Junior Shooters

High school cadets from Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force JROTC programs earned their spots at Nationals after firing the top scores in the Postal Match in October 2013 and the Regional Matches in February 2014.

With the National Championship underway, the juniors are only a few shots away from concluding who will be named the best JROTC shooters in the country. Their roads to success have been well documented throughout their journey with the help of CMP, local media and other contributors. Though only a few can be named champions, all will be remembered for their tremendous efforts along the way.

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Here are a few articles that featured junior air rifle shooters in local media outlets:

Shooters set sights on Camp Perry – By Alex Green, The Sandusky Register – National championships aren’t often decided in Ottawa County. As a break from the norm, more than 200 high school air rifle shooters have a shot at winning a “best-in-the-nation” label this week during the Junior ROTC National Championship at Camp Perry. Read the complete article.

(Megan Farmer/ The Daily Times)

Piedra Vista High School’s U.S. Army Junior ROTC students take fourth place at marksmanship nationals –

By Joshua Kellogg, The Daily Times – FARMINGTON, NM – Students in Piedra Vista High School’s U.S. Army Junior ROTC program are celebrating after taking fourth place at a national marksmanship competition. The team placed fourth out of 43 qualifying schools at the 2014 JROTC Service Championships. In the country, 1,600 schools offer the U.S. Army JROTC program, and 43 of those qualified for the national competition. Read the complete article.

(JOSHUA STAR/COURTESY JAMES DAVIDSON)

Joshua NJRTOC cadets sweep at Navy Nationals – By Kara Riley, Joshua Star News – After a top performance at the state rifle championship that secured a shot in the Navy’s national rifle competition, Joshua’s Naval JROTC cadets had an equally impressive and successful run during the Navy Nationals Feb. 14-16. “[They] had a stunning level of success,” Senior Naval Science Instructor James Davidson said. Read the complete article.

JROTC shooters top the national Air Force ranks again – By STACEY HAIRSTON – Staff Writer, The Franklin News-Post – The results are in from the North Region Championship and Franklin County High School’s Air Force JROTC marksmanship teams are at the top of the ranks again this year. The precision team and all three sporter teams are JROTC north region champions after competing in the match in February at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s Olympic training range in Port Clinton, Ohio. Read the complete article.

Wagener-Salley rifle team wins fourth in region – The Wagener-Salley JROTC rifle team competed in the Civilian Marksmanship Program Marksmanship Center South in Anniston, Ala., and finished fourth in the regional match. Each cadet on the team received a medal for their fourth place finish. Read the complete article.

Junior ROTC wins division at shooting competition – By Jennifer Moody, Albany Democrat-Herald – Lebanon team qualifies for March nationals in Ohio – LEBANON – Lebanon High School’s Army Junior ROTC group won first place in its division this month at the 2014 Western Region JROTC Rifle Championship in Albuquerque, N.M. The competition was held Feb. 14-16 in three separate locations. Senior Army Instructor Mark Smith, who coaches the team with Nelson Shew, said Lebanon was the top scorer over 43 teams in the sporter team division for all three locations over both dates. The win qualifies the team to travel to the national competition, March 20-22 in Camp Perry, Ohio. Read the complete article.

Woodbridge senior on target – Matthew Albright, The News Journal – When Tyler Ramos needs to get in the zone, he cues the music in his head. “It takes the mind off the worry. Heck, sometimes I’ve even gotten a song I hate stuck in my head, but that can help too,” he said. That’s just one of many tricks Ramos, a Woodbridge High School senior, has learned to keep an unshakable focus. And those mental disciplines have served him well – Ramos is one of the best high school sharpshooters in the country. Read the complete article.

Local JROTC Cadets compete in the 2014 Army JROTC National Championships – Fredericktown High School’s JROTC Marksmanship Team, along with six other local Army JROTC Rifle Teams represented the Army Cadet Command’s 3rd Brigade at the JROTC Air Rifle National Championships. The championships were held at three Civilian Marksmanship Program sites:  Anniston, Ala; Camp Perry, Ohio; and Albuquerque,  N.M. The Fredericktown Cadets shot their matches February 20 – 22 at the CMP facility at Camp Perry, Ohio. Read the complete article.
Making – and hitting – her mark – Former Portville student earns Junior Distinguished Shooter award. A fancy for Texas Hots and buffalo wings is not the only thing Magdalena Ehmann gained from Olean. She also acquired a passion for shooting. Maggie, 17, formerly of Portville and now living in Stuttgart, Germany, with her family, competes on the Patch American High School Rifle Team. Read the complete article.

A shooter’s story: HTMS student 3rd in rifle sectional – Trussville Tribune – TRUSSVILLE – Anna Scheer, an eighth-grader at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, has been hunting with her father, Kurt Scheer, since she was 6 years old. Now she has taken that skill to a new level by joining an air rifle team. Scheer has been shooting with Magic City Gun Club since April 2013, coached by Perry Mitchell and Don Trawick. Read the complete article.

Wa-Hi shoots to regional win – ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Walla Walla High School JROTC Precision Rifle Team claimed the Army JROTC Western Regional Championship here last weekend. The two-day match, hosted by the Civilian Marksmanship Program, included 239 of the top rifle marksmen from JROTC programs in the Western United States. Wa-Hi’s precision team, consisting of Cadet Lieutenant Andrew Jenkins, Cadet Lieutenant Allison Juergensen, Cadet First Sergeant Sarah Jameson, Cadet Private First Class Daniel Enger and Cadet Master Sergeant Samantha French competed against 18 other precision rifle teams for a spot at the JROTC All Service National Championship in Camp Perry, Ohio, in March. Read the complete article.

QHS Rifle Team wins state – Quincy Journal – QHS Rifle Team competed in the State Championship match in Bloomington, IL last weekend. They won the state title with a score of 2280 out of a possible of 2400 defeating Iroquois West by 28 points. Team members and scores out of a possible 600 were: Matt Arnold (581), Keely Wagner (577), Connor Griggs (562), and Timothy Crabtree (560). Matt Arnold is the new state champion with Keely Wagner in second place. Last year Iroquois West defeated QHS by 1 point for the title. The rifle team has had an undefeated season with an 8-0 record. Read the complete article.

The most comprehensive guide to instructing junior shooting, written by one of the nation’s premier shooters, Gary Anderson. In his 11 years of international competition, Gary has won two Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship gold medals, six world records, and 16 national titles. In the 200-page book, loaded with illustrations, Gary provides coaches with all the tools needed to develop the young shooter and improve the skills of us and coming juniors.  Full color instruction guide.

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Mr. Anderson will be at the CMP Gary Anderson Competition Center on Saturday, 22 March from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM signing books during the 2014 JROTC National Air Rifle Championship.

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