Oxford NJROTC defeats Grossmont NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Oxford NJROTC defeated Grossmont NJROTC 995.6 to 891.3 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Oxford NJROTC was led by Reese Reynolds who shot a 268.6. The remaining contributing members were Angelica Kopec, Nhu Huynh, and Paige Reynolds. They are from Oxford, MA, and are coached by Ed Kay.
Oxford NJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in forty-first place. Within the Navy Jrotc Conference they finish in seventh place. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 2 record.
The cut scores for next season are still unofficial, however thanks to their performance this season Oxford NJROTC likely qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season.
Grossmont NJROTC was led by Zita Huang who shot a 253.6. The remaining contributing members were Malia Lebhar, Oshun Alt, and Riley Deal. Grossmont NJROTC is from El Cajon, CA, and is coached by Max Velasquez.
Grossmont NJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in forty-seventh place. Within the Navy Jrotc Conference they finish in ninth place. They finished the regular season with a 2 - 5 record.
The cut scores are still unofficially, however Grossmont NJROTC likely will qualify for the Elite Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season.
Post-season teams and squadding will be posted to the league website and emailed to coaches shortly.
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=1.1.2022110717205349.1
Oxford NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2052
Grossmont NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1972
14 - 20 Nov 2022