Fontana MCJROTC Narrowly Defeats East River AJROTC
Fontana MCJROTC edged out East River AJROTC 1025 to 1014 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, Fontana MCJROTC is in fourteenth place overall and third place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 3 - 2 record. Fontana MCJROTC was led by, Jasmine Arguello who shot a 263. The remaining contributing members were Moses Ramirez, Emily Romero, and Nikolas Zamora. Fontana MCJROTC is from Fontana, CA, and is coached by MSgt Wayne Harkley.
East River AJROTC currently has a 2 - 3 record. After the loss they are in eighteenth place overall and eighth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. East River AJROTC was led by, Adam Wajda who shot a 268. The remaining contributing members were Trinitee Jeffers, Jonah Towers, and Arsenio Cash. East River AJROTC is from Orlando, FL, and is coached by Gerrick Smith.
Next up Fontana MCJROTC will compete against Captain Shreve AJROTC from Shreveport, LA. Captain Shreve AJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record. While East River AJROTC will compete against Clark AFJROTC from San Antonio, TX. Clark AFJROTC currently has a 2 - 2 record.
These two teams are competing in the Champions 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 Champions Divisions is the most difficult division in the league. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, where teams compete for their conference's title. Followed by the post-season, comprising of two single elimination tournaments. Only the top 16 teams across all conferences 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 https://www.national-leagues.com/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.921099539.1
Fontana MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1197
East River AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1187
04 - 10 Nov 2019