NRA 2024-2025 Arizona State Youth 40-Shot Standing Air Rifle Sectional
USFT-Youth Shooting Sports
Ben Avery Shooting Facility
Phoenix, Arizona
January 11
27 competitors
Submitted by Dan Palmer
The NRA Arizona State Youth 40-Shot Standing Air Rifle National Sectional Championship at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility’s indoor air gun range on January 11, 2025, had 27 cadets, including 11 women.
Six teams and seven individual competitors represented programs from Deer Valley H.S. AFJROTC (Glendale, Arizona), Fontana H.S. MCJROTC (Fontana, California), Sandra Day O’Connor H.S. AFJROTC (Phoenix, Arizona) and Tolleson H.S. MCJROTC (Tolleson, Arizona).
In the Sporter category, Javier Campos from Fontana H.S. MCJROTC Team 1 won first place with a qualification score of 335-3X. Ana Porras from Fontana H.S. MCJROTC Team 2 finished second with 333-3X. In addition, Stephanie Mendoza from Fontana H.S. MCJROTC Team 1 was third with 330-8X. All three shooters qualified for NRA Sharpshooter classification cards.
As for Precision, Morgan Willis from Sandra Day O’Connor H.S. AFJROTC topped the rankings with a qualification score of 324-3X, also earning an NRA Sharpshooter classification. Shannon Allred from Sandra Day O’Connor H.S. AFJROTC was runner-up with 321-2X, while Sydney Guan, also from Sandra Day O’Connor H.S. AFJROTC, ranked third with a score of 301.
Fontana H.S. MCJROTC Team 1 with Javier Campos, Stephanie Mendoza, Aileen Castro and Eliezer Moreno was the top Sporter team with 1316-16X. In second place was Fontana H.S. MCJROTC Team 2 with Ana Porras, Isabella Segura, Mileydi Corea and Daisy Santiago with 1209-11X. Claiming third place was Deer Valley H.S. AFJROTC Team 1 with Zane Thompson-Atkinson, Chris Friesberg, Levi Mitchell and Miguel Moya posting a score of 1020-8X.
National placement scores for seniors, juniors, sophomore and freshman categories in Sporter will be determined later by NRA.
Thank you to the Mesa Hohokam Foundation for awarding a financial grant this season to help defray costs for competitions in Arizona. Additionally, these key volunteers deserve a shoutout: Assistant Match Director and Chief Juror Greg McDiffett, Chief Range Safety Officer Leonard Rheaume, Range Safety Officers Michael Schoenle and Charles Gilbreath, plus Range Safety Officers and Jurors Ariana Cherry and Gracelynn Kastler. Without all of you, these air rifle competitions would not be a success.
