The JROTC Rifle Team is once again off to a great start this year. In November they hosted and won their third consecutive Hog Tie side by side rifle match and qualified to compete in this year’s Brigade best of best match held in Hickory, NC this past week. The team qualified as the 18th team of 22 total invited and performed well enough to move up to 14th place. Our new shooters performed amazingly well with James Goodrich placing 7th, Miranda Hensley placing 10th, and Kassia Bell placing 15th among all the new shooters at the match. The team was also just notified that it has once again qualified to compete in Northeast regionals at Camp Perry, OH, in February based on their team score on the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) postal match.
Notable performances this year:
November 6th – Hog Tie 3 x 20 side by side match (Smithfield HS)
Best score in Kneeling: Randall Elliot from Prince George High School
Best score in Standing: Ryder Swedlund from Smithfield High
Best score in Kneeling: Ryder Swedlund
And Best Overall score (498) and the match Top Gun: Randall Elliot
Best Team: Smithfield HS
December 5th – Brigade Best of Best 3 x 20 (Hickory, NC)
Nymiar Towns – 29th overall out of 110
Placed 2nd of all VA schools
James Goodrich and Miranda Hensley placed 7th and 10th respectively for new shooters
December 10th – CMP Regional Notification
Placed 15th in the Northeast Regional Qualifier qualifying the team to compete at Camp Perry, OH, in February
New Shooter, Kassia Bell, led all SHS Marksman with the team high score of 242
Pictured
Right to left: Cadets James Goodrich, Miranda Hensley, Kassia Bell, Nymiar Towns and Ryder Swedlund compete in the Kneeling position in Hickory, NC at the 4th Brigade Best of Best Rifle Competition
