New Caney AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Decatur AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season New Caney AJROTC edged out Decatur AJROTC 953.4 to 933.6 last week in the National Air Rifle League. They currently have a 1 - 1 record. New Caney AJROTC was led by, Guinevere Honaker who shot a 260.9. The remaining contributing members were Ricardo Rosario, Juan Llaguno, and Johnathan Mize. New Caney AJROTC is from New Caney, TX, and is coached by Jonathan Concepcion.
Decatur AJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 record. Shooting their highest team score of the season Decatur AJROTC was led by, Owen Murphy who shot a 240.8. The remaining contributing members were John Stallions, Yamilet Ortiz, and Isreal Hernandez. Decatur AJROTC is from Decatur, AL, and is coached by LTC Michael Snyder.
This coming week New Caney AJROTC has a bye week. While Decatur AJROTC will compete against Sparkman AJROTC from Harvest, AL. Sparkman AJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 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 shoot 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/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2022092213155370.1
New Caney AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2027
Decatur AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2023
03 - 09 Oct 2022