Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club defeats Lafayette Gun Club
Shooting their highest score of the season Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club defeated Lafayette Gun Club 2456.4 to 2431.8 in the 2024 National Precision Air Rifle League. Their third win in a row. Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club was led by Karlie Lynn who shot a 625.2. The remaining contributing members were Kinzey Williams, Laila Mills, and Jolynn Mickle. They are from Everett, PA, and are coached by Jim Tegeler.
Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club is competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in third place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they finish in second place. They finished the regular season with a 6 - 1 record. Next up in the post-season, Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club will face C.T. Johnson AJROTC in the first round of the Precision Championship Tournament the week of 2 December. Thanks to their performance this season, Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club has preliminarily qualified for the 2025 Champions Division. To complete their qualification, they must also shoot a comparable score in a sanctioned competition.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Lafayette Gun Club was led by Evan Williams who shot a 616.0. The remaining contributing members were Kai Labine, Anahad Kohli, and Christina Morris. Lafayette Gun Club is from Grafton, VA, and is coached by Jason Stout.
Lafayette Gun Club is also competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in fifth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they finish in fourth place. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 3 record. Next up in the post-season, Lafayette Gun Club will face American Legion Post 295 in the first round of the Precision Championship Tournament the week of 2 December. Thanks to their performance this season, Lafayette Gun Club has 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 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=1.1.2024111213410041.1
Everett Sportsman Junior Rifle Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2519
Lafayette Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2516
18 - 24 Nov 2024