Grove City NJROTC defeats Northgate AFJROTC
Grove City NJROTC defeated Northgate AFJROTC 1036.4 to 1005.1 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Grove City NJROTC was led by Jack Bowyer who shot a 267.1. The remaining contributing members were Shelby Shaffer, Caleb Griffin, and Harrison Schaefer. They are from Grove City, OH, and are coached by CDR Dustin Martin.
Grove City NJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in sixteenth place. Within the Navy Jrotc Conference they are in third place. They have a 2 - 2 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Northgate AFJROTC was led by Laina Thongs who shot a 270.9. The remaining contributing members were Duncan Moloney, Yaretsi Fonseca, and Azucena Vazquez-Vargas. Northgate AFJROTC is from Newnan, GA, and is coached by Patrick Kelley.
Northgate AFJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-third place. They have a 2 - 2 record.
Next up Grove City NJROTC will compete against Joliet West AJROTC from Joliet, IL. Joliet West AJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record. While Northgate AFJROTC will compete against Union Pines NJROTC from Cameron, NC. Union Pines NJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 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=1.1.2023101014005206.1
Grove City NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2230
Northgate AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2312
16 - 22 Oct 2023