John F. Kennedy AJROTC defeats Lumen Christi High School
Shooting their highest score of the season John F. Kennedy AJROTC defeated Lumen Christi High School 997.9 to 931.9 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. John F. Kennedy AJROTC was led by Armando Garcia-Pineda who shot a 264.7. The remaining contributing members were Tan Tran, Alexander StantonRivera, and Christopher Aragon. They are from Denver, CO, and are coached by COL (R) Jeffrey F. Wilson.
John F. Kennedy AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-eighth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in tenth place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Lumen Christi High School was led by Nicholas Boring who shot a 253.9. The remaining contributing members were Benjamin Bouton, Liv Crosby, and Alexa Romero. Lumen Christi High School is from Anchorage, AK, and is coached by Brian A Ross.
Lumen Christi High School is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in forty-fifth place. They have a 0 - 3 record.
Next up John F. Kennedy AJROTC will compete against Austin E Lathrop AJROTC from Fairbanks, AK. Austin E Lathrop AJROTC currently has a 3 - 0 record. While Lumen Christi High School will compete against Washburn Rural AFJROTC from Topeka, KS. Washburn Rural AFJROTC currently has a 0 - 4 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 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, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, 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.
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=1.1.2023101014005269.1
John F. Kennedy AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2318
Lumen Christi High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2268
16 - 22 Oct 2023