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From Small Beginnings: Montgomery Bell Academy Rifle Classic Continues as a Shining Example in Youth Marksmanship
By Written By Dale Miles, CMP Writer
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| The Precision Team Winners: First Place Team: St. Louis University High School (MO), 2311 (center); Second Place Team: Montgomery Bell Academy Precision A (TN), 2299 (right); and Third Place Team: Woodward Academy Team A (GA), 2283 (left).
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The Montgomery Bell Academy Rifle Classic began very much like the school that plays host to it each year. Both began small and have grown to become premier examples in their fields. The Montgomery Bell Academy can trace its roots to 1867. The Rifle Classic, traces its roots back to a much more recent 1995. Nevertheless, since that time, the MBA Rifle Classic has become the herald of the beginning of the scholastic shooting season and a shining example of how scholastic marksmanship competitions should be conducted.
The MBA Rifle Classic was initiated in 1995 by Leo Lujan, MBA varsity rifle coach, as a 3x20 position air rifle tournament (twenty shots each in prone, kneeling and standing positions) to provide a premier season opening competition for high school rifle teams. It has grown each year, and is now the largest high school sponsored shooting event in the United States. A forty shot standing match was added in 1998 for teams staying overnight in Nashville.
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| The Sporter Pneumatic Team Winners: First Place Team: Sarasota Military Academy (FL), 1987 (right); Second Place Team: Gibbs High School Army JROTC (TN),
1944
(left); and
Third Place Team: Rockcastle County High School Team A (KY), 1884
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The 2004 event held October 15th and 16th saw 320 individual shooters competing, representing 57 high schools from thirteen states. Broken down by class, there were: 69 sporter (pneumatic) shooters, 103 sporter (compressed air/CO2) and 148 precision air rifle shooters. Each class features a final in which the top eight competitors in the respective classes fire ten additional shots from the standing position to determine final standings.
For complete results, go to http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=400.
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Precision
Individual:
1.
Jonathan Hall (
Bowdon High School
,
GA
)
2.
Andrew Hahn (
West Central High School
,
SD
3.
Nikita Dees (
Chilton Co. High School
,
AL
) |
Score:
692
688
680 |
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Precision
Team:
1.
St. Louis University High School (MO) 2311
2.
Montgomery Bell Academy Precision A (TN) 2299
3.
Woodward Academy Team A (GA) 2283 |
Score:
2311
2299
2283 |
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Sporter
(Open) Individual:
1.
Patrick Hankins (Ripley High School, TN)
2.
Alaina Wallace (Franklin Parrish High School, LA)
3.
Daniel Haden (Grissom High School, AL) |
Score:
624
623
615 |
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Sporter
(Open) Team:
1.
Grissom High School Army JROTC Team A (AL)
2.
Ripley High School Army JROTC Team A (TN)
3.
Franklin Parrish High School Army JROTC Team A (LA)
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Score:
2121
2120
2117 |
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Sporter
(Pneumatic) Individual:
1.
Britton Watson (Sarasota Military Academy, FL)
2.
Jason Belt (Gibbs High School, TN)
3.
Samantha Richardson (C.E. Byrd High School, LA)
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Score:
596
588
577 |
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Sporter
(Pneumatic) Team:
1.
Sarasota Military Academy, FL
2.
Gibbs High School Army JROTC, TN
3.
Rockcastle County High School Team A, KY |
Score:
1987
1944
1884 |
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Standing
Precision Individual:
1.
Jonathan Hall (Bowdon High School, GA)
2.
Jessica Jasis (Lyon County High School, KY)
3.
Kent Wilcox (Shelby County High School KY) |
Score:
390
386
384 |
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Standing
Precision Team:
1.
Wolf Creek Shooting Club, GA
2.
Pulaski County High School, KY
3.
Chilton County High School, AL |
Score:
1491
1486
1477 |
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Standing
Sporter Individual:
1.
Steven Guidry ( Ben C. Rain High School, AL)
2.
Joseph Walkowicz (Montgomery Bell Academy, TN)
3.
Patrick Northam (Freedom High School, NC) |
Score:
321
319
316 |
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Standing
Sporter Team:
1.
Ben C. Rain High School Team A, AL 1074
2.
Rayville High School Team A, LA |
Score:
1074
825 |
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