North Brunswick AJROTC Narrowly Defeats C. T. Johnson AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season North Brunswick AJROTC edged out C. T. Johnson AJROTC 1118.1 to 1106.6 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, North Brunswick AJROTC is in fourth place overall and second place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 1 - 0 record. North Brunswick AJROTC was led by, Delaney Larson who shot a 291.9. The remaining contributing members were Jada Walker, Nallely Miranda, and Jasmine Lopez. North Brunswick AJROTC is from Leland, NC, and is coached by George Williams..
C. T. Johnson AJROTC currently has a 1 - 1 record. After the loss they are in fifth place overall and third place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. C. T. Johnson AJROTC was led by, Grant Mankewitz who shot a 284.2. The remaining contributing members were Jaden Neel, Sara Mercado, and Hayden Ward. C. T. Johnson AJROTC is from San Antonio, TX, and is coached by MAJ Tom Groggett.
Next up North Brunswick AJROTC will compete against South Brunswick AJROTC from Southport, NC. South Brunswick AJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 record. While C. T. Johnson AJROTC will compete against Patuxent NJROTC from Lusby, MD. Patuxent NJROTC currently has a 2 - 0 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 10.9 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=1.1.2021092316200535.1
North Brunswick AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1603
C. T. Johnson AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1604
04 - 10 Oct 2021