R-S Central MCJROTC Narrowly Defeats Mandeville MCJROTC
R-S Central MCJROTC edged out Mandeville MCJROTC 1043 to 1041 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, R-S Central MCJROTC is in sixteenth place overall and fourth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 5 - 1 record. R-S Central MCJROTC was led by, Destiny Cureton who shot a 276. The remaining contributing members were Isaac Salyers, Hartvig Holmberg, and Noah Hammock. R-S Central MCJROTC is from Rutherfordton, NC, and is coached by Chris Brown.
Mandeville MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 4 record. After the loss they are in twenty-second place overall and seventh place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. Shooting their highest team score of the season Mandeville MCJROTC was led by, Meagan Seese who shot a 270. The remaining contributing members were Ethan Chiu, Julie Lupoli, and Abby Percle. Mandeville MCJROTC is from Mandeville, LA, and is coached by John Cassady.
This coming week R-S Central MCJROTC has a bye week. While Mandeville MCJROTC will compete against Henderson County AJROTC from Henderson, KY. Henderson County AJROTC currently has a 2 - 4 record.
These two teams are competing in the Champions 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 Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences 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=1.1.846165557.1
R-S Central MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=932
Mandeville MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=937
05 - 11 Nov 2018