Ridge View Blazer Rangers placed second in the Army JROTC Distinguished Division of the Orion National Air Rifle League competition and are currently in seventh place in their Division. Sponsored by the Orion Scoring System, this competition 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, 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 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.
The team, coached by MAJ Gene England, was led by Jared Banks who shot a 257. The remaining contributing members were Jacob Newman, William Pruitt, and Jacob Shusterman. Their next competition will be against Southern Garrett AJROTC from Oakland, MD.
