American Legion Post 72 defeats Natchitoches Central AJROTC
American Legion Post 72 defeated Natchitoches Central AJROTC 1054.1 to 819.0 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. American Legion Post 72 was led by Evan Jerde who shot a 274.4. The remaining contributing members were Owen Fields, Matthew Lehr, and Julie Taylor. They are from Warrenton, VA, and are coached by Claude Davenport.
American Legion Post 72 is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in ninth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in second place. They have a 1 - 0 record.
Natchitoches Central AJROTC was led by Ainsley McLaren who shot a 229.3. The remaining contributing members were Johannah Chauvin, Chloe Griffin, and (Required) Ferrier. Natchitoches Central AJROTC is from Natchitoches, LA, and is coached by Duane Bailey.
Overall Natchitoches Central AJROTC is ranked seventy-fourth. They have a 0 - 1 record.
Next up American Legion Post 72 will compete against Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club from Bristow, VA. Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club currently has a 1 - 0 record. While Natchitoches Central AJROTC has a bye week.
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=1.1.2024092613244450.1
American Legion Post 72 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2586
Natchitoches Central AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2578
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