Pierre Jr Shooters Narrowly Defeats Lake Houston 4-H
Shooting their highest score of the season Pierre Jr Shooters edged out Lake Houston 4-H 1977.8 to 1961.4 last week in the National BB Gun League. Pierre Jr Shooters finishes the regular season in second place in their Division with a 5 - 1 record. Pierre Jr Shooters was led by Justin Merriman who shot a 401.4. The remaining contributing members were Alee Smith, Rylie Stoeser, Wyatt Rose, and Jessica Hays. Pierre Jr Shooters is from Pierre, SD, and is coached by Sean Kruger.
Pierre Jr Shooters will continue on to the post-season tournament where they are the number 1 seed. Their first round game will be against 4 seed Forsyth County 4-H.
Lake Houston 4-H dropped to 1 - 5 on the season. They finish the season in sixth place in their Division. Shooting their highest team score of the season Lake Houston 4-H was led by Olivia Schammel who shot a 401.7. The remaining contributing members were Kayla Ressler, Ainsley Day, Abigail Weed, and Alyssa Ward. Lake Houston 4-H is from Kingwood, TX, and is coached by Steven Schammel.
These two teams are competing in the Champions Division of the Orion National BB Gun League. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, the league is a national team league for BB Gun teams. The Champions Division is comprised of the top teams in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week round-robin regular season going on now. Followed by a single-elimination tournament, for the top four teams who will compete for the league championship.
BB Gun programs teach gun safety and competitive marksmanship skills to athletes 8 to 15 years of age. Each game in the league teams compete in what is known as a four-position match. Each athlete will shoots 10 shots in four different shooting positions, prone, standing, sitting and kneeling at a distance of 5m. Each shot is scored with tenth of a ring accuracy and worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 40 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best five athletes from each team.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/BBGunLeague, or contact Orion Scoring System at league@shooterstech.net or +1 703.596.0099.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.788873208.1
Pierre Jr Shooters team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=797
Lake Houston 4-H team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=802
19 - 25 Mar 2018