American Legion Post 290 defeats South Effingham NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season American Legion Post 290 defeated South Effingham NJROTC 1111.4 to 1076.9 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. American Legion Post 290 was led by Faith Clevenger who shot a 281.2. The remaining contributing members were Maren Keplinger, Logan Hawkins, and Jessica Goia. They are from Stafford, VA, and are coached by Mike Flanagan.
American Legion Post 290 is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in sixteenth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in second place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
South Effingham NJROTC was led by Pragun Pandey who shot a 271.9. The remaining contributing members were Cameron Bedford, Alexandra Littlejohn, and Asa Alderman. South Effingham NJROTC is from Guyton, GA, and is coached by Terry Stautberg.
South Effingham NJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in seventeenth place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
Next up American Legion Post 290 will compete against Pueblo West AJROTC from Pueblo West, CO. Pueblo West AJROTC currently has a 3 - 1 record. While South Effingham NJROTC will compete against Pascagoula NJROTC from Pascagoula, MS. Pascagoula NJROTC currently has a 3 - 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=1.1.2023101014005025.1
American Legion Post 290 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2271
South Effingham NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2240
16 - 22 Oct 2023