Smith Station MCJROTC defeats Hendrickson MCJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Smith Station MCJROTC defeated Hendrickson MCJROTC 987.4 to 954.9 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Smith Station MCJROTC was led by Tyler Marler who shot a 259.0. The remaining contributing members were Savannah Oleary, Dustin Merritt, and Zachary Smith. They are from Smiths Station, AL, and are coached by MSgt James Sturla.
Smith Station MCJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in twenty-seventh place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they are in ninth place. They have a 2 - 0 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Hendrickson MCJROTC was led by Elodie King who shot a 251.4. The remaining contributing members were Nolan Roldan, Taylor Korte, and Moises Aguirre. Hendrickson MCJROTC is from Pflugerville, TX, and is coached by Hero Aguirre.
Hendrickson MCJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-sixth place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they are in tenth place. They have a 0 - 2 record.
Next up Smith Station MCJROTC will compete against Summerlin Academy AJROTC from Bartow, FL. Summerlin Academy AJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 record. While Hendrickson MCJROTC will compete against Chaparral NJROTC from Las Vegas, NV. Chaparral NJROTC currently has a 1 - 1 record.
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=1.1.2024092613305037.1
Smith Station MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2629
Hendrickson MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2640
07 - 13 Oct 2024