Pueblo West AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Denver North AJROTC
Pueblo West AJROTC edged out Denver North AJROTC 1022.0 to 1018.2 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Pueblo West AJROTC was led by Jonas Pickerill who shot a 266.5. The remaining contributing members were Johnnie Estep, Jackson Dahlke, and Zach Zenner. They are from Pueblo West, CO, and are coached by Matthew Dilcher.
Pueblo West AJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in twelfth place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 1 - 0 record.
Denver North AJROTC was led by Taegen Johnson who shot a 263.4. The remaining contributing members were Henry Brochard, Esmeralda Mora-Velasquez, and Daniela Padilla-Saldana. Denver North AJROTC is from Denver, CO, and is coached by Aaron Sheppard.
Overall Denver North AJROTC is ranked thirty-fourth. They have a 0 - 1 record.
Next up Pueblo West AJROTC will compete against Manatee AJROTC from Bradenton, FL. Manatee AJROTC currently has a 0 - 0 record. While Denver North AJROTC will compete against Robert B Glenn AJROTC from Winston-Salem, NC. Robert B Glenn AJROTC currently has a 1 - 0 record.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://www.orionscoringsystem.com/team/LeaguePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023091512010588.3
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.
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, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, 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.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023092113322517.1
Pueblo West AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2282
Denver North AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2278
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