Lafayette Gun Club defeats Central Arkansas Hawkeyes
Shooting their highest score of the season Lafayette Gun Club defeated Central Arkansas Hawkeyes 1110.4 to 1002.8 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Lafayette Gun Club was led by Alexandra Orr who shot a 279.7. The remaining contributing members were Ayden Lawson, Wade Brown, and Alanna Greene. They are from Grafton, VA, and are coached by Charles Orr.
Lafayette Gun Club is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in twelfth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in second place. They have a 1 - 0 record.
Central Arkansas Hawkeyes was led by Ethen Bellish who shot a 263.9. The remaining contributing members were Tayhlor Henson, Colt Jones, and Evan Martin. Central Arkansas Hawkeyes is from Conway, AR, and is coached by Andy Faulkner.
Overall Central Arkansas Hawkeyes is ranked fifty-third. They have a 1 - 1 record.
Next up Lafayette Gun Club will compete against South Panola AFJROTC from Batesville, MS. South Panola AFJROTC currently has a 1 - 0 record. While Central Arkansas Hawkeyes will compete against Conroe AJROTC from Conroe, TX. Conroe AJROTC currently has a 1 - 1 record.
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.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://rezults.scopos.tech/league/1.1.2024072508570849.3/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2024092613304952.1
Lafayette Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2584
Central Arkansas Hawkeyes team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2595
07 - 13 Oct 2024