Queen Creek AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club
Shooting their highest score of the season Queen Creek AJROTC edged out Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club 962.6 to 956.3 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Queen Creek AJROTC was led by Jerod Foley who shot a 260.2. The remaining contributing members were Cayden Lau, Espy Gallegos, and Carter McFarland. They are from Queen Creek, AZ, and are coached by John Biggs.
Queen Creek AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-seventh place. Within the Army Jrotc Conference they are in tenth place. They have a 3 - 0 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club was led by Liam Ballard who shot a 257.2. The remaining contributing members were Chloe Mayle, Levi Kisner, and Tori Volk. Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club is from Morgantown, WV, and is coached by Michele Ballard.
Overall Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club is ranked eighty-fourth. They have a 0 - 3 record.
Next up Queen Creek AJROTC will compete against North Port NJROTC from North Port, FL. North Port NJROTC currently has a 3 - 1 record. While Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club will compete against Bob Jones AFJROTC from Madison, AL. Bob Jones AFJROTC currently has a 0 - 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 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=1.1.2024101515555071.1
Queen Creek AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2568
Mason-Dixon Jr. Rifle Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2594
21 - 27 Oct 2024