American Legion Post 72 Narrowly Defeats ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season American Legion Post 72 edged out ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC 1059.7 to 1042.2 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. American Legion Post 72 was led by Matthew Lehr who shot a 275.6. The remaining contributing members were Evan Jerde, Julie Taylor, and Dalton Hamilton. They are from Warrenton, VA, and are coached by Claude Davenport.
American Legion Post 72 is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in sixteenth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in second place. They have a 3 - 2 record.
ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC was led by Matios Titizian who shot a 283.5. The remaining contributing members were Timothy Maiorino Matioli, Estephanie Pavon, and Elizabeth Banda. ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC is from Richmond, TX, and is coached by Billy A. Adames.
Overall ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC is ranked fifty-first. They have a 2 - 4 record.
Next up American Legion Post 72 will compete against Round Rock MCJROTC from Round Rock, TX. Round Rock MCJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record. While ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC will compete against Ooltewah AJROTC from Ooltewah, TN. Ooltewah AJROTC currently has a 1 - 4 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=1.1.2024102815560222.1
American Legion Post 72 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2586
ILTexas Katy Westpark MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2644
04 - 10 Nov 2024