Marcos de Niza AJROTC defeats Hazel Green NJROTC
Marcos de Niza AJROTC defeated Hazel Green NJROTC 929.0 to 836.0 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Marcos de Niza AJROTC was led by Raeghan Willis who shot a 246.3. The remaining contributing members were Sarah Richard, Ben Mitnik, and Jackson Hyder. They are from Tempe, AZ, and are coached by MAJ Robert Fore.
Marcos de Niza AJROTC competed in the Elite Division where they finish the regular season in eighth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they finish in second place. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
Next up, Marcos de Niza AJROTC will compete in the postseason Elite Division AJROTC Championship Game. They will face Denver North AJROTC.
Thanks to their performance this season Marcos de Niza AJROTC preliminarily qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2024 National Air Rifle League.
Hazel Green NJROTC was led by Joshua Carter who shot a 262.3. The remaining contributing members were Michael Huppenberger, Daniel Mann, and Carmen Kilgore. Hazel Green NJROTC is from Hazel Green, AL, and is coached by QMC Bill Terry.
Overall Hazel Green NJROTC finishes the regular season sixty-seventh. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
Thanks to their performance this season Hazel Green NJROTC preliminarily qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2024 National Air Rifle League.
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=1.1.2023110615261091.1
Marcos de Niza AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2281
Hazel Green NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2233
13 - 19 Nov 2023