R-S Central MCJROTC Narrowly Defeats Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season R-S Central MCJROTC edged out Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC 1038 to 1035 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, R-S Central MCJROTC is in seventeenth place overall and fourth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 3 - 1 record. R-S Central MCJROTC was led by Destiny Cureton who shot a 271. The remaining contributing members were Hartvig Holmberg, Samuel Yelton, and Noah Hammock. R-S Central MCJROTC is from Rutherfordton, NC, and is coached by Chris Brown.
Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC currently has a 0 - 3 record. After the loss they are in twenty-fourth place overall and tenth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. Shooting their highest team score of the season Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC was led by Madesyn Floyd who shot a 267. The remaining contributing members were Jeffrey Rael, Eljer Wandasan, and Zander Santin. Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC is from Fountain, CO, and is coached by Rodney Smith.
Next up R-S Central MCJROTC will compete against Captain Shreve AJROTC from Shreveport, LA. Captain Shreve AJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record. While Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC will compete against Fort Payne AJROTC from Fort Payne, AL. Fort Payne AJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record.
These two teams are competing in the Champions 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 Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
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/AirRifleLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.841801059.1
R-S Central MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=932
Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=924
15 - 21 Oct 2018