Sickles AFJROTC defeats U. S. Grant MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Sickles AFJROTC defeated U. S. Grant MCJROTC 1070.7 to 1029.4 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Sickles AFJROTC was led by Zari Lewis who shot a 274.5. The remaining contributing members were Zak Belkadir, Alex Emmons, and Eva Marcos. They are from Tampa, FL, and are coached by MSG William Robinson.
Sickles AFJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in tenth place. Within the Air Force JROTC Conference they are in second place. They have a 4 - 2 record.
U. S. Grant MCJROTC was led by Rosa Cardenas who shot a 275.0. The remaining contributing members were Eduardo Uribe, Alexa Flores, and Fabian Gaytan. U. S. Grant MCJROTC is from Oklahoma City, OK, and is coached by LtCol Shane Rossow.
Overall U. S. Grant MCJROTC is ranked thirty-third. They have a 4 - 2 record.
Next up Sickles AFJROTC will compete against Bensalem MCJROTC from Bensalem, PA. Bensalem MCJROTC currently has a 3 - 3 record. While U. S. Grant MCJROTC will compete against Georgetown NJROTC from Georgetown, SC. Georgetown NJROTC currently has a 2 - 4 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=1.1.2023103015503683.1
Sickles AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2311
U. S. Grant MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2248
06 - 12 Nov 2023