American Legion Post 295 defeats Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC
American Legion Post 295 defeated Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC 2419.7 to 2396.0 in the 2024 National Precision Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. American Legion Post 295 was led by Sarah Mix who shot a 614.5. The remaining contributing members were Mackenzie Pruden, Delilah Muzik, and Deitrich Bergman. They are from Green Springs, OH, and are coached by Matthew Muzik.
American Legion Post 295 is competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in fourth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they finish in third place. They finished the regular season with a 6 - 1 record. Next up in the post-season, American Legion Post 295 will face Lafayette Gun Club in the first round of the Precision Championship Tournament the week of 2 December. Thanks to their performance this season, American Legion Post 295 has preliminarily qualified for the 2025 Champions Division. To complete their qualification, they must also shoot a comparable score in a sanctioned competition.
Snapping a two game win streak Shooting their highest team score of the season Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC was led by Emanuel Ordway who shot a 602.2. The remaining contributing members were Tucker Combs, Elaina Perez, and Lillian Daniels. Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC is from Fountain, CO, and is coached by Rodney Smith.
Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in seventh place. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 3 record. Next up in the post-season, Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC will face Sutter Union High School in the first round of the Precision Championship Tournament the week of 2 December. Thanks to their performance this season, Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC 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=1.1.2024111213414245.1
American Legion Post 295 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2520
Fountain Fort Carson AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2503
18 - 24 Nov 2024