Denver North AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Picayune NJROTC
Denver North AJROTC edged out Picayune NJROTC 1050.0 to 1039.4 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their third win in a row. Denver North AJROTC was led by Esmeralda Mora-Velasquez who shot a 275.8. The remaining contributing members were Taegen Johnson, Henry Brochard, and Mila Ordes. They are from Denver, CO, and are coached by Aaron Sheppard.
Denver North AJROTC is competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in second place. Within the Army JROTC Conference they are in first place. They have a 3 - 1 record.
Picayune NJROTC was led by Hailey Lee who shot a 280.3. The remaining contributing members were Zariah Brumfield, Makayiah Magee, and Mayce Odom. Picayune NJROTC is from Picayune, MS, and is coached by Doug Brown.
Picayune NJROTC is also competing in the Elite Division where they are currently ranked in third place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Next up Denver North AJROTC will compete against U. S. Grant MCJROTC from Oklahoma City, OK. U. S. Grant MCJROTC currently has a 3 - 0 record. While Picayune NJROTC will compete against Stony Point NJROTC from Round Rock. Stony Point NJROTC currently has a 4 - 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=1.1.2023101014005094.1
Denver North AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2278
Picayune NJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2228
16 - 22 Oct 2023