Union Pines NJROTC defeats Northgate AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Union Pines NJROTC defeated Northgate AFJROTC 980.1 to 959.5 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Union Pines NJROTC was led by Colin Ackerman who shot a 273.7. The remaining contributing members were Aiden Salazar, Camden Deibel, and John Koyn. They are from Cameron, NC, and are coached by Timothy Winn.
Union Pines NJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-ninth place. Within the Navy JROTC Conference they are in sixth place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Northgate AFJROTC was led by Holly Metz who shot a 242.3. The remaining contributing members were Yaretsi Fonseca, Azucena Vazquez-Vargas, and Laina Thongs. 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-seventh place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Next up Union Pines NJROTC will compete against Grossmont NJROTC from El Cajon, CA. Grossmont NJROTC currently has a 1 - 3 record. While Northgate AFJROTC will compete against Camden County NJROTC from Camden, NC. Camden County NJROTC 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 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=1.1.2023101615305480.1
Union Pines NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2236
Northgate AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2312
23 - 29 Oct 2023