Organ Mountain NJROTC defeats Stewarts Creek AJROTC
Organ Mountain NJROTC defeated Stewarts Creek AJROTC 999.6 to 821.5 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Organ Mountain NJROTC was led by Tran Nguyen who shot a 258.8. The remaining contributing members were Linnette Mesa, Nuvia McDaniel, and A Aguirre. They are from Las Cruces, NM, and are coached by Robert Rodriguez.
Organ Mountain NJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in eighteenth place. Within the Navy Jrotc Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Stewarts Creek AJROTC was led by Sylvia Ibrahim who shot a 257.4. The remaining contributing members were Thomas Abdelmesah, Kerlos Salib, and James Holaday. Stewarts Creek AJROTC is from Smyrna, TN, and is coached by Joel Payne.
Stewarts Creek AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fiftieth place. They have a 0 - 2 record.
Next up Organ Mountain NJROTC will compete against Pueblo County AJROTC from Pueblo, CO. Pueblo County AJROTC currently has a 1 - 3 record. While Stewarts Creek AJROTC will compete against John F. Kennedy AJROTC from Denver, CO. John F. Kennedy AJROTC currently has a 0 - 3 record.
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 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.
The Distinguished Division are the second tiered teams, followed by the Elite Division.
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, 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=1.1.2022101115025196.1
Organ Mountain NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1969
Stewarts Creek AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1992
17 - 23 Oct 2022