Granbury MCJROTC defeats Lake Region Shooting Sports
Third seed Granbury MCJROTC defeated sixth seed Lake Region Shooting Sports 1539 to 1490 last week in the National Air Rifle League Championship Tournament. Granbury MCJROTC remains perfect in the season, improving their overall record to 8 - 0. Granbury MCJROTC was led by Kelcy MCGRATH who shot a 390. The remaining contributing members were Makenize SHEFFIELD, Trinity HATHAWAY, Allison HENRY, and Brittney PINCKARD. Granbury MCJROTC is from Granbury, TX, and is coached by LtCol Scott Casey.
Lake Region Shooting Sports finishes the season with a 4 - 4 record, which includes a fourth place finish in the Champions Division. Lake Region Shooting Sports was led by Jacob Vaagen who shot a 378. The remaining contributing members were Maria Rosa-Nieves, Christopher Morstad, Hannah Vaagen, and Landon Kurtz. Lake Region Shooting Sports is from Devils Lake, ND, and is coached by Rick Jorgensen.
Granbury MCJROTC will advance to the semi-final round and take on second seed Georgia Competitive Shooters from Griffin, GA. This will be the second meeting for these two teams. They last meet two years ago in the league's first championship game. Georgia Competitive Shooters won that game by a slim two point margin.
The post-season tournament is for the top eight teams in the National Air Rifle Precision 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 that concluded in November. Followed by a single-elimination tournament, going on now, for the top eight teams who will compete for the league championship.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Standing Air Rifle match. The match is almost identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 40 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 points. The sum of points scored in the 40 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.776290929.1
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