Ridge View AJROTC Upsets Stewarts Creek AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Ridge View AJROTC upset Stewarts Creek AJROTC 981 to 929 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Ridge View AJROTC was able to win despite averaging 91 points lower than Stewarts Creek AJROTC coming into this game.
Ridge View AJROTC finishes the season in eighth place in their Division with a 1 - 6 record. Ridge View AJROTC was led by Jacob Newman who shot a 267. The remaining contributing members were Jared Banks, Jacob Shusterman, and Turner Altman. Ridge View AJROTC is from Columbia, SC, and is coached by Gene England.
Stewarts Creek AJROTC dropped to 2 - 5 on the season. They finish the season in sixth place in their Division. Stewarts Creek AJROTC was led by Jaxon Pierce who shot a 242. The remaining contributing members were Jayce Hatcher, Matt Sanders, and Jared Redito. Stewarts Creek AJROTC is from Smyrna, TN, and is coached by LTC Joel Payne.
These two teams are competing in the Army JROTC Distinguished 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 league has two parts. An 8 week round-robin regular season going on now, where teams compete for their Division's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all divisions 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=1.1.763338880.1
13 - 19 Nov 2017