Stewarts Creek AJROTC Narrowly Defeats X Shots
Shooting their highest score of the season Stewarts Creek AJROTC edged out X Shots 996.7 to 978.6 in the 2022 National Air Rifle New Shooter League. They currently have a 2 - 2 record. Stewarts Creek AJROTC was led by, Maklya Morbitzer who shot a 270.3. The remaining contributing members were Selvia Ibrahim, Tyler Sasser, and Piper Haviland. Stewarts Creek AJROTC is from Smyrna, TN, and is coached by Joel Payne.
X Shots currently has a 1 - 2 record. After the loss they are in twentieth place overall. Shooting their highest team score of the season X Shots was led by, Caden Fujino who shot a 253.7. The remaining contributing members were Sophia Ching, Lauren Nakashima, and Mason Morales. X Shots is from Aiea, HI, and is coached by Yuji Hata.
Next up Stewarts Creek AJROTC will compete against Eldorado NJROTC from North Las Vegas. Eldorado NJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record. While X Shots will compete against James River HS NJROTC Rapids Rifles 2 from Midlothian, VA. James River HS NJROTC Rapids Rifles 2 currently has a 2 - 0 record.
These two teams are competing in the National Air Rifle "New Shooter" League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league exclusive to athletes in their first year of competition. Teams are from high schools and junior rifle clubs throughout the United States. Over 10 weeks each team competes in 8 games. Each week, each team is paired with another team with a near equal skill level.
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/new-shooter
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2022020715310019.1
Stewarts Creek AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1816
X Shots team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1819
14 - 20 Feb 2022