American Legion Post 41 Defeats Stewarts Creek AJROTC
In an undisputed contest, shooting their highest score this season, 1021 points, American Legion Post 41 defeated Stewarts Creek AJROTC. With the win, American Legion Post 41 is in eleventh place overall. They currently have a 3 - 3 record. American Legion Post 41 was led by, Dillon Young who shot a 265. The remaining contributing members were Gavin Tharp, Blake Kitzmiller, and Austin Grimmet. American Legion Post 41 is from Elk Garden, WV, and is coached by Rod Ryan.
Stewarts Creek AJROTC currently has a 5 - 3 record. After the loss they are in seventeenth place overall. Stewarts Creek AJROTC is from Smyrna, TN, and is coached by LTC Joel Payne.
Next up American Legion Post 41 will compete against David Crockett NJROTC from Jonesborough, TN. David Crockett NJROTC currently has a 3 - 4 record. While Stewarts Creek AJROTC 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=1.1.873506045.1
American Legion Post 41 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1068
Stewarts Creek AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1088
18 - 24 Mar 2019