Fort Payne AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Captain Shreve AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Fort Payne AJROTC edged out Captain Shreve AJROTC 1042 to 1040 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Fort Payne AJROTC finishes the season in eighteenth place overall and eighth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They finished the season with a 4 - 3 record. Fort Payne AJROTC was led by, Kristen Fowler who shot a 277. The remaining contributing members were Devin Thomason, Jade Robison, and Ibet Perez. Fort Payne AJROTC is from Fort Payne, AL, and is coached by John Walker.
Captain Shreve AJROTC finished the season with a 1 - 6 record. They finishes the season in twenty-fourth place overall and tenth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. Captain Shreve AJROTC was led by, James Moore who shot a 266. The remaining contributing members were Anieya Hilliard, Mallory Kelley, and Imani Tart. Captain Shreve AJROTC is from Shreveport, LA, and is coached by Everett Craig.
These two teams are competing in the Champions Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
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 shoots 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 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.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/AirRifleLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.847559290.1
Fort Payne AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=941
Captain Shreve AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=929
12 - 18 Nov 2018