Fort Payne AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Eldorado NJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Fort Payne AJROTC edged out Eldorado NJROTC 1070.3 to 1054.8 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Fort Payne AJROTC was led by Barrett Bible who shot a 275.3. The remaining contributing members were Carmella Cisneros, Mary Cifuentes, and Dylan Loudermilk. They are from Fort Payne, AL, and are coached by John Walker.
Fort Payne AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in eighteenth place. Within the Army Jrotc Conference they finish in fifth place. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
The cut scores for next season are still unofficial, however thanks to their performance this season Fort Payne AJROTC likely qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Eldorado NJROTC was led by Lacy Taylor who shot a 275.9. The remaining contributing members were James Prunty, Davin Schneider, and Gino Duarte. Eldorado NJROTC is from Las Vegas, NV, and is coached by Angela Kolone.
Eldorado NJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in fourteenth place. They finished the regular season with a 4 - 3 record.
The cut scores for next season are still unofficial, however thanks to their performance this season Eldorado NJROTC likely qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2023 National Air Rifle League Season.
Post-season teams and squadding will be posted to the league website and emailed to coaches shortly.
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=1.1.2022110717205283.1
Fort Payne AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1948
Eldorado NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1971
14 - 20 Nov 2022