If the Independence, MO, area ever faces drought conditions, all they would need to do is hire the crew to come for a visit. The wind and rain seem to follow us every time we arrive in town. Luckily, for the competition, it hit on Friday night, not during the third Regional of 2011.

John Sappington will head to the Finals for the third time, winning the Independence title. Sappington and Brian Lueth tied for first place with overall scores of 33, but John edged Brian in the last tiebreaker, overall time, by .12 seconds.

Sappington, just like his past two trips to the Canyon, proved how good he is with a rifle. A win there, top ten finishes in Bait Casting and Skills, and fifteenth in Archery, proved enough for the victory. John has finished in the top four twice in the Finals and, if he keeps it together during Archery, has a really good chance of becoming the next Total Outdoorsman. Lueth slipped during Bait Casting with a placement of 19, but stayed in the top seven for Air Rifle and Archery, and then smoked Skills with a second place. Brian can shoot and is very agile, so he will cause some damage in Dogwood. Oh yeah, he likes to race ATV’s, so he could be the Saturday rally this year.

Christopher Parker took the third and final invitation. Christopher likes the stick and string and also has experience in racing ATVs. We could see a lot of movement on the leaderboard the last day of the Finals this year.

So we’re off to Leeds, AL, and the final stop of the Regional stage. Lots of returning competitors combined with tons of new talent, will make this the toughest Regional. The crew knows that the courses here will have to be tough to get separation in this field. Come with your game faces on boys and girls, it’s going to be rough.

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