Palm Bay MCJROTC Narrowly Defeats Northridge MCJROTC
Palm Bay MCJROTC edged out Northridge MCJROTC 1139.5 to 1130.0 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Palm Bay MCJROTC was led by Logan Urban who shot a 287.6. The remaining contributing members were Alexandra Castaneda, Jaiyla James, and Misha Hamid. They are from Melbourne, FL, and are coached by SgtMaj Roy J. DeYoung.
Palm Bay MCJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in sixth place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they finish in second place. They finished the regular season with a 5 - 2 record.
Northridge MCJROTC was led by Tmothy Longacre who shot a 288.8. The remaining contributing members were Ethan Kintzley, Kaleb Prete, and Marcos Morales. Northridge MCJROTC is from Greeley, CO, and is coached by Major Stephen Kintzley.
Northridge MCJROTC is also competing in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in fourteenth place. Within the Marine Corps Jrotc Conference they finish in fourth place. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
Both teams have advanced to post-season play. Palm Bay MCJROTC will be the 6 seed in the Championship Tournament. In their first round game they will compete against 3 seed Norview NJROTC. Northridge MCJROTC will be the 14 seed in the Invitational Tournament. Their first round game is against Pascagoula NJROTC. Both games are scheduled for the week of December 2nd.
Thanks to their performance this season, both Palm Bay MCJROTC and Northridge MCJROTC have 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 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=1.1.2024111213325445.1
Palm Bay MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2621
Northridge MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2623
18 - 24 Nov 2024