Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports defeats Union AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports defeated Union AFJROTC 988.4 to 941.1 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports was led by Ava Jones who shot a 254.5. The remaining contributing members were Blake Simone, Cora Garcia, and J.D. Haines. They are from Houston, TX, and are coached by Laura Haines.
Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-ninth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in sixth place. They have a 2 - 4 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Union AFJROTC was led by Red Khanal who shot a 258.3. The remaining contributing members were Keily Juarez, Mari Rodriguez, and Brailyn Green. Union AFJROTC is from Broken Arrow, OK, and is coached by Rick Turner.
Union AFJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in forty-third place. They have a 1 - 5 record.
Next up Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports will compete against Langham Creek AFJROTC from Houston, TX. Langham Creek AFJROTC currently has a 4 - 2 record. While Union AFJROTC will compete against Harold L. Richards NJROTC from Oak Lawn, IL. Harold L. Richards NJROTC currently has a 3 - 3 record.
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 the post-season.
The Champions Division is reserved for the top teams in the country. The top eight teams from the Champions Division regular season will compete in a single elimination tournament for the league championships.
The Distinguished Division are the second tiered teams, followed by the Elite Division.
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 shoot 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/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2022103115260071.1
Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1984
Union AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2003
07 - 13 Nov 2022