Turlock NJROTC defeats Liberty County AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Turlock NJROTC defeated Liberty County AJROTC 1094.4 to 1028.0 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, Turlock NJROTC is in seventeenth place overall and seventh place within their 'Navy Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 1 - 1 record. Turlock NJROTC was led by, Geysha Esparza who shot a 275.7. The remaining contributing members were Luke Hanson, Hayden Elliott, and Keysha Esparza. Turlock NJROTC is from Turlock, CA, and is coached by Carlos Montanez.
Liberty County AJROTC currently has a 0 - 2 record. Shooting their highest team score of the season Liberty County AJROTC was led by, Cierra Morales who shot a 277.5. The remaining contributing members were Sydney Goff, Emily Goff, and Jessie Brown. Liberty County AJROTC is from Bristol, FL, and is coached by Jason Dence.
This coming week Turlock NJROTC has a bye week. While Liberty County AJROTC will compete against Marion AJROTC from Marion, IN. Marion AJROTC currently has a 1 - 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=1.1.2022092213242580.1
Turlock NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1968
Liberty County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1990
03 - 09 Oct 2022