American Legion Post 290 defeats Bob Jones AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season American Legion Post 290 defeated Bob Jones AFJROTC 810 to 770 in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League. They currently have a 2 - 3 record. American Legion Post 290 was led by, Lillie Miller who shot a 238. The remaining contributing members were Sameer Singh, Brooklyn Wheeler, and Sarissa Tucker. American Legion Post 290 is from Stafford, VA, and is coached by Mike Flanagan.
Bob Jones AFJROTC currently has a 1 - 4 record. Shooting their highest team score of the season Bob Jones AFJROTC was led by, Olivia Jones who shot a 210. The remaining contributing members were Benison Nguyen, Zachary Floyd, and Ethan Fury. Bob Jones AFJROTC is from Madison, AL, and is coached by Ellis Clark.
This coming week American Legion Post 290 has a bye week. While Bob Jones AFJROTC will compete against Seaford NJROTC from Seaford, DE. Seaford NJROTC currently has a 1 - 4 record.
These two teams are competing in the National Air Rifle "New Shooter" League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league exclusive to athletes in their first year of competition. Teams are from high schools and junior rifle clubs throughout the United States. Over 10 weeks each team competes in 8 games. Each week, each team is paired with another team with a near equal win-loss record.
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/AirRifleNewShooterLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.870615241.1
American Legion Post 290 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1101
Bob Jones AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1060
04 - 10 Mar 2019