Georgia Competitive Shooters defeats Lafayette Gun Club
Georgia Competitive Shooters defeated Lafayette Gun Club 2289.0 to 1772.2 in the 2023 National Precision Air Rifle League. Georgia Competitive Shooters was led by Jayden Bateman who shot a 577.9. The remaining contributing members were Michaela Hampl, Amy Filippone, and Henry Sparra. They are from Griffin, GA, and are coached by Matthew Herrington.
Georgia Competitive Shooters is competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in eleventh place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in fifth place. They have a 2 - 1 record.
Lafayette Gun Club was led by Victoria Koenig who shot a 617.1. The remaining contributing members were Landon Moulliet, Kai Labine, and Mike Bryson. Lafayette Gun Club is from Grafton, VA, and is coached by Jason Stout.
Lafayette Gun Club is also competing in the Champions Division where they are currently ranked in twelfth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they are in sixth place. They have a 2 - 2 record.
This coming week Georgia Competitive Shooters has a bye week. While Lafayette Gun Club will compete against Granbury MCJROTC from Granbury, TX. Granbury MCJROTC 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 Standing Air Rifle match. The match is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 60 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 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=1.1.2023101615222805.1
Georgia Competitive Shooters team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2314
Lafayette Gun Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2207
23 - 29 Oct 2023