Lake Region Shooting Sports defeats Home of Champions Junior Club
Shooting their highest score of the season Lake Region Shooting Sports defeated Home of Champions Junior Club 1502 to 1284 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Lake Region Shooting Sports finishes the regular season in fourth place in their Division with a 4 - 3 record. Lake Region Shooting Sports was led by Brandon Alexander who shot a 384. The remaining contributing members were Maria Rosa-Nieves, Jacob Vaagen, and Christopher Morstad. Lake Region Shooting Sports is from Devils Lake, ND, and is coached by Rick Jorgenson.
Lake Region Shooting Sports' season will continue next week in the Post-Season tournament. They received an at-large bid and will be seeded sixth. They will compete against third seed Bridgeport Rifle Club in the opening game.
By virtue of finishing in the top four in the Champions Division this season, Lake Region Shooting Sports will once again be squadded in the Champion's Division in the 2017 season.
Home of Champions Junior Club dropped to 0 - 7 on the season. They finish the season in eighth place in their Division. Home of Champions Junior Club was led by Cameron Adams who shot a 335. The remaining contributing members were Libby Kramer, Jerad Lewark, and Baur Kramer. Home of Champions Junior Club is from Ft. Benning, GA, and is coached by Erin McNeil.
These two teams are competing in the Junior Rifle Club Precision Champions Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The Champions Division is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week round-robin regular season going on now. Followed by a single-elimination tournament, for the top eight teams who will compete for the league championship.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Standing Air Rifle match. The match is almost identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 40 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 points. The sum of points scored in the 40 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 http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/AirRifleLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.688454945.1
14 - 20 Nov 2016