East Surry AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Guthrie AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season East Surry AJROTC edged out Guthrie AJROTC 883.0 to 878.6 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. East Surry AJROTC was led by Joseph Boggs who shot a 243.9. The remaining contributing members were Isacc McCormick, Dustin Gifford, and Justin Bowman. They are from Pilot Mountain, NC, and are coached by Robert Sentell.
East Surry AJROTC is competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-fifth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in tenth place. They have a 1 - 4 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Guthrie AJROTC was led by Charles Irvin who shot a 245.1. The remaining contributing members were Wesley Paige, Garrett Looney, and Leaun Manning. Guthrie AJROTC is from Guthrie, OK, and is coached by Kyle Brede.
Guthrie AJROTC is also competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in twentieth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in seventh place. They have a 1 - 4 record.
Next up East Surry AJROTC will compete against Manchester West NJROTC from Manchester, NH. Manchester West NJROTC currently has a 1 - 4 record. While Guthrie AJROTC will compete against Wayne AFJROTC from Huber Heights, OH. Wayne AFJROTC currently has a 2 - 3 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=1.1.2023102315452281.1
East Surry AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2275
Guthrie AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2279
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