Bows and arrows up on the Skyline hill

By Antonio Franco Reporter

When driving into Skyline, most people tend to look towards the buildings all congregated in the middle of the school. However, next time you drive in, you should instead look in the northeast corner of Skyline’s property. Past a relatively empty parking lot, there stands some hay bales and a storage container.

In that quiet little corner away from almost all the noise that Skyline can muster is where the archery class resides. It is up on a hill where old targets stay waiting, and just behind that lies a field of flowers. A calm and serene environment remains unbothered by the large group standing idly by waiting for their turn to draw their bows. The class itself is run by Christopher Watters, stepping in for instructor Fitzgerald as they recover from surgery.

“This is my first semester teaching archery,” Watters said. “It was an interesting challenge.”

Watters normally teaches basketball and tennis classes, which usually rely on the value of teamwork and cooperation. However, Watters has found that although you are alone when performing the sport of archery, that doesn’t mean you are performing by yourself.

“I’ve been really impressed by, even though it's an individual scoring sport, the amount of teamwork and comradery that comes with pairs or lines or groupings,” Watters said.

Even as we were talking, the class seemed to be at its most relaxed. Conversations took place