Pace NJROTC Narrowly Defeats Pueblo County AJROTC
Pace NJROTC edged out Pueblo County AJROTC 1126.2 to 1106.5 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Pace NJROTC was led by Lainey Christison who shot a 287.7. The remaining contributing members were Gabriella Pickard, Alexander Snyder, and Hannah Olafsen. They are from Pace, FL, and are coached by John Baker.
Pace NJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eighth place. Within the Navy JROTC Conference they are in third place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Pueblo County AJROTC was led by Sariga Suresh who shot a 286.2. The remaining contributing members were Maximus Wilcox, Joshua Romero, and Delaney Aguon. Pueblo County AJROTC is from Pueblo, CO, and is coached by Arnold Lewis.
Pueblo County AJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eleventh place. They have a 1 - 1 record.
Next up Pace NJROTC will compete against Zion Benton NJROTC from Zion, IL. Zion Benton NJROTC currently has a 4 - 0 record. While Pueblo County AJROTC has a bye week.
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=1.1.2023101013564218.1
Pace NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2243
Pueblo County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2336
16 - 22 Oct 2023