Georgia Competitive Shooters defeats Carrollton High School
Second seed Georgia Competitive Shooters advances in the post-season Championship Tournament after defeating Carrollton High School 1546 to 1493 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Georgia Competitive Shooters improved their overall record this year to 8 - 1. They were led by Molly McGhin who shot a 388. The remaining contributing members were Eddy Jared, Addy Burrow, and Veronica Stanley. Georgia Competitive Shooters is from Griffin, GA, and is coached by Lisa Kelley.
Carrollton High School finishes their first season in the league with a 3 - 5 record, which included a fifth place finish in the competitive Champions Division and a seat in the post-season tournament. Carrollton High School was led by Taylor Berry who shot a 377. The remaining contributing members were Collin Grubbs, Thomas Harris, Morgan Frank, and Ben Bradley. Carrollton High School is from Carrollton, GA, and is coached by Mike Lewis.
Next week Georgia Competitive Shooters will face third seed Granbury MCJROTC. In the regular season Granbury MCJROTC won the JROTC Precision Champions Division. These two teams meet once before, two years ago in the leagues first championship game. In that meeting Georgia Competitive Shooters edged our Granbury MCJROTC by just two points.
The post-season tournament is for the top eight teams in the National Air Rifle Precision 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 round-robin regular season that concluded in November. Followed by a single-elimination tournament, going on now, for the top eight teams who will compete for the league championship.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Standing Air Rifle match. The match is almost identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 40 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 points. The sum of points scored in the 40 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.776290834.1
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