Pueblo County AJROTC Narrowly Defeats Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club
Shooting their highest score of the season Pueblo County AJROTC edged out Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club 1126.6 to 1115.3 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row. Pueblo County AJROTC was led by Joshua Romero who shot a 299.5. The remaining contributing members were Maximus Wilcox, Sariga Suresh, and Cheyanne Ainsworth . They are from Pueblo, CO, and are coached by Arnold Lewis.
Pueblo County AJROTC competed in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in fourteenth place. Within the Army Jrotc Conference they finish in fifth place with a 3 - 2 record.
Next up, Pueblo County AJROTC will be the sixth seed in the postseason Invitational Tournament. In the first round they will square off against third seed C. T. Johnson AJROTC.
Thanks to their performance this season Pueblo County AJROTC preliminarily qualifies for the Champions Division in the 2024 National Air Rifle League Season. To complete their qualification, they must still shoot a minimum qualifying score, set for next season at 1035 (integer score for a 3x10), in a sanctioned competition within the next 10 months.
Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club was led by Lexi Strand who shot a 280.0. The remaining contributing members were Samantha Erick, Samantha Seagle, and Rebecca Ahrens. Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club is from Bristow, VA, and is coached by Alan Lerch.
Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club also competed in the Champions Division where they finish the regular season in thirteenth place. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
Next up for Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club is also the postseason Invitational Tournament, where they are the fifth seed. In their first round game they will face Kelly Walsh MCJROTC.
Thanks to their performance this season Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club preliminarily qualifies for the Champions Division in the 2024 National Air Rifle League Season. To complete their qualification, they must still shoot a minimum qualifying score, set for next season at 1035 (integer score for a 3x10), in a sanctioned competition within the next 10 months.
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=1.1.2023110615260984.1
Pueblo County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2336
Trigger Time 4-H Shooting Education Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2272
13 - 19 Nov 2023