Captain Shreve AJROTC Narrowly Defeats East River AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Captain Shreve AJROTC edged out East River AJROTC 1037 to 1031 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, Captain Shreve AJROTC is in fourteenth place overall and sixth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 2 - 1 record. Captain Shreve AJROTC was led by, Imani Tart who shot a 266. The remaining contributing members were Joseph Hurd, Anieya Hilliard, and Caitlyn Burton. Captain Shreve AJROTC is from Shreveport, LA, and is coached by Everett Craig.
East River AJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record. After the loss they are in nineteenth place overall and ninth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. Shooting their highest team score of the season East River AJROTC was led by, Adam Wajda who shot a 274. The remaining contributing members were Hunter Nguyen, Trinitee Jeffers, and Autumn Richman. East River AJROTC is from Orlando, FL, and is coached by Gerrick Smith.
Next up Captain Shreve AJROTC will compete against C. T. Johnson AJROTC from San Antonio, TX. C. T. Johnson AJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record. While East River AJROTC will compete against Mandeville MCJROTC from Mandeville, LA. Mandeville MCJROTC currently has a 0 - 3 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 https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.918221287.1
Captain Shreve AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1185
East River AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1187
21 - 27 Oct 2019