Union AFJROTC defeats Harold L. Richards NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Union AFJROTC defeated Harold L. Richards NJROTC 943.8 to 882.2 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Union AFJROTC was led by Red Khanal who shot a 280.7. The remaining contributing members were Mari Rodriguez, Aiden Toland, and Savannah Thompson. They are from Broken Arrow, OK, and are coached by Rick Turner.
Union AFJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in forty-fifth place. Within the Air Force Jrotc Conference they finish in fourth place. They finished the regular season with a 2 - 5 record.
The cut scores are still unofficially, however Union AFJROTC likely will qualify for the Elite Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season.
Harold L. Richards NJROTC was led by Kylie Schaefer who shot a 233.2. The remaining contributing members were Natalie Tadros, Mohamad Abueid, and Abigail Schrode. Harold L. Richards NJROTC is from Oak Lawn, IL, and is coached by Douglas Groter.
Overall Harold L. Richards NJROTC finishes the regular season eighty-seventh. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
The cut scores are still unofficially, however Harold L. Richards 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=1.1.2022110717205364.1
Union AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2003
Harold L. Richards NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2044
14 - 20 Nov 2022