Juneau District Rifle Team Narrowly Defeats American Legion Post 290
Shooting their highest score of the season Juneau District Rifle Team edged out American Legion Post 290 1002.5 to 984.0 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. With the win, Juneau District Rifle Team is in twentieth place overall and fifth place within their 'Junior Rifle Club' conference. They currently have a 4 - 1 record. Juneau District Rifle Team was led by, Madeline Germain who shot a 263.1. The remaining contributing members were Sydney Bennett, Nelson Abel, and Mackenzie Lam. Juneau District Rifle Team is from Juneau, AK, and is coached by Dianne Zemanek.
American Legion Post 290 currently has a 2 - 3 record. After the loss they are in eighteenth place overall and fourth place within their 'Junior Rifle Club' conference. American Legion Post 290 was led by, Elizabeth Gunn who shot a 255.3. The remaining contributing members were Marisa McDonough, Sameer Singh, and Lillie Miller. American Legion Post 290 is from Stafford, VA, and is coached by Mike Flanigan.
Next up Juneau District Rifle Team will compete against Ansbach AJROTC from Ansbach, Germany. Ansbach AJROTC currently has a 3 - 3 record. While American Legion Post 290 will compete against Cookeville AJROTC from Cookeville, TN. Cookeville AJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 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 10.9 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=1.1.2021102910494276.1
Juneau District Rifle Team team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1682
American Legion Post 290 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1690
01 - 07 Nov 2021