
upset. Odyssey won 154-151.
It was a close match to the
end with Connellsville up 151-134. With only one person left to shoot,
Odyssey's Robert Skeed stepped up. His twenty-point shot gave Odyssey the
victory, and brought home the Friar Tuck trophy for the first time in 38
years.
There was some controversy,
however, in the fourth round of the match. A few members of the
Connellsville squad claimed that some of the Odyssey athletes were using
corked arrows. An investigation will be made into these allegations, but
Odyssey coach Clark Lewis is not too happy about it. "This is the finest
team Odyssey has ever fielded, and the other team's winning should not take
away from that," he said, "We won fair and square."
A short parade between 4th and
5th streets on Penrose Avenue will be held at 2:00 PM tomorrow to honor the
winners.
This
article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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