Moanalua High School Upsets Zion Benton NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Moanalua High School upset Zion Benton NJROTC 1077 to 1068 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Moanalua High School was able to win despite averaging 23 points lower than Zion Benton NJROTC coming into this game.
With the win, Moanalua High School is in fourth place overall and second place within their 'Junior Rifle Club' conference. They currently have a 3 - 1 record. Moanalua High School was led by, Chase Nakata who shot a 272. The remaining contributing members were Alec Fong, Alexander Paul, and Landon Lau. Moanalua High School is from Honolulu, HI, and is coached by Bruce Yonesaki.
Zion Benton NJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record. After the loss they are in second place overall and first place within their 'Navy Jrotc' conference. Zion Benton NJROTC was led by, Niko Jackson who shot a 272. The remaining contributing members were Alexia Resendiz, Giovanni Salgado, and Kimberly Rico. Zion Benton NJROTC is from Zion, IL, and is coached by Dan Hackstein.
This coming week Moanalua High School has a bye week. While Zion Benton NJROTC will compete against Pacific MCJROTC from Pacific, MO. Pacific MCJROTC currently has a 3 - 0 record.
These two teams are competing in the Champions Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
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 shoots 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 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.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.918221273.1
Moanalua High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1194
Zion Benton NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1200
21 - 27 Oct 2019