Lebanon AJROTC defeats Ramona NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Lebanon AJROTC defeated Ramona NJROTC 1143.2 to 1117.9 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their third win in a row. Lebanon AJROTC was led by Erin Hiller who shot a 293.9. The remaining contributing members were Jalynn Wilson, Alana Griffiths, and Chris Slingluff. They are from Lebanon, OR, and are coached by LTC Mark Smith.
Lebanon AJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in ninth place. Within the Army Jrotc Conference they finish in third place. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 3 record.
Snapping a five game win streak Ramona NJROTC was led by Troy Hedges who shot a 286.8. The remaining contributing members were Wyatt Koerner, Tristan Van Andel, and Mercedes Wardlow. Ramona NJROTC is from Ramona, CA, and is coached by MSgt Allan Snow.
Ramona NJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in seventh place. They finished the regular season with a 5 - 1 record.
Both teams will advance to post-season play. Ramona NJROTC will be the 7 seed in the Championship Tournament and will face 2 seed Zion Benton NJROTC. Lebanon AJROTC will be the 9 seed in the Invitational Tournament and will face 16 seed Bradley Central AJROTC. Both of these games are scheduled for the week of December 2nd.
Thanks to their performance this season, Ramona NJROTC and Lebanon AJROTC have preliminarily qualified for the 2025 Champions Division. To complete their qualification, they must also shoot a comparable score in a sanctioned competition.
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=1.1.2024111213325449.1
Lebanon AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2542
Ramona NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2600
18 - 24 Nov 2024