Washburn Rural AFJROTC Narrowly Defeats Lumen Christi High School
Washburn Rural AFJROTC edged out Lumen Christi High School 956.7 to 938.2 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Washburn Rural AFJROTC was led by Nick Fewell who shot a 252.1. The remaining contributing members were Kelsie Schneider, Landen Minton, and Aidyn Robinson. They are from Topeka, KS, and are coached by Lt Col Ron Daniels.
Washburn Rural AFJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fortieth place. Within the Air Force JROTC Conference they are in seventh place. They have a 1 - 4 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Lumen Christi High School was led by Nicholas Boring who shot a 257.7. The remaining contributing members were Liv Crosby, Benjamin Bouton, and Dylan McLean. Lumen Christi High School is from Anchorage, AK, and is coached by Brian A Ross.
Lumen Christi High School is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in forty-sixth place. They have a 0 - 4 record.
This coming week Washburn Rural AFJROTC has a bye week. While Lumen Christi High School will compete against Caney Creek NJROTC from Conroe, TX. Caney Creek NJROTC currently has a 1 - 2 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=1.1.2023101615305509.1
Washburn Rural AFJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2308
Lumen Christi High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2268
23 - 29 Oct 2023