Robert Service High School Upsets West Valley MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Robert Service High School upset West Valley MCJROTC 2315.6 to 2266.6 in the 2024 National Precision Air Rifle League. Robert Service High School was able to win despite averaging 2039 points lower than West Valley MCJROTC coming into this game.
Robert Service High School was led by Henry Riffe who shot a 600.4. The remaining contributing members were Erin Olson, Clinton Miller, and Eleanor Suralta. They are from Anchorage, AK, and are coached by GySgt Tom Foust.
Robert Service High School is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in sixth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in second place. They have a 2 - 2 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season West Valley MCJROTC was led by Victoria Moore who shot a 588.6. The remaining contributing members were Mary Stordahl, Jr Cook, and Zekiah Mckenzie. West Valley MCJROTC is from Fairbanks, AK, and is coached by CWO-5 Carlos Cruz.
Overall West Valley MCJROTC is ranked twenty-second. They have a 1 - 3 record.
Next up Robert Service High School will compete against Sapulpa MCJROTC from Sapulpa, OK. Sapulpa MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record. While West Valley MCJROTC will compete against John F. Kennedy AJROTC from Denver, CO. John F. Kennedy AJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record.
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 Standing Air Rifle match. The match is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 60 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 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.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://rezults.scopos.tech/league/1.1.2024072509092300.3/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2024101515371002.1
Robert Service High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2523
West Valley MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2504
21 - 27 Oct 2024