Queen Creek AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Lumen Christi High School
Shooting their highest score of the season Queen Creek AJROTC edged out Lumen Christi High School 944.1 to 929.1 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Queen Creek AJROTC was led by Jerod Foley who shot a 253.4. The remaining contributing members were Ryan Moore, Espy Gallegos, and Carter McFarland. They are from Queen Creek, AZ, and are coached by John Biggs.
Queen Creek AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fortieth place. They have a 2 - 0 record.
Lumen Christi High School was led by Liv Crosby who shot a 255.2. The remaining contributing members were Dylan McLean, Alexa Romero, and Benjamin Bouton. Lumen Christi High School is from Anchorage, AK, and is coached by Brian A Ross.
Lumen Christi High School is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-ninth place. They have a 1 - 1 record.
Next up Queen Creek AJROTC will compete against Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club from Morgantown, WV. Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club currently has a 0 - 2 record. While Lumen Christi High School will compete against Timber Wolves from Cornelius, OR. Timber Wolves currently has a 2 - 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=1.1.2024100716484149.1
Queen Creek AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2568
Lumen Christi High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2590
14 - 20 Oct 2024