Northgate AFJROTC Narrowly Defeats Grove City Christian School
Shooting their highest score of the season Northgate AFJROTC edged out Grove City Christian School 985.6 to 967.5 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Northgate AFJROTC was led by Holly Metz who shot a 264.9. The remaining contributing members were Katriel Porter, Jonathan Gonyea, and Nicholas DeSimone. They are from Newnan, GA, and are coached by Meoyskie Porter.
Northgate AFJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-first place. Within the Air Force Jrotc Conference they are in third place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Grove City Christian School was led by Carter Freeman who shot a 272.0. The remaining contributing members were Rhesa Yank, Leah Cawley, and Gigi Castagnola. Grove City Christian School is from Grove City, OH, and is coached by Curt Mayhew.
Grove City Christian School is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-fifth place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
Next up Northgate AFJROTC will compete against Washburn Rural AFJROTC from Topeka, KS. Washburn Rural AFJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record. While Grove City Christian School will compete against Oxford NJROTC from Oxford, MA. Oxford NJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record.
Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, followed by the post-season.
The Champions Division is reserved for the top teams in the country. The top eight teams from the Champions Division regular season will compete in a single elimination tournament for the league championships.
The Distinguished Division are the second tiered teams, followed by the Elite Division.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Three-Position Air Rifle match. The match is modeled after Olympic Rifle competitions but adapted to high school age athletes. Each athlete will shoot 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 30 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2022101115025260.1
Northgate AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2002
Grove City Christian School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1983
17 - 23 Oct 2022