2008 Season Summary
The 2008 HMA rifle team finished first place for the season (undefeated) and first place at the state tournament held at VMI. There were also 15 individual awards presented to HMA shooters. Team Captain, Corbin Forrester will be graduating this year as well as Nathan Parker. Their rifles will be missed on the firing line next season. We are looking forward to the remaining team members to return for the 2009 fall season.
2008 Tournament Summary
At the state tournament the shooters fire 20 rounds in each position (prone, standing & kneeling), 10 points per shot, for a possible score of 600 points.
The Tiger Shooters closed the 2008 season with a 1st place finish at the State Tournament. They were victorious by 48 points. Hargrave dominated the individual awards at the tournament. HMA brought home 6 of 8 possible tournament awards. The match summary below details the individual and team accomplishments at the match.
STATE MATCH (30 Oct)
PLACED SCORE
1ST HMA 2,061
2ND FMS 2,013
3RD MMA 1,821
4TH FUMA 1,773
2008 TOURNAMENT RECORDS (HIGH SCORES)
SCORE NAME
STAND 160 FORRESTER
KNEEL 188 BACKMAN
MATCH 530 BACKMAN
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM (TOP 4 SHOOTERS)
SCORE NAME SCHOOL
1. 530 BACKMAN HMA
2. 522 FORRESTER HMA
3. 513 McAVOY FMS
4. 509 KNEPPLER HMA
HMA Top 4: Backman 530, Forrester 522, Kneppler 509, Lee 500
Other Scores: Graves 479, Parker 464, Blair 448, Wall 396
SEASON AWARDS (2008)
VMSRL HIGH SEASON LEAGUE AVERAGE FORRESTER 265.5
VMSRL HIGH SEASON STAND AVERAGE FORRESTER 81.83
VMSRL HIGH SEASON KNEELING AVERAGE FORRESTER, BACKMAN 89.16
HIGH POSITION RECORDS FOR SEASON
HIGH STAND FORRESTER 90
HIGH PRONE AVERAGE “NEW SHOOTER” GRAVES 93.5
VMSRL ALL LEAGUE TEAM (TOP 4 AVG FOR SEASON)
FORRESTER (HMA) 265.5
BACKMAN (HMA) 259.5
HIGH SEASON AVG HMA
HMA FORRESTER 265.54
2007 TEAM SCORES FOR SEASON: HMA 5993, FMS 5962, FUMA 4850, MMA 4645
We would like to thank the Kneppler family for providing the funds for the meal at the after tournament banquet. Thanks to Mrs. Forrester and Mrs. Backman for taking time to travel to VMI and cheer on the shooters at the tournament at VMI. The support from the families is great for the team’s morale. Thanks to the business office for processing our purchase orders, paying our bills and getting the shooters pocket money for away matches. We would like to thank Miss Loney’s for our transportation support. Thanks to all for your support of the HMA Rifle Team.
