Battle Ground AFJROTC Narrowly Defeats Kaiser High School
Shooting their highest score of the season Battle Ground AFJROTC edged out Kaiser High School 962.2 to 946.6 in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League. They currently have a 2 - 1 record. Battle Ground AFJROTC was led by, Marcus Adams who shot a 261.8. The remaining contributing members were Blake Miller, Cody Lewis, and Elijah Posey. Battle Ground AFJROTC is from Battle Ground, WA, and is coached by Lt Col Andrew Woodrow.
Kaiser High School currently has a 0 - 3 record. Shooting their highest team score of the season Kaiser High School was led by, Michael Mann who shot a 239.7. The remaining contributing members were Michelle Ho, Dylan Kirkpatrick, and Malia Faulkner. Kaiser High School is from Honolulu, HI, and is coached by James Olson.
This coming week Battle Ground AFJROTC has a bye week. While Kaiser High School will compete against Hoke County AJROTC from Raeford, NC. Hoke County AJROTC currently has a 3 - 0 record.
These two teams are competing in the National Air Rifle "New Shooter" League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league exclusive to athletes in their first year of competition. Teams are from high schools and junior rifle clubs throughout the United States. Over 10 weeks each team competes in 8 games. Each week, each team is paired with another team with a near equal skill level.
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 10.9 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.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit https://www.national-leagues.com/new-shooter
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.941338855.1
Battle Ground AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1405
Kaiser High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1407
10 - 16 Feb 2020