Grove City Christian School Narrowly Defeats Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports
Shooting their highest score of the season Grove City Christian School edged out Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports 994.9 to 975.6 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Grove City Christian School was led by Carter Freeman who shot a 262.8. The remaining contributing members were Rhesa Yank, Jake Wilson, and Austin Hunter. They are from Grove City, OH, and are coached by Curt Mayhew.
Grove City Christian School is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-fourth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports was led by Cora Garcia who shot a 249.2. The remaining contributing members were Ava Jones, Blake Simone, and Brooklyn Shely. Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports is from Houston, TX, and is coached by Laura Haines.
Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fortieth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in sixth place. They have a 1 - 4 record.
Next up Grove City Christian School will compete against Royal MCJROTC from Pattison, TX. Royal MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 4 record. While Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports will compete against Union AFJROTC from Broken Arrow, OK. Union AFJROTC currently has a 0 - 4 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=1.1.2022102511122074.1
Grove City Christian School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1983
Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1984
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