Pueblo County AJROTC defeats Organ Mountain NJROTC
Pueblo County AJROTC defeated Organ Mountain NJROTC 1060.9 to 1028.2 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Pueblo County AJROTC was led by Sariga Suresh who shot a 271.3. The remaining contributing members were Maximus Wilcox, Charlie Newhouse, and Raquel Martinez. They are from Pueblo, CO, and are coached by Arnold Lewis.
Pueblo County AJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-first place. Within the Army Jrotc Conference they are in seventh place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Organ Mountain NJROTC was led by Linnette Mesa who shot a 268.1. The remaining contributing members were Nuvia McDaniel, K Curnutt, and E Montes. Organ Mountain NJROTC is from Las Cruces, NM, and is coached by Robert Rodriguez.
Overall Organ Mountain NJROTC is ranked forty-second. They have a 2 - 2 record.
This coming week Pueblo County AJROTC has a bye week. While Organ Mountain NJROTC will compete against Milton NJROTC from Milton, FL. Milton NJROTC currently has a 4 - 0 record.
Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, followed by the post-season.
The Champions Division is reserved for the top teams in the country. The top eight teams from the Champions Division regular season will compete in a single elimination tournament for the league championships.
The Distinguished Division are the second tiered teams, followed by the Elite Division.
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=1.1.2022101714313037.1
Pueblo County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1949
Organ Mountain NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1969
24 - 30 Oct 2022