North Mesquite AJROTC defeats Mandeville MCJROTC
North Mesquite AJROTC defeated Mandeville MCJROTC 982 to 949 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. North Mesquite AJROTC finishes the season in twenty-first place overall and tenth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They finished the season with a 3 - 4 record. North Mesquite AJROTC was led by, Kimberly Muniz who shot a 255. The remaining contributing members were Nathalie Rios, Cesar Salinas, and Jorge Perez. North Mesquite AJROTC is from Mesquite, TX, and is coached by Eric Schmidt.
Mandeville MCJROTC finished the season with a 0 - 7 record. They finishes the season in twenty-fifth place overall and fifth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. Mandeville MCJROTC was led by, Julie Lupoli who shot a 248. The remaining contributing members were Addison Antwiler, Orion Tucker, and Liam Connell. Mandeville MCJROTC is from Mandeville, LA, and is coached by John Cassady.
These two teams are competing in the Champions Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
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 https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.923976689.1
North Mesquite AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1186
Mandeville MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1199
18 - 24 Nov 2019