South County Rod and Gun Club Narrowly Defeats John F. Kennedy AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season South County Rod and Gun Club edged out John F. Kennedy AJROTC 2088.3 to 2068.9 in the 2024 National Precision Air Rifle League. South County Rod and Gun Club was led by Kesler Head who shot a 569.0. The remaining contributing members were Laina Jervis, Gavin Jervis, and Nico DiNitto. They are from West Greenwich, RI, and are coached by David Wood.
South County Rod and Gun Club is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in sixteenth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 1 - 5 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season John F. Kennedy AJROTC was led by Armando Garcia-Pineda who shot a 569.0. The remaining contributing members were Alexander StantonRivera, Tan Tran, and Christopher Aragon. John F. Kennedy AJROTC is from Denver, CO, and is coached by COL Jeffrey F. Wilson.
John F. Kennedy AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirteenth place. They have a 2 - 4 record.
This coming week South County Rod and Gun Club has a bye week. While John F. Kennedy AJROTC will compete against Heritage Classical Christian Academy from Fenton, MO. Heritage Classical Christian Academy currently has a 1 - 5 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 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=1.1.2024111109073244.1
South County Rod and Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2521
John F. Kennedy AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2508
11 - 17 Nov 2024