The Shooters Edge defeats LaFayette AJROTC
Top seeded The Shooters Edge defeated eighth seeded LaFayette AJROTC 1526 to 1459 last week in the National Air Rifle League post-season tournament. The Shooters Edge remains perfect on the season with an 8 - 0 record. The Shooters Edge was led by Mary Tucker who shot a 385. The remaining contributing members were Matthew Sanchez, Lauren McMahan, and Taryn Granger. The Shooters Edge is from Sarasota, FL, and is coached by Robert Tucker.
LaFayette AJROTC finishes the season with a 6 - 2 record, which includes a third place finish in the JROTC Precision's Champions Division in the regular season. LaFayette AJROTC was led by Emma Sargeant who shot a 387. The remaining contributing members were Alyssa Kiser, Logan Massingill, Steven Thompson, and Troy Mussared. LaFayette AJROTC is from Lafayette, GA, and is coached by Perry Fouts.
The Shooters Edge advances to the semi-final round this week and will take on fifth seed Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC from Fountain, CO. This will be the first meeting between these two teams.
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=1.1.776290862.1
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