Pace NJROTC Narrowly Defeats West Valley MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Pace NJROTC edged out West Valley MCJROTC 1133.9 to 1121.2 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Pace NJROTC was led by Lainey Christison who shot a 292.4. The remaining contributing members were Gabriella Pickard, Garret Hayes, and Collin Neville. They are from Pace, FL, and are coached by John Baker.
Pace NJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in seventh place. Within the Navy JROTC Conference they are in second place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
West Valley MCJROTC was led by Ebin Arzac who shot a 283.8. The remaining contributing members were Wyatt Hamlin, Katie Ojaniemi, and Amy Roberts. West Valley MCJROTC is from Fairbanks, AK, and is coached by SSgt Travis Walker.
West Valley MCJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in ninth place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
Next up Pace NJROTC will compete against Pueblo County AJROTC from Pueblo, CO. Pueblo County AJROTC currently has a 1 - 0 record. While West Valley MCJROTC will compete against Mariner AJROTC from Cape Coral, FL. Mariner AJROTC currently has a 2 - 0 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=1.1.2023100215411010.1
Pace NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2243
West Valley MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2262
09 - 15 Oct 2023