Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Greenville NJROTC Marksmanship Team Places Fifth in Navy Regional Tournament



Eight members of the Greenville High School NJROTC Marksmanship traveled 5 December to Camp Perry, Ohio to compete in the Navy's regional Maksmanship tournament. The four person Varsity team led by Team Captain Justin Nickell placed fifth out of the eighteen teams competing from Ohio, West Virgina and Indiana. The Junior Varsity led by Adam Long placed 14th. Top shooter for Greenville was James Valentine shooting a score of 460 out a possible 600 placing 6th individually out of 72 shooters. The NJROTC Cadets shoot .177 pellet at a bullseye target one-eigth of an inch in diameter at 10M (34Ft) a perfect hit results in a Score of 10. The Cadets are required to shoot 20 targets for each position prone, standing and kneeling. Pictured Front Row Left to Right: Chelsea Buzard (V), Sharon Kissinger (V), James Valentine (V), Brandon Wetzel (JV) ; Second Row Left to Right: Joey Adams (JV), Zepplin Hoehn (JV), Justin Nickell (V), Adam Long (JV).