South County Rod and Gun Club Narrowly Defeats Vilseck AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season South County Rod and Gun Club edged out Vilseck AJROTC 2304.5 to 2294.3 in the 2023 National Precision Air Rifle League. South County Rod and Gun Club was led by Sophia Wood who shot a 595.2. The remaining contributing members were Alex Travison, Emily Lopez, and Kessler Head. They are from West Greenwich, RI, and are coached by David Wood.
South County Rod and Gun Club is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in seventh place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
Snapping a two game win streak Shooting their highest team score of the season Vilseck AJROTC was led by Emily Dahle who shot a 583.8. The remaining contributing members were Rheanna Salo, Briseis Palomarez, and Hailynn Corpuz. Vilseck AJROTC is from Vilseck, Germany, and is coached by John Sabala.
Vilseck AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in third place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Next up South County Rod and Gun Club will compete against Robert Service High School from Anchorage, AK. Robert Service High School currently has a 2 - 1 record. While Vilseck AJROTC will compete against Eldorado MCJROTC from Alburquerque, NM. Eldorado MCJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://www.orionscoringsystem.com/team/LeaguePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023091512010588.3
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.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Standing Air Rifle match. The match is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 60 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023100215473104.1
South County Rod and Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2202
Vilseck AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2211
09 - 15 Oct 2023