South Panola AFJROTC Narrowly Defeats Mariner AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season South Panola AFJROTC edged out Mariner AJROTC 1117.4 to 1104.0 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their fourth win in a row. South Panola AFJROTC was led by Veronica Hernandez who shot a 287.7. The remaining contributing members were Aleria Lee, Timothy Peavy, and Adrian Gonzalez. They are from Batesville, MS, and are coached by Mr. Jordan Bailey.
South Panola AFJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in twelfth place. Within the Air Force Jrotc Conference they are in first place. They have a 4 - 0 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Mariner AJROTC was led by Elyssa Vazquez who shot a 290.8. The remaining contributing members were Tyler Dennard, Malia Lo, and Robert Woelke. Mariner AJROTC is from Cape Coral, FL, and is coached by Bryan Williams.
Mariner AJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in twentieth place. They have a 3 - 2 record.
Next up South Panola AFJROTC will compete against West Forsyth AJROTC from Winston-Salem, NC. West Forsyth AJROTC currently has a 3 - 1 record. While Mariner AJROTC has a bye week.
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=1.1.2024102209325339.1
South Panola AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2494
Mariner AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2551
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