New Albany NJROTC defeats Georgia Competitive Shooters
New Albany NJROTC defeated Georgia Competitive Shooters 2275.7 to 1707.4 in the 2023 National Precision Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. New Albany NJROTC was led by Chance Phillipy who shot a 599.8. The remaining contributing members were Kaedon Smith, Kadence Brown , and Anna Haskel. They are from New Albany, IN, and are coached by Michael Cluver.
New Albany NJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in sixth place. Within the Jrotc Conference they are in second place. They have a 3 - 3 record.
Georgia Competitive Shooters was led by Michaela Hampl who shot a 583.8. The remaining contributing members were Jt Wright, Jayden Bateman, and Amy Filippone. Georgia Competitive Shooters is from Griffin, GA, and is coached by Matthew Herrington.
Overall Georgia Competitive Shooters is ranked twenty-second. They have a 2 - 2 record.
Next up New Albany NJROTC will compete against Robert Service High School from Anchorage, AK. Robert Service High School currently has a 4 - 2 record. While Georgia Competitive Shooters will compete against C. T. Johnson AJROTC from San Antonio, TX. C. T. Johnson AJROTC currently has a 4 - 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=1.1.2023103015432781.1
New Albany NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2217
Georgia Competitive Shooters team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2314
06 - 12 Nov 2023