Pueblo West AJROTC Upsets Lake Region Shooting Sports
Pueblo West AJROTC upset Lake Region Shooting Sports 1011 to 979 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Pueblo West AJROTC was able to win despite averaging 19 points lower than Lake Region Shooting Sports coming into this game.
With the win, Pueblo West AJROTC is in thirteenth place overall and fourth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 3 - 2 record. Pueblo West AJROTC was led by, Kailey Arrigo who shot a 267. The remaining contributing members were Alex Racine, Hailey Ure, and Riley Kinney. Pueblo West AJROTC is from Pueblo West, CO, and is coached by Matthew Dilcher.
Lake Region Shooting Sports currently has a 4 - 1 record. After the loss they are in sixth place overall and second place within their 'Junior Rifle Club' conference. Lake Region Shooting Sports was led by, Jacob Vaagen who shot a 267. The remaining contributing members were Casia Steinhaus, Hannah Vaagen, and Cassandra Christensen. Lake Region Shooting Sports is from Devils Lake, ND, and is coached by Rick Jorgenson.
Next up Pueblo West AJROTC will compete against Henderson County AJROTC from Henderson, KY. Henderson County AJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record. While Lake Region Shooting Sports will compete against Clarkrange AJROTC from Clarkrange, TN. Clarkrange AJROTC currently has a 4 - 1 record.
These two teams are competing in the Distinguished 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 league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, followed by a single game Conference Title Game for the top two teams in each conference.
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 https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.921099106.1
Pueblo West AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1217
Lake Region Shooting Sports team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1266
04 - 10 Nov 2019