{"id":444342,"date":"2026-11-01T15:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444342\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:12:48","slug":"rifle-edges-jacksonville-state-in-thriller-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444342\/","title":{"rendered":"Rifle Edges Jacksonville State in Thriller Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     <a href=\"http:\/\/ncaarifle.org\/Home\/Scorecard?MatchId=2117\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MOREHEAD, Ky. &#8212;<\/p>\n<p> It was fitting that Saturday is Halloween because the Morehead State and Jacksonville State Rifle teams matched up in a thriller at Button Range as the Eagles came out on top of a close battle, 4,690-4,687.<\/p>\n<p>The home team squeaked past the Gamecocks by one point in Air Rifle, 2,369-2,368 and edged the visitors by two in Smallbore, 2,321-2,319. Morehead State swept\u00a0the season shoulder-to-shoulder matches with JSU as well. MSU&#8217;s two highest scores of the season in aggregate both came against JSU (4,695 and 4,690). Saturday&#8217;s 4,690 is the fourth highest total in program history.<\/p>\n<p>Morehead State was led by freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/karis-junker\/9074\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9074\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Junker<\/a>, who set career bests in Air Rifle (597) and Smallbore\u00a0(582) to lead all shooters in combined score at 1179, with 77 total centers, which is also a career-best aggregate for her.<\/p>\n<p>In Air Rifle, Junker led the charge followed by fellow freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/lucy-evans\/9073\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9073\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Evans<\/a> with a 594. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/chloe-shannon\/9071\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9071\" target=\"_blank\">Chloe Shannon<\/a> helped the victory with a 593, while freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/ysabelle-martinez\/9075\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9075\" target=\"_blank\">Ysabelle Martinez<\/a> turned in a 585. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/trey-myers\/9070\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9070\" target=\"_blank\">Trey Myers<\/a> rounded out the counters at 580. Smallbore\u00a0saw Martinez take the team honors with a 587. Myers hit the 580 mark, while junior <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/george-kuhne\/9069\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9069\" target=\"_blank\">George Kuhne<\/a> was close behind at 579. Evans (575) and Shannon (574) finished the Eagles&#8217; scoring targets.<\/p>\n<p>Other notables in Air included senior <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/cooper-gray\/9067\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9067\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Gray&#8217;s<\/a> career-best 589. Kuhne and freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/james-wright\/9072\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9072\" target=\"_blank\">James Wright<\/a> fashioned 585 each. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/corbin-jockers\/9076\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9076\" target=\"_blank\">Corbin Jockers<\/a> (584) and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/hannah-goin\/9066\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9066\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Goin<\/a> (583) shot well as well.<\/p>\n<p>MSU travels to Memphis next Saturday and then faces UT Martin for a third time this year on Sunday, this time at Murray State&#8217;s range.<\/p>\n<p>PERSONAL BESTS<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCombined<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/lucy-evans\/9073\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9073\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Evans<\/a> &#8211; 1169<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/karis-junker\/9074\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9074\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Junker<\/a> &#8211; 1177-77x<\/p>\n<p>Air Rifle<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/lucy-evans\/9073\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9073\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Evans<\/a> &#8211; 594<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/karis-junker\/9074\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9074\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Junker<\/a> &#8211; 597<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/james-wright\/9072\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9072\" target=\"_blank\">James Wright<\/a> &#8211; 585<\/p>\n<p>Smallbore<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/karis-junker\/9074\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9074\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Junker<\/a> &#8211; Prone 196, Combined 582<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/george-kuhne\/9069\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9069\" target=\"_blank\">George Kuhne<\/a> &#8211; Prone &#8211; Tied 198<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/ysabelle-martinez\/9075\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9075\" target=\"_blank\">Ysabelle Martinez<\/a> &#8211; Kneeling 197, Prone 198, Combined 587<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/msueagles.com\/sports\/mens-rifle\/roster\/james-wright\/9072\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9072\" target=\"_blank\">James Wright<\/a> &#8211; Prone &#8211; Tied 198<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; RESULTS MOREHEAD, Ky. &#8212; It was fitting that Saturday is Halloween because the Morehead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-444342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}