Lafayette Gun Club defeats Mattoon AJROTC
Lafayette Gun Club defeated Mattoon AJROTC 1000.4 to 888.6 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Lafayette Gun Club was led by Alexandra Orr who shot a 271.7. The remaining contributing members were Natalie Tuggle, Wade Brown, and Christina Morris. They are from Grafton, VA, and are coached by Charles Orr.
Lafayette Gun Club is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-sixth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Mattoon AJROTC was led by Jeffrey Thomas who shot a 245.7. The remaining contributing members were Alexander Whitaker, Shelby Pickering, and Cody Carpenter. Mattoon AJROTC is from Mattoon, IL, and is coached by Todd Stokes.
Mattoon AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in forty-sixth place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Next up Lafayette Gun Club will compete against Timber Wolves from Cornelius, OR. Timber Wolves currently has a 1 - 4 record. While Mattoon AJROTC will compete against Mountain Home NJROTC from Mountain Home, AR. Mountain Home 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=1.1.2023102315452250.1
Lafayette Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2267
Mattoon AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2292
30 Oct-05 Nov 23