American Legion Post 295 Narrowly Defeats Sutter Union High School
American Legion Post 295 edged out Sutter Union High School 2456.1 to 2454.7 in the 2023 National Precision Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. American Legion Post 295 was led by Claudia Muzik who shot a 624.4. The remaining contributing members were Braden Michalak, Delilah Muzik, and Deitrich Bergman. They are from Green Springs, OH, and are coached by Matthew Muzik.
American Legion Post 295 is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in first place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in first place. They have a 4 - 0 record.
Snapping a four game win streak Shooting their highest team score of the season Sutter Union High School was led by Savannah Criddle who shot a 617.6. The remaining contributing members were Marissa Fedora, Jadyn Morgan, and Simr Sandhu. Sutter Union High School is from Sutter, CA, and is coached by Allen Jaynes.
Sutter Union High School is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in second place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in second place. They have a 4 - 1 record.
Next up American Legion Post 295 will compete against Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club from Everett, PA. Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club currently has a 3 - 1 record. While Sutter Union High School has a bye week.
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=1.1.2023101615222787.1
American Legion Post 295 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2208
Sutter Union High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2204
23 - 29 Oct 2023