Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports defeats Central Arkansas Hawkeyes
Shooting their highest score of the season Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports defeated Central Arkansas Hawkeyes 911.5 to 661.2 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports is in seventh place within their 'Junior Rifle Club' conference. They currently have a 2 - 1 record. Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports was led by, Lucky Myers who shot a 266.7. The remaining contributing members were Rachel Haines, Cora Garcia, and Blake Simone. Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports is from Houston, TX, and is coached by Laura Haines.
Central Arkansas Hawkeyes currently has a 0 - 2 record. After the loss they are in tenth place within their 'Junior Rifle Club' conference. Shooting their highest team score of the season Central Arkansas Hawkeyes was led by, Rebekah Faulkner who shot a 202.7. The remaining contributing members were Noah Lord, Ethan Quattlebaum, and Chloe Parish. Central Arkansas Hawkeyes is from Conway, AR, and is coached by Andy Faulkner.
Next up Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports will compete against Hickman County AJROTC from Centerville, TN. Hickman County AJROTC currently has a 0 - 2 record. While Central Arkansas Hawkeyes will compete against Northeast AJROTC from Pride, LA. Northeast AJROTC currently has a 0 - 1 record.
These two teams are competing in the Distinguished 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 league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, followed by a single game Conference Title Game for the top two teams in each conference.
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 10.9 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.
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=1.1.2021101116104311.1
Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1684
Central Arkansas Hawkeyes team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1619
18 - 24 Oct 2021