North Brunswick AJROTC defeats Pueblo County AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season North Brunswick AJROTC defeated Pueblo County AJROTC 1072 to 1050 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. With the win, North Brunswick AJROTC is in sixth place overall and first place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 3 - 0 record. North Brunswick AJROTC was led by, Karina Betancourt who shot a 277. The remaining contributing members were Makayla Grevin, Heidi Navarro, and Nallely Miranda. North Brunswick AJROTC is from Leland, NC, and is coached by George L. Williams.
Pueblo County AJROTC currently has a 1 - 1 record. After the loss they are in eleventh place overall and third place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. Shooting their highest team score of the season Pueblo County AJROTC was led by, Jonathan Sellars who shot a 267. The remaining contributing members were Vannesa Martinez, Kameron Salazar, and KaitLynn DeLaittre. Pueblo County AJROTC is from Pueblo, CO, and is coached by Arnold Lewis.
Next up North Brunswick AJROTC will compete against South Panola AFJROTC from Batesville, MS. South Panola AFJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record. While Pueblo County AJROTC has a bye week.
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 https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.918221283.1
North Brunswick AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1182
Pueblo County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1180
21 - 27 Oct 2019