Sarasota Military Academy defeats Eldorado MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Sarasota Military Academy defeated Eldorado MCJROTC 2401.6 to 2370.2 in the 2023 National Precision Air Rifle League. Sarasota Military Academy was led by Emrie Fast-Clarke who shot a 607.0. The remaining contributing members were Gabrielle Ayers, Mallory Edwards, and Jagneliz Irizarry. They are from Sarasota, FL, and are coached by SFC Riess Pellegrino.
Sarasota Military Academy is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in sixth place. Within the Jrotc Conference they are in third place. They have a 1 - 0 record.
Snapping a two game win streak Eldorado MCJROTC was led by Rory Claussen who shot a 599.5. The remaining contributing members were Carter Paas, Haylie Garcia, and Rhiannon Moore. Eldorado MCJROTC is from Alburquerque, NM, and is coached by Maj James Koerber.
Eldorado MCJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in seventh place. Within the Jrotc Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Next up Sarasota Military Academy will compete against Camden County NJROTC from Kingsland, GA. Camden County NJROTC currently has a 1 - 3 record. While Eldorado MCJROTC will compete against Rio Salado Sportsman's Club from Mesa, AZ. Rio Salado Sportsman's Club currently has a 2 - 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 Standing Air Rifle match. The match is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 60 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 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=1.1.2023101615215736.1
Sarasota Military Academy team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2345
Eldorado MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2219
23 - 29 Oct 2023