Pacific MCJROTC defeats Fontana MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Pacific MCJROTC defeated Fontana MCJROTC 1047 to 1021 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Pacific MCJROTC finishes the season in nineteenth place overall and fifth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. They finished the season with a 4 - 3 record. Pacific MCJROTC was led by, Amanda Benetin who shot a 286. The remaining contributing members were Julia Thomas, Destiny Martin, and Kaylin Dew. Pacific MCJROTC is from Pacific, MO, and is coached by Brian Cain.
Fontana MCJROTC finished the season with a 3 - 4 record. They finishes the season in twenty-first place overall and sixth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. Fontana MCJROTC was led by, Jasmine Arguello who shot a 262. The remaining contributing members were Moses Ramirez, Emily Romero, and Valerie Linden. Fontana MCJROTC is from Fontana, CA, and is coached by MSgt Wayne Harkley.
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=1.1.847559294.1
Pacific MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=914
Fontana MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=930
12 - 18 Nov 2018