Lafayette Gun Club defeats Bellevue West
Shooting their highest score of the season Lafayette Gun Club defeated Bellevue West 970.8 to 945.2 in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League. With the win, Lafayette Gun Club is in twenty-first place overall. They currently have a 1 - 1 record. Lafayette Gun Club was led by, Brandon Evans who shot a 268.1. The remaining contributing members were Lacey Matney, McKenna Swain, and Mike Bryson. Lafayette Gun Club is from Grafton, VA, and is coached by Jason Stout.
Bellevue West currently has a 0 - 2 record. Shooting their highest team score of the season Bellevue West was led by, Ryan Brevik who shot a 256.2. The remaining contributing members were Claire Denton, Chloe McAleer, and Nathan Brown. Bellevue West is from Bellevue, NE, and is coached by Stephen Vanderhoof.
This coming week Lafayette Gun Club has a bye week. While Bellevue West 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 skill level.
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 10.9 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.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit https://www.national-leagues.com/new-shooter-1
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.939013542.1
Lafayette Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1409
Bellevue West team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1386
03 - 09 Feb 2020