Gallatin NJROTC defeats Eugene Ashley NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Gallatin NJROTC defeated Eugene Ashley NJROTC 895 to 693 in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League. Their third win in a row. They currently have a 4 - 2 record. Gallatin NJROTC was led by, Blake Rittenberry who shot a 238. The remaining contributing members were William Wright, Nick Fridenmaker, and Ashton Cannon. Gallatin NJROTC is from Gallatin, TN, and is coached by Duff Thompson.
Eugene Ashley NJROTC currently has a 1 - 5 record. Shooting their highest team score of the season Eugene Ashley NJROTC was led by, Job Letendre who shot a 205. The remaining contributing members were Luke Morgan, Keegan Herbst, and Jennifer Carroll. Eugene Ashley NJROTC is from Wilmington, NC, and is coached by Chief Thomas Frost.
This coming week Gallatin NJROTC has a bye week. While Eugene Ashley NJROTC also has a bye week.
These two teams are competing in the National Air Rifle "New Shooter" League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league exclusive to athletes in their first year of competition. Teams are from high schools and junior rifle clubs throughout the United States. Over 10 weeks each team competes in 8 games. Each week, each team is paired with another team with a near equal win-loss record.
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/AirRifleNewShooterLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.872060282.1
Gallatin NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1109
Eugene Ashley NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1084
11 - 17 Mar 2019