Rifle team succeeds in double-header

Rifle had another double-header weekend, and this time it was in Alabama. The team traveled to Jacksonville for the JSU Gamecock Invitational Saturday and then to Birmingham for the Birmingham-Southern Invitational Sunday.

The team placed fourth in the smallbore competition with a score of 4,387 at the Gamecock Invitational and then shot a 1,488 to place fifth in air rifle. Sophomore Celeste Green led the way for the Frogs with a third-place finish in smallbore with a score of 1,159. Her smallbore score tied her previous high score in that event set this season set against Air Force. Green shot a 384 in air rifle to earn an 11th place finish.

The team went to Birmingham-Southern the next day and placed sixth in the air rifle competition with a score of 1,455. Green was the highest shooter for the Frogs Sunday with a score of 377 to earn a 10th place finish.

Parras had another good day of shooting and came in second among the Frogs with a score of 369. LeCompte shot a 369 to place in the top 25 and Moulder shot a 349.

The Frogs will travel to Lexington next to shoot against Kentucky Dec. 6.

— courtesy of (www.gofrogs.com)