Venice MCJROTC defeats Langham Creek AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Venice MCJROTC defeated Langham Creek AFJROTC 1061.9 to 933.8 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Venice MCJROTC was led by Collin Speyrer who shot a 272.4. The remaining contributing members were Julie Waller, William Wood, and Emma McGill. They are from Venice, FL, and are coached by Frank Troxel.
Venice MCJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fifteenth place. Within the Marine Corps JROTC Conference they are in third place. They have a 2 - 2 record.
Langham Creek AFJROTC was led by Juliet Flores who shot a 266.1. The remaining contributing members were Melanie Gutierrez, Marcos Chan, and Oriana Zamora. Langham Creek AFJROTC is from Houston, TX, and is coached by Steven Rinehart.
Langham Creek AFJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-fifth place. They have a 1 - 3 record.
Next up Venice MCJROTC will compete against Warren Central MCJROTC from Indianapolis, IN. Warren Central MCJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 record. While Langham Creek AFJROTC will compete against Young Guns Post 2 from Pueblo. Young Guns Post 2 currently has a 3 - 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=1.1.2023101014005239.1
Venice MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2259
Langham Creek AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2307
16 - 22 Oct 2023