Palm Bay MCJROTC defeats West Valley MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Palm Bay MCJROTC defeated West Valley MCJROTC 1154.1 to 1127.8 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Palm Bay MCJROTC was led by Lacy Pulkkinen who shot a 294.6. The remaining contributing members were Logan Urban, Alexandra Castaneda, and Misha Hamid. They are from Melbourne, FL, and are coached by SgtMaj Roy J. DeYoung.
Palm Bay MCJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in sixth place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they are in second place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Snapping a thre game win streak Shooting their highest team score of the season West Valley MCJROTC was led by Kyle Sharpton who shot a 297.3. The remaining contributing members were Katie Ojaniemi, Rahziel Brooks, and Ahkmad Acosta. West Valley MCJROTC is from Fairbanks, AK, and is coached by SSgt Travis Walker.
West Valley MCJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in seventh place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they are in third place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Next up Palm Bay MCJROTC will compete against Pace NJROTC from Pace, FL. Pace NJROTC currently has a 3 - 0 record. While West Valley MCJROTC will compete against Pascagoula NJROTC from Pascagoula, MS. Pascagoula NJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 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 Three-Position Air Rifle match. The match is modeled after Olympic Rifle competitions but adapted to high school age athletes. Each athlete will shoot 10 shots in three different shooting positions, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 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.
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/1.1.2024072508570849.3/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2024101515554928.1
Palm Bay MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2621
West Valley MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2624
21 - 27 Oct 2024