Pueblo County AJROTC defeats American Legion Post 290
Shooting their highest score of the season Pueblo County AJROTC defeated American Legion Post 290 1109.9 to 1085.8 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Pueblo County AJROTC was led by Sariga Suresh who shot a 283.4. The remaining contributing members were Joshua Romero, Maximus Wilcox, and Delaney Aguon. They are from Pueblo, CO, and are coached by Arnold Lewis.
Pueblo County AJROTC is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eleventh place. Within the Army Jrotc Conference they are in fourth place. They have a 1 - 0 record.
American Legion Post 290 was led by Jessica Gioia who shot a 277.0. The remaining contributing members were Joseph Born, Faith Clevenger, and Logan Hawkins. American Legion Post 290 is from Stafford, VA, and is coached by Mike Flanagan.
American Legion Post 290 is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eighteenth place. They have a 0 - 2 record.
Next up Pueblo County AJROTC will compete against Pace NJROTC from Pace, FL. Pace NJROTC currently has a 2 - 1 record. While American Legion Post 290 will compete against South Effingham NJROTC from Guyton, GA. South Effingham NJROTC currently has a 1 - 1 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=1.1.2023100215382440.1
Pueblo County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2336
American Legion Post 290 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2271
09 - 15 Oct 2023