Lafayette Gun Club Narrowly Defeats Kelly Walsh MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Lafayette Gun Club edged out Kelly Walsh MCJROTC 1120.5 to 1106.9 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Lafayette Gun Club was led by Alexandra Orr who shot a 294.7. The remaining contributing members were Wade Brown, Alanna Greene, and Natalie Tuggle. They are from Grafton, VA, and are coached by Charles Orr.
Lafayette Gun Club is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eighth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in first place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Kelly Walsh MCJROTC was led by Skyson Jiminez-Tandal who shot a 281.5. The remaining contributing members were Adrianna Burd, Tyarra Montgomery JR, and Emmalie Graham. Kelly Walsh MCJROTC is from Casper, WY, and is coached by MGySgt Fred Pickering.
Kelly Walsh MCJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in fourteenth place. They have a 2 - 3 record.
Next up Lafayette Gun Club will compete against Fontana MCJROTC from Fontana, CA. Fontana MCJROTC currently has a 3 - 2 record. While Kelly Walsh MCJROTC will compete against Northridge MCJROTC from Greeley, CO. Northridge MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 3 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=1.1.2024102209325312.1
Lafayette Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2584
Kelly Walsh MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2625
28 Oct-03 Nov 24