McMichael AFJROTC defeats Georgetown NJROTC
McMichael AFJROTC defeated Georgetown NJROTC 1100.1 to 1058.8 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. McMichael AFJROTC was led by Kelsey Steele who shot a 279.9. The remaining contributing members were Chesni Hopper, Dalton Piotrowski, and Ayden Rudd. They are from Mayodan, NC, and are coached by Andrew Mercer.
McMichael AFJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in third place. Within the Air Force Jrotc Conference they finish in first place. They finished the regular season with a 5 - 2 record. Next up, McMichael AFJROTC will compete in the Distinguished Division AFJROTC Conference Title Game the week of 2 December.
Georgetown NJROTC was led by Finn Long who shot a 270.6. The remaining contributing members were Kenzi Phillips, Kaiya Owens, and Amari Grate. Georgetown NJROTC is from Georgetown, SC, and is coached by CDR David Kaiser.
Georgetown NJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in thirteenth place. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 3 record.
Due to their performance this season McMichael AFJROTC has qualified for the Champions division and Georetown NJROTC for the Distinguished Division during the 2025 National Air Rifle League. 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=1.1.2024111213325482.1
McMichael AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2495
Georgetown NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2613
18 - 24 Nov 2024