Juneau District Rifle Team defeats Lumen Christi Archangels
Shooting their highest score of the season Juneau District Rifle Team defeated Lumen Christi Archangels 985.5 to 908.6 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their third win in a row. Juneau District Rifle Team was led by Madeline Germain who shot a 261.3. The remaining contributing members were Beck Schneider, Nathan Creswell, and Nelson Abel. They are from Juneau, AK, and are coached by Kasey McNamee.
Juneau District Rifle Team is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-third place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Lumen Christi Archangels was led by Hazel Wotring who shot a 241.4. The remaining contributing members were Liv Crosby, Erik Holmquist, and Dylan McLean. Lumen Christi Archangels is from Anchorage, AK, and is coached by Brian A Ross.
Lumen Christi Archangels is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in forty-sixth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in seventh place. They have a 0 - 5 record.
Next up Juneau District Rifle Team will compete against West AJROTC from Denver, CO. West AJROTC currently has a 3 - 2 record. While Lumen Christi Archangels will compete against Mattoon AJROTC from Mattoon, IL. Mattoon AJROTC currently has a 2 - 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=1.1.2022102511122086.1
Juneau District Rifle Team team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2060
Lumen Christi Archangels team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1980
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