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JROTC Postal Results Finalized and Winners Announced
By Sommer Wood, Staff Writer/Editor
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At CMP North, December brought with it a blizzard of targets from across the country as teams sent in their JROTC
Postal targets to be scored. Army, Navy and Marine Corps JROTC teams were anxiously awaiting results to see who would advance to the Eastern Region
JROTC Championship to be held at Fort Benning, GA February 9-11th, or the Western Region
JROTC Championship to be held February 23-25th at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. Each
Service had team and individual Overall Champions, and Eastern and Western Region Champions in both the Sporter and Precision classes. The top tier in each
Service advanced to the next round which is a shoulder-to-shoulder match to determine who will compete in the National JROTC Air Rifle Championship being held March 23-25th at Fort Benning, GA.
The Army entered 1600 competitors 209 teams in the Postal Competition, a strong showing after last years’ Army JROTC marksmanship stand down that kept cadets out of competition for several months in the middle of the season. In the Sporter class, Chase Shaklin of Wythe County High School in Wytheville, VA was both the Overall and Eastern Region Champion with a score of 277. In a close second was Western Region Champion Hannah Jones of Enterprise High School in Enterprise, AL who shot a 276. Jones’ score helped boost her team to the Overall and Western Sporter Postal Team Championships. Coached by James Fuller, Enterprise High School took the top spot with a score of 1070 which was also the highest Sporter Team score shot across all the divisions in the 2005 JROTC Postal. Scoring team members where Jones, 276, Freddy Aleman, 273, Sirlinda Gee, 262, and Timothy Rhyne, 259. Ripley High School from Ripley, TN was the Eastern winner and second overall with a score of 1063.
In the Precision class, Erin Lorenzen of Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, IN shot a 296. This was the highest score posted in the 2005 JROTC Postal for the precision class across all three Services, and also made Lorenzen the top shooter in both the Overall Army standings and the Western Region. The Eastern Region’s top shooter was Andrew Lavender of Fitzgerald High School in Fitzgerald, GA. His score of 293 was also the second best overall. The top Precision Team was awarded to Fitzgerald H.S. who is coached by Raymond Scott. With the help of Lavender, the team posted a score of 1159 to claim the Overall and Western Division. The team consisted of Lavender, 293, James McCutehen, 291, Ian Shelton, 288, and Jonathan Sutton, 287. Their team score of 1159 was the top score recorded in the precision class in the 2005 postal competition across all Services. The top team in the Western Region was Enterprise H.S. with a score of 1148 which placed them third overall.
The Navy also saw its numbers up from last year. There were 2665 competitors and 579 teams entered in the SECNAV NJROTC Postal. In the Sporter class, Cody Stokes of Carson City High School in Carson City, NV was the Overall and Western Region winner. To earn his top spot Stokes shot a 281, which was the highest sporter score posted in all three Services. Chris Simmons of McDowell H.S. in Marion, NC shot a 279 to win the Eastern division and finish second overall. The top Sporter team in the Eastern division was King George High School from King George, VA. Coached by Fred Duckworth, scoring members Nicole Heitmeyer, 272, Elizabeth Lyon, 269, Amanda Smith, 257, and John Simm, 252, shot a team total of 1050 to claim the Navy’s top spot. In second place was Oak Harbor High School from Oak Harbor, WA with a score of 1048 to win the Western division.
Edgar Sosa of Socorro High School in El Paso, TX shot the top Precision score for the Navy to become the Overall and Western division winner. His score of 292 was three points above Eastern leader and third place finisher Kyle Phillips of Luella High School in Stockbridge, GA who shot a 289. The top Precision team and Western division leader was Joshua High School from Joshua, TX. Coached by Galen Stutzman (CDR) team members Cody Abbott, 290, Jowell McFarland, 288, John White, 285, and Jonathan Martin, 283, combined for a team total of 1146. The Eastern winner was Henry County High School from Henry County, GA with a score of 1142 that placed them second overall.
In the Marine Corps, 747 cadets and 138 teams entered the 2005 JROTC Postal, once again the numbers increased. The top Sporter shooter for the Marines was Jaymie Van Zandt of North High School in Des Moines, IA. In addition to the Overall honors, her score of 270 earned her the Western title as well. The Eastern winner was Jennifer Sanchez of Palm Bay High School in Melbourne, FL who’s score of 263 also placed her seventh overall. The top Sporter Team and Western division winner was Tuba City High School in Tuba City, AZ coached by Tim Shaner. Darrell Robbins, 265, Garrett Begay, 262, Ashley Manygoats, 254, and Darrin Talawepi combined for a team score of 1029. The Eastern top honors went to Palm Bay High School in Melbourne, FL with a score of 982.
The Marine Corps Precision class saw the tightest competition for the Overall Individual title in the 2005 JROTC Postal. Logan Fox of Shelby County High School in Shelbyville, KY shot a 100 on his last string to claim both the Overall and Eastern titles with a string total tie-breaker. His 290 was one of three 290’s shot in the MCJROTC Precision event. The Western winner was Danielle McCarthy of LaCueva High School in Albuquerque, NM with a score of 289 to finish sixth overall. The top Precision team and Eastern division leader was Shelby County High School. Coached by Gerald Lyons, the team of overall individual leader Fox, 290, second place finisher Kent Wilcox, 290, fourth place finisher Ashley Farley, 289, and fifth place finisher Chase Wininger, 289, shot a commanding 1158 to finish with a 15-point lead over second place. Western Region leader and third place finisher overall was LaCueva High School from Albuquerque, NM with a team total of 1138.
For a complete listing of results, visit the CMP Competition results web page at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchResultSearch.cgi.
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