CHS JROTC takes aim at archery program

Competitive team added in 50th year for JROTC.

  • CHS Assistant Principal Mike Paphides (from left) and First Sergeant Trena Dettmer (Army Instructor), pose with Cadet Charli Lanfair (Team Captain), Cadet Kamden Spaziani, Cadet Ashley Mitchell, Cadet Chase Peisel, Cadet Justin Cranford, Cadet Timothy Bird, Cadet Wyatt Santos, Cadet Sigel Delsasso, Cadet Dakota Beichner, Cadet Elijah Deese, Cadet Caden Vreatt, CHS Principal Trey Hosford and Lieutenant Colonel Austin Akers (Senior Army Instructor). Not pictured is Cadet Joseph Hassett. (COURTESY)
    CHS Assistant Principal Mike Paphides (from left) and First Sergeant Trena Dettmer (Army Instructor), pose with Cadet Charli Lanfair (Team Captain), Cadet Kamden Spaziani, Cadet Ashley Mitchell, Cadet Chase Peisel, Cadet Justin Cranford, Cadet Timothy Bird, Cadet Wyatt Santos, Cadet Sigel Delsasso, Cadet Dakota Beichner, Cadet Elijah Deese, Cadet Caden Vreatt, CHS Principal Trey Hosford and Lieutenant Colonel Austin Akers (Senior Army Instructor). Not pictured is Cadet Joseph Hassett. (COURTESY)

    Nearly 50 years after Columbia High School began its Army JROTC program, the school is starting up another outlet for cadets.

    The CHS archery team is officially off the ground with its inaugural class …