Mattoon AJROTC defeats Hoke County AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Mattoon AJROTC defeated Hoke County AJROTC 921.6 to 900.0 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Mattoon AJROTC was led by Alexander Whitaker who shot a 271.6. The remaining contributing members were Jeffrey Thomas, Shelby Pickering, and Zoie Winnett. They are from Mattoon, IL, and are coached by Todd Stokes.
Mattoon AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fortieth place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Hoke County AJROTC was led by Savanna Boettge who shot a 254.5. The remaining contributing members were De'Angelo Servant, Miguel Sanchez Jimenez, and Devin Mansfield. Hoke County AJROTC is from Raeford, NC, and is coached by Harold Thacker.
Hoke County AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in forty-third place. They have a 1 - 1 record.
Next up Mattoon AJROTC will compete against Redmond MCJROTC from Redmond, OR. Redmond MCJROTC currently has a 0 - 2 record. While Hoke County AJROTC will compete against Round Rock MCJROTC from Round Rock, TX. Round Rock 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=1.1.2023100215382485.1
Mattoon AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2292
Hoke County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2296
09 - 15 Oct 2023