North Forsyth MCJROTC defeats East Surry AJROTC
North Forsyth MCJROTC defeated East Surry AJROTC 860.6 to 810.6 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. North Forsyth MCJROTC was led by Shelby Howard who shot a 223.0. The remaining contributing members were Lincoln Devlin, William Ehrenrich, and Eli Gaddis. They are from Cumming, GA, and are coached by CK Villarouel.
North Forsyth MCJROTC is competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in fifteenth place. Within the Marine Corps JROTC Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season East Surry AJROTC was led by Justin Bowman who shot a 214.9. The remaining contributing members were Isacc McCormick, Max Bishop, and Connor McKinney. East Surry AJROTC is from Pilot Mountain, NC, and is coached by Robert Sentell.
East Surry AJROTC is also competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-fourth place. They have a 0 - 3 record.
Next up North Forsyth MCJROTC will compete against Lafayette Gun Club from Grafton, VA. Lafayette Gun Club currently has a 0 - 3 record. While East Surry AJROTC will compete against J. L. Mann Academy AJROTC from Greenville, SC. J. L. Mann Academy AJROTC currently has a 3 - 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=1.1.2023101014005471.1
North Forsyth MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2247
East Surry AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2275
16 - 22 Oct 2023