Joliet West AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Ben Davis MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Joliet West AJROTC edged out Ben Davis MCJROTC 1042.2 to 1023.4 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Joliet West AJROTC was led by Dana Malec who shot a 271.1. The remaining contributing members were DeAngelo Love, Tristan Wegner, and Gavin Colvin. They are from Joliet, IL, and are coached by Benjamin White.
Joliet West AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in tenth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 4 - 1 record.
Ben Davis MCJROTC was led by Christopher Robinette who shot a 262.6. The remaining contributing members were Victor Carrera, Austin Pinkard, and Elvis Euceda. Ben Davis MCJROTC is from Indianapolis, IN, and is coached by Joseph Martin.
Ben Davis MCJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-second place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Next up Joliet West AJROTC will compete against Skyline AJROTC from Dallas, TX. Skyline AJROTC currently has a 1 - 4 record. While Ben Davis MCJROTC will compete against Haughton AFJROTC from Haughton, LA. Haughton AFJROTC 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=1.1.2023102315452182.1
Joliet West AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2294
Ben Davis MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2252
30 Oct-05 Nov 23