Northridge MCJROTC Narrowly Defeats South Panola AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Northridge MCJROTC edged out South Panola AFJROTC 1072.5 to 1058.8 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Northridge MCJROTC was led by Ethan Kintzley who shot a 278.0. The remaining contributing members were Tmothy Longacre, Kaiden Renaud, and Kaleb Prete. They are from Greeley, CO, and are coached by Major Stephen Kintzley.
Northridge MCJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in nineteenth place. Within the Marine Corps JROTC Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
South Panola AFJROTC was led by Veronica Hernandez who shot a 284.7. The remaining contributing members were Adrian Gonzalez, Aleria Lee, and Mathew Hickingbotton. South Panola AFJROTC is from Batesville, MS, and is coached by Jordan Bailey.
South Panola AFJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in seventeenth place. They have a 1 - 1 record.
Next up Northridge MCJROTC will compete against Bradley Central AJROTC from Cleveland, TN. Bradley Central AJROTC currently has a 1 - 1 record. While South Panola AFJROTC will compete against Jack C. Hays MCJROTC from Buda, TX. Jack C. Hays MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://www.orionscoringsystem.com/team/LeaguePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023091512010588.3
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.
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, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, 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.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023100215411022.1
Northridge MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2263
South Panola AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2195
09 - 15 Oct 2023