St Pauls AJROTC defeats Hickman County AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season St Pauls AJROTC defeated Hickman County AJROTC 999 to 973 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, St Pauls AJROTC is in sixteenth place overall and fifth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 3 - 3 record. St Pauls AJROTC was led by, Edwin Jimenez who shot a 262. The remaining contributing members were Maria DeLeon, Dariana Baeza, and Alex Clark. St Pauls AJROTC is from St Pauls, NC, and is coached by John Gillespie.
Hickman County AJROTC currently has a 2 - 3 record. Hickman County AJROTC was led by, Anna Holloway who shot a 251. The remaining contributing members were Cameron Cheeves, Abigail Gardner, and Amethyst Hodgson. Hickman County AJROTC is from Centerville, TN, and is coached by Charles Price.
Next up St Pauls AJROTC will compete against Joliet West AJROTC from Joliet, IL. Joliet West AJROTC currently has a 2 - 3 record. While Hickman County AJROTC will compete against Eldorado MCJROTC from Albuquerque, NM. Eldorado MCJROTC currently has a 1 - 4 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=1.1.921099124.1
St Pauls AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1222
Hickman County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1229
04 - 10 Nov 2019