R-S Central MCJROTC Defeats Captain Shreve AJROTC
In an undisputed contest, shooting their highest score this season, 1056 points, R-S Central MCJROTC defeated Captain Shreve AJROTC. Their second win in a row. With the win, R-S Central MCJROTC is in sixteenth place overall and fourth place within their 'Marine Corps Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 4 - 1 record. R-S Central MCJROTC was led by Destiny Cureton who shot a 282. The remaining contributing members were Hartvig Holmberg, Isaac Salyers, and Samuel Yelton. R-S Central MCJROTC is from Rutherfordton, NC, and is coached by Chris Brown.
Captain Shreve AJROTC currently has a 1 - 3 record. After the loss they are in nineteenth place overall and eighth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. Captain Shreve AJROTC is from Shreveport, LA, and is coached by Everett Craig.
This coming week R-S Central MCJROTC has a bye week. While Captain Shreve AJROTC will compete against Denver North AJROTC from Denver, CO. Denver North AJROTC currently has a 1 - 3 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 http://www.orionscoringsystem.com/AirRifleLeague
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.843225823.1
R-S Central MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=932
Captain Shreve AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=929
22 - 28 Oct 2018