North Port NJROTC defeats American Legion Post 532
Shooting their highest score of the season North Port NJROTC defeated American Legion Post 532 947.8 to 771.9 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. North Port NJROTC was led by John Miller who shot a 279.6. The remaining contributing members were Kayla Johnston, Jordan Wager, and Brady Cortiville. They are from North Port, FL, and are coached by Dee Barnes.
North Port NJROTC is competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in tenth place. Within the Navy Jrotc Conference they are in sixth place. They have a 1 - 0 record.
American Legion Post 532 was led by Will Jennings who shot a 229.2. The remaining contributing members were Maggie McClure, Connor Brown, and Isaiah Ortega. American Legion Post 532 is from Hayesville, NC, and is coached by Bill Christy.
American Legion Post 532 is also competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in twentieth place. They have a 1 - 1 record.
Next up North Port NJROTC will compete against Stewarts Creek AJROTC from Smyrna, TN. Stewarts Creek AJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 record. While American Legion Post 532 will compete against Hendrickson MCJROTC from Pflugerville, TX. Hendrickson MCJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://www.orionscoringsystem.com/team/LeaguePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023091512010588.3
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.
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, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, 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.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023100215382451.1
North Port NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2335
American Legion Post 532 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2325
09 - 15 Oct 2023