Skyline AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Joliet West AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Skyline AJROTC edged out Joliet West AJROTC 1070.1 to 1051.3 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Skyline AJROTC was led by Miriam Almaraz who shot a 280.6. The remaining contributing members were Omar Uriel, Melanie Cedillo, and Henry Ramirez. They are from Dallas, TX, and are coached by Michael Oliver.
Skyline AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in sixteenth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in sixth place. They have a 2 - 4 record.
Snapping a two game win streak Shooting their highest team score of the season Joliet West AJROTC was led by Dana Malec who shot a 267.9. The remaining contributing members were Tristan Wegner, Michael Deuter, and DeAngelo Love. Joliet West AJROTC is from Joliet, IL, and is coached by Benjamin White.
Joliet West AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirteenth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 4 - 2 record.
Next up Skyline AJROTC will compete against Eldorado MCJROTC from Alburquerque, NM. Eldorado MCJROTC currently has a 4 - 2 record. While Joliet West AJROTC will compete against South Effingham NJROTC from Guyton, GA. South Effingham NJROTC currently has a 1 - 5 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=1.1.2023103015503690.1
Skyline AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2295
Joliet West AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2294
06 - 12 Nov 2023