Pueblo County AJROTC defeats Fort Payne AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Pueblo County AJROTC defeated Fort Payne AJROTC 1050 to 1018 last week in the National Air Rifle League. With the win, Pueblo County AJROTC is in eleventh place overall and third place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. They currently have a 2 - 1 record. Pueblo County AJROTC was led by, Jonathan Sellars who shot a 267. The remaining contributing members were Vannesa Martinez, Kameron Salazar, and KaitLynn DeLaittre. Pueblo County AJROTC is from Pueblo, CO, and is coached by Arnold Lewis.
Fort Payne AJROTC currently has a 3 - 3 record. After the loss they are in thirteenth place overall and fifth place within their 'Army Jrotc' conference. Fort Payne AJROTC was led by, Kristen Fowler who shot a 272. The remaining contributing members were Ibet Perez, Jade Robison, and Cameron McElrath. Fort Payne AJROTC is from Fort Payne, AL, and is coached by John Walker.
This coming week Pueblo County AJROTC has a bye week. While Fort Payne AJROTC will compete against Gulfport MCJROTC from Gulfport, MS. Gulfport MCJROTC currently has a 3 - 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=1.1.921099537.1
Pueblo County AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1180
Fort Payne AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=1184
04 - 10 Nov 2019