Grove City Christian School Narrowly Defeats Smiths Station MCJROTC
Grove City Christian School edged out Smiths Station MCJROTC 999.3 to 998.8 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their fourth win in a row. Grove City Christian School was led by Leah Cawley who shot a 262.0. The remaining contributing members were Jake Wilson, Austin Hunter, and Daniel Beathard. They are from Grove City, OH, and are coached by Curt Mayhew.
Grove City Christian School competed in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in sixteenth place. Within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they finish in second place. They finished the regular season with a 5 - 1 record.
Next up, Grove City Christian School will compete in the Distinguished Conference tournament as the second seeded junior club. They will compete against first seeded Warrenton Rifles.
Thanks to their performance this season Grove City Christian School preliminarily qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2024 National Air Rifle League.
Smiths Station MCJROTC was led by Adam Hanvey who shot a 257.3. The remaining contributing members were Donovan Melendez, Mahalie Davis, and Tyler Marler. Smiths Station MCJROTC is from Smiths Station, AL, and is coached by Major William Bolden.
Smiths Station MCJROTC also competed in the Distinguished Division where they finish the regular season in twenty-third place. They finished the regular season with a 3 - 4 record.
Thanks to their performance this season Smiths Station MCJROTC preliminarily qualifies for the Distinguished Division in the 2024 National Air Rifle League.
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=1.1.2023110615261057.1
Grove City Christian School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2338
Smiths Station MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2253
13 - 19 Nov 2023