PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHTS BATTALION JROTC RIFLE TEAM

THE PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL JROTC RIFLE TEAM TRAVELED TO CAPITOL HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING TO COMPETE IN THE NRA SANCTIONED WEST VIRGINIA JROTC - SPORTER AIR RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP...

THE KNIGHTS BATTALION, PACED BY TEAM CAPTAIN RUSTIN AULT, SHOT A TEAM TOTAL 2022 TO TAKE 1ST PLACE AND CAPTURE PHS' 5^th CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. ROBERT C. BIRD HS PLACED SECOND - FOLLOWED BY CAPITOL HIGH -

INDIVIDUAL PHS SHOOTERS' SCORES WERE - RUSTIN AULT 543 -(1ST PLACE SHOOTER IN THE STATE) - AMANDA GARLITZ 504 (3^rd IN THE STATE) - ALEX NOSS 497 (6th IN THE STATE ) AND BRANDON CARATELLO 484 (8^th IN THE STATE) - AULT ALSO TOOK INDIVIDUAL 1^st PLACE HONORS IN THE PRONE AND KNEELING POSITIONS

AN ATTENDING OFFICIAL FROM THE NRA GAVE LTC JAY CRAIG, THE TEAM’S COACH, THEIR INVITATION TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA IN THE NRA NATIONAL SPORTER CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH WILL BE HELD THE WEEK OF JULY 4^th IN REDMOND, OREGON.

NEXT PRESTON SHOOTER’S RUSTIN AULT AND AMANDA GARLITZ, WHO PLACED 3^rd AND 4th CONSECUTIVELY IN THE ARMY JROTC EASTERN REGIONALS, WILL BE RETURNING TO FORT BENNING, GEORGIA AS INDIVIDUAL AT-LARGE COMPETITORS IN THE NATIONAL JROTC CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEY WILL COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE JROTC SHOOTERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION. THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD MARCH 23^rd - 25th.