Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC Narrowly Defeats East Coweta MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC edged out East Coweta MCJROTC 2395.1 to 2392.9 in the 2024 National Precision Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC was led by Emanuel Ordway who shot a 609.6. The remaining contributing members were Tucker Combs, Elaina Perez, and Lillian Daniels. They are from Fountain, CO, and are coached by Rodney Smith.
Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in seventh place. Within the Jrotc Conference they are in third place. They have a 4 - 2 record.
East Coweta MCJROTC was led by Aubrey Hancock who shot a 601.2. The remaining contributing members were Mackenzie Sookhoo, Anzley Adams, and Sebastian Abaunza. East Coweta MCJROTC is from Sharpsburg, GA, and is coached by Peter Merrill.
East Coweta MCJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eighth place. Within the Jrotc Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 3 - 4 record.
Next up Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC will compete against American Legion Post 295 from Green Springs, OH. American Legion Post 295 currently has a 4 - 1 record. While East Coweta MCJROTC 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 Standing Air Rifle match. The match is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 60 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 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/1.1.2024072509092300.3/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2024111109073208.1
Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2503
East Coweta MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2501
11 - 17 Nov 2024