Smith Station MCJROTC Upsets American Legion Post 41
Shooting their highest score of the season Smith Station MCJROTC upset American Legion Post 41 1002 to 995 in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League. Smith Station MCJROTC was able to win despite averaging 17 points lower than American Legion Post 41 coming into this game.
With the win, Smith Station MCJROTC is in eighteenth place overall. They currently have a 2 - 4 record. Smith Station MCJROTC was led by, Valentina Mora who shot a 261. The remaining contributing members were Sierra Martin, Samuel Gipson, and Chase Peterson. Smith Station MCJROTC is from Smith Station, AL, and is coached by Major William Bolden.
American Legion Post 41 currently has a 2 - 3 record. After the loss they are in fifteenth place overall. Shooting their highest team score of the season American Legion Post 41 was led by, Dillon Young who shot a 254. The remaining contributing members were Adam Jones, Gavin Tharp, and Blake Kitzmiller. American Legion Post 41 is from Elk Garden, WV, and is coached by Rod Ryan.
This coming week Smith Station MCJROTC has a bye week. While American Legion Post 41 also has a bye week.
These two teams are competing in the National Air Rifle "New Shooter" League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league exclusive to athletes in their first year of competition. Teams are from high schools and junior rifle clubs throughout the United States. Over 10 weeks each team competes in 8 games. Each week, each team is paired with another team with a near equal win-loss record.
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 shoots 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 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.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/AirRifleNewShooterLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.870615213.1
Smith Station MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1094
American Legion Post 41 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1068
04 - 17 Mar 2019