Cross Creek NJROTC defeats O'Connor AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Cross Creek NJROTC defeated O'Connor AFJROTC 1062 to 1014 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, Cross Creek NJROTC is in eighth place overall and second place within their 'Navy Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 1 - 1 record. Cross Creek NJROTC was led by Marvin Pell who shot a 280. The remaining contributing members were Melvin Pell, JinYee Ortiz, and Patrick Johnson. Cross Creek NJROTC is from Augusta, GA, and is coached by Jonathan Shaw.
O'Connor AFJROTC currently has a 0 - 2 record. After the loss they are in twenty-second place overall and third place within their 'Air Force Jrotc' conference. Shooting their highest team score of the season O'Connor AFJROTC was led by Alexei Sanchez who shot a 268. The remaining contributing members were Elisabeth Lopez, Simon Kreth, and Tyler Cameron. O'Connor AFJROTC is from Helotes, TX, and is coached by Bea Fleureau and David Delarue.
Next up Cross Creek NJROTC will compete against R-S Central MCJROTC from Rutherfordton, NC. R-S Central MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 0 record. While O'Connor AFJROTC will compete against Sickles AFJROTC from Tampa, FL. Sickles AFJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 record.
These two teams are competing in the 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 Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
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 shoots 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 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.
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=1.1.837883297.1
Cross Creek NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=917
O'Connor AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=943
01 - 07 Oct 2018