JROTC Cadets have strong showing at West Valley Competition
Multiple JROTC Teams have a strong showing at West Valley High School
JROTC Cadets had overwhelming success in individual and team competitions this winter at West Valley High School in Yakima. Cadets competed in Drill, Physical Fitness, and Air Rifle competitions, with results listed below. Students brought home 7 plaques and 9 individual awards. Walla Walla’s JROTC Program continues to have success in our region and at the national level again this year!
Unarmed Drill Down
3rd place: Smiley, Damien
Armed Drill Down
3rd place: Graham, Aubrey
Sporter Air Rifle, Sharp Shooter
1st place: Nelson, Sarah
2nd place: Edwards, Sophi
3rd place: Lindsey, Angela
Individual Precision Air Rifle
1st place: Goin, Hannah
2nd place: Rynaski, Saphira
3rd place: Calvert, Claire
Air Rifle Sporter Team led by Wilson, Avie
2nd place: Walla Walla
Air Rifle Precision Team Vawter, Micah
1st place: Walla Walla
Color Guard Team 1 & 2 Led by Wilson, Avie and Wooster, Claire
2nd place: both teams
Armed Commander and Armed Drill Team lef by Goin, Hannah
4th place: both teams
Physical Fitness Teams 1 & 2 led by Garcia, Zuzim
2nd place: both teams
Dual Exhibition Goin, Hannah and Brown, Joesph
3rd place
Individual Physical Fitness Female
4th place: Dalan, Isabel
Individual Physical Fitness Male
6th place: Chance, Martz
A press release about the Rifle Team competition is below:
120 high school JROTC Cadets representing 18 rifle teams from Washington and Oregon met on January 27th at West Valley High School, in Yakima, for the Cascade Mountain League JROTC Drill Meet Rifle Match. 107 Sporter Class shooters and 16 Precision Class shooters filled 5 relays of matches to test their marksmanship skills in the second of 5 contests that the Cascade Mountain League JROTC Conference holds this season. Shooters competed in 3 position rifle matches consisting of 20 record shots in the prone, standing, and kneeling positions.
In the Sporter Rifle category, Cadet Captain Aviella Wilson produced WaHi’s top score with a 502, followed closely by Cadet Sergeant Sarah Nelson at 501, and Cadet Corporal Sofie Edwards with a 498. WaHi marksmen swept the Sharpshooter Class, with Nelson and Edwards taking gold and silver respectively, and WaHi’s Cadet Major Angela Lindsey taking bronze behind a 497.
The Blue Devil Sporter Class Team ended the day with a 2nd place finish, totaling 1982 out of 2400, behind Lebanon High School’s Sporter Team. Scoring members of the team included Wilson and Edwards, as well as Cadet Corporal Jaycee Cox at 496, and Cadet Captain Wyatt Block at 486.
The Blue Devils swept the Precision Class with Cadet Lieutenant Hannah Goin winning gold with a score of 576, Cadet First Sergeant Saphira Rynaski taking silver with a 563, and sophomore Cadet Corporal Claire Calvert a point behind with a 562 for bronze.
At the conclusion of the competition Walla Walla’s Precision Team, consisting of Goin, Rynaski, Calvert, and Rifle Team Captain Micah Vawter took 1st place in the match with a 2261, over the squad from North Salem High School who claimed second place.
“We had to adjust for some unexpected equipment issues.” said Vawter on Saturday, “But we recovered well and this weekend’s performance was very solid. We have a definite focus for training this coming week.”
Walla Walla’s Rifle Teams returned home to begin training for several matches, including the Washington State Junior Olympic 3 Position Air Rifle Match in Puyallup the following weekend, and the Army JROTC National matches being held this year in Salt Lake City
