Ball AJROTC Narrowly Defeats West Valley AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Ball AJROTC edged out West Valley AJROTC 987 to 975 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Their second win in a row, Ball AJROTC is in first place in their Division with a 2 - 0 record. Ball AJROTC was led by Dreylon Blankenship who shot a 255. The remaining contributing members were Fatima Estrada, Maricela Salinas, and Christopher Bonnette. Ball AJROTC is from Galveston, TX, and is coached by Mark Knight.
West Valley AJROTC dropped to 1 - 1 on the season. They are currently in third place in their Division. Shooting their highest team score of the season West Valley AJROTC was led by Logan Snell who shot a 265. The remaining contributing members were Vanessa Hinojosa, Caleb Miller, and Cluadia Pereyda. West Valley AJROTC is from Yakima, WA, and is coached by 1SG Jeff Parks.
Next up Ball AJROTC will compete against Dickson County AJROTC from Dickson, TN. Dickson County AJROTC currently has a 0 - 2 record. West Valley AJROTC will compete against Northside AJROTC from Fort Smith, AR. Northside AJROTC currently has a 2 - 0 record.
These two teams are competing in the Army JROTC Leaders Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two parts. An 8 week round-robin regular season going on now, where teams compete for their Division's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all divisions advance to the post-season, to compete for the league title.
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 shoots 10 shots in three different shooting positions, prone, standing, and kneeling. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10 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.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/AirRifleLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.763306487.1
09 - 15 Oct 2017