MSYESS defeats American Legion Post 46
Shooting their highest score of the season MSYESS defeated American Legion Post 46 1019.3 to 695.8 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. MSYESS was led by Elliott Haffey who shot a 274.0. The remaining contributing members were Janna Jones, Clay Marolt, and Korbin Blakney. They are from Booneville, MS, and are coached by Rodney Murphy.
MSYESS is competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in tenth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in third place. They have a 1 - 2 record.
American Legion Post 46 was led by Jayden Grider who shot a 187.1. The remaining contributing members were Jaylyn Grider, Casey Deniz, and Gage Kilgore. American Legion Post 46 is from Cookeville, TN, and is coached by Jason Grider.
American Legion Post 46 is also competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in fifteenth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 0 - 4 record.
Next up MSYESS will compete against Henry J Kaiser AJROTC from Fontana, CA. Henry J Kaiser AJROTC currently has a 0 - 3 record. While American Legion Post 46 will compete against Bellevue West AFJROTC from Bellevue, NE. Bellevue West AFJROTC 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=1.1.2024101515555053.1
MSYESS team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2596
American Legion Post 46 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2593
21 - 27 Oct 2024