Christian County AFJROTC defeats Wando AFJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Christian County AFJROTC defeated Wando AFJROTC 1055 to 831 last week in the National Air Rifle League. Christian County AFJROTC finishes the season in second place in their Division with a 6 - 1 record. Christian County AFJROTC was led by Daniel Foti who shot a 269. The remaining contributing members were Dakota Steward, Megan Graff, and Nathaniel Stewart. Christian County AFJROTC is from Hopkinsville, KY, and is coached by Maj Robert Marlow.
Wando AFJROTC dropped to 1 - 6 on the season. They finish the season in ninth place in their Division. Shooting their highest team score of the season Wando AFJROTC was led by Amy Lorentzos-Lobo who shot a 217. The remaining contributing members were Joel Gillie, Benjamin Ritter, and Jason Matthews. Wando AFJROTC is from Mount Pleasant, SC, and is coached by Michael J. Gardner.
Christian County will go on to represent Air Force JROTC in the post-season Invitational Tournament. They are the number 7 seed and will compete against second seed Nation Ford MCJROTC in the opening round game. The post-season will begin the week after Thanksgiving.
These two teams are competing in the Air Force JROTC 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 Division is the most difficult division in the league. 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=1.1.763300601.1
13 - 19 Nov 2017