In recent competition, the Mountain Home NJROTC was defeated by U.S. Grant MJROTC from Oklahoma City in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League with a score of 977.8 to 955.8.
Mountain Home NJROTC was led by Emerson Walls who shot a 260.6. Other contributing members included Lukas Pool, MaKynley Smith, Karhys Herbert and coach Jason Williams.
Mountain Home NJROTC is ranked nineteenth with a record of 3 – 4.
U.S. Grant MJROTC was led by Rubi Cardenas who shot a 275.0. Other contributing members were Fabian Gaytan, Alina Torres, Miguel Cardenas and coach Lt. Col. Shane Rossow.
U.S. Grant MJROTC is ranked thirtieth with a record of 4 – 3.
Mountain Home NJROTC will next compete against John F. Kennedy AJROTC from Denver, CO.
The teams are competing in the National Air Fire “New Shooter” league. The league, sponsored by Scopos, is a national team league exclusive to athletes in their first year of competition. Teams are from high school and junior rifle clubs throughout the U.S. and over ten weeks each team competes in eight games. Each week, teams are paired with another team of an equal skill level.
In each game, the teams compete in the Three-Position Air Rifle match which is modeled after Olympic Rifle competitions. Each athlete shoots ten shots in three different positions, kneeling, prone and standing. Each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in 30 shots is the total, with the team score being composed of a team?s best four athletes.
For more information on the league, including complete standings, visit https://www.national-leagues.com/new-shooter.
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