Joliet Central AJROTC Narrowly Defeats X Shots
Shooting their highest score of the season Joliet Central AJROTC edged out X Shots 1025.1 to 1011.3 in the 2022 National Air Rifle New Shooter League. Their sixth win in a row. With the win, Joliet Central AJROTC is in tenth place overall. They currently have a 6 - 2 record. Joliet Central AJROTC was led by, Emma Bueschel who shot a 265.6. The remaining contributing members were Neva Ostrem-Peairs, Alexis Klaff, and Thomas Gregurich. Joliet Central AJROTC is from Joliet, IL, and is coached by Craig Foster.
X Shots currently has a 3 - 4 record. After the loss they are in nineteenth place overall. X Shots was led by, Sophia Ching who shot a 270.9. The remaining contributing members were Mason Morales, Emi Hashimoto, and Lauren Nakashima. X Shots is from Aiea, HI, and is coached by Yuji Hata.
This coming week Joliet Central AJROTC has a bye week. While X Shots will compete against Lejeune MCJROTC from Camp Lejeune, NC. Lejeune MCJROTC currently has a 4 - 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 skill level.
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 10.9 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/new-shooter
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2022031408520897.1
Joliet Central AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1815
X Shots team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1819
21 - 27 Mar 2022