West Valley MCJROTC defeats Mountain View MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season West Valley MCJROTC defeated Mountain View MCJROTC 1145.1 to 1082.9 last week in the National Air Rifle League. West Valley MCJROTC was led by Evelyn Golden who shot a 287.9. The remaining contributing members were Amy Roberts, Joey Finnikov, and Ebin Arzac. They are from Fairbanks, AK, and are coached by SSgt Travis Walker.
West Valley MCJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in tenth place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they finish in third place. They finished the regular season with a 6 - 1 record.
The cut scores for next season are still unofficial, however thanks to their performance this season West Valley MCJROTC preliminarily qualifies for the Champions Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season. To complete their qualification, they must still shoot a 1035 or higher in a sanctioned competition within the next year.
Mountain View MCJROTC was led by Aleena Owens who shot a 285.2. The remaining contributing members were Sameer Singh, Charles Wallace, and Angelina Govoni. Mountain View MCJROTC is from Stafford, VA, and is coached by SgtMaj Allen Tanner.
Overall Mountain View MCJROTC finishes the regular season eighteenth. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 3 record.
The cut scores for next season are still unofficial, however thanks to their performance this season Mountain View MCJROTC preliminarily qualifies for the Champions Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season. To complete their qualification, they must still shoot a 1035 or higher in a sanctioned competition within the next year.
Post-season teams and squadding will be posted to the league website and emailed to coaches shortly.
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=1.1.2022110717205232.1
West Valley MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1942
Mountain View MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1973
14 - 20 Nov 2022