Marion AJROTC Defeats Southern Garrett AJROTC
In an undisputed contest, scoring 1009 points, Marion AJROTC defeated Southern Garrett AJROTC. Marion AJROTC finishes the season in third place in their Division with a 5 - 2 record. Marion AJROTC was led by TAYLOR SORAH who shot a 268. The remaining contributing members were RHIANNA GARY, LEVI HOFMANN, and HAILEY TEEGUARDEN. Marion AJROTC is from Marion, IN, and is coached by David Farlow.
Southern Garrett AJROTC dropped to 2 - 5 on the season. They finish the season in seventh place in their Division. Southern Garrett AJROTC is from Oakland, MD, and is coached by Ralph Sheaffer.
These two teams are competing in the Army JROTC Distinguished 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=1.1.763338874.1
13 - 19 Nov 2017