Anonymous
07/09/2025 21:22
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For students high school age, the Arlington County public high schools, and some but not all Fairfax County high schools, have rifle teams. Students can join without any experience, and once they improve they can compete at the varsity level and get a letter. That’s the case in Arlington.
FFX school board voted to eliminate the last public HS athletic rifle team years ago. It was one SB member back then who lead the effort, merely because she harbored extreme anti-gun views, and somehow stretched that to HS competition target sports.
You might be confused with the closure of rifle ranges inside school buildings. All
of Arlington’s high schools had rifle ranges in the buildings. FCPS probably just closed the high school rifle ranges. FCPS and APS have always had rifle teams since as far back as the 1920s.
The ranges on the Arlington campuses were closed a while ago (before the high schools were all rebuilt), but the high school rifle teams have always competed as APS varsity sports. They are popular sports to this day. With the Olympics around the corner I wouldn’t be surprised to see participation numbers increase.
Sure enough:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/06/18/arlington-delays-closure-of-school-shooting-range/e9c28503-4032-4167-940b-2f5a0576bb87/
The W-L HS rifle range was demolished in 1975. But the team carries on. Rifle has always been popular in the DC region. Probably due to the military presence.
Sadly the Montgomery County schools dropped riflery. Montgomery Blair HS had a really good team.
Anonymous
07/09/2025 16:12
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous wrote:Hi OP!
Check out The Isaac Walton league web pages.
Other local alternatives include:
- 4H
- the NRA Range
Another vote for the Izaak Walton league, which has a number of locations in the area.
https://iwla.org/find-a-chapter/
Anonymous
07/09/2025 15:59
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Tuscarora club is excellent
Anonymous
07/09/2025 15:54
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For students high school age, the Arlington County public high schools, and some but not all Fairfax County high schools, have rifle teams. Students can join without any experience, and once they improve they can compete at the varsity level and get a letter. That’s the case in Arlington.
FFX school board voted to eliminate the last public HS athletic rifle team years ago. It was one SB member back then who lead the effort, merely because she harbored extreme anti-gun views, and somehow stretched that to HS competition target sports.
You might be confused with the closure of rifle ranges inside school buildings. All
of Arlington’s high schools had rifle ranges in the buildings. FCPS probably just closed the high school rifle ranges. FCPS and APS have always had rifle teams since as far back as the 1920s.
The ranges on the Arlington campuses were closed a while ago (before the high schools were all rebuilt), but the high school rifle teams have always competed as APS varsity sports. They are popular sports to this day. With the Olympics around the corner I wouldn’t be surprised to see participation numbers increase.
Sure enough:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/06/18/arlington-delays-closure-of-school-shooting-range/e9c28503-4032-4167-940b-2f5a0576bb87/
Anonymous
07/08/2025 22:17
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For students high school age, the Arlington County public high schools, and some but not all Fairfax County high schools, have rifle teams. Students can join without any experience, and once they improve they can compete at the varsity level and get a letter. That’s the case in Arlington.
FFX school board voted to eliminate the last public HS athletic rifle team years ago. It was one SB member back then who lead the effort, merely because she harbored extreme anti-gun views, and somehow stretched that to HS competition target sports.
You might be confused with the closure of rifle ranges inside school buildings. All
of Arlington’s high schools had rifle ranges in the buildings. FCPS probably just closed the high school rifle ranges. FCPS and APS have always had rifle teams since as far back as the 1920s.
The ranges on the Arlington campuses were closed a while ago (before the high schools were all rebuilt), but the high school rifle teams have always competed as APS varsity sports. They are popular sports to this day. With the Olympics around the corner I wouldn’t be surprised to see participation numbers increase.
Anonymous
07/08/2025 08:20
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Looks like a few rifle shooting programs for kids are still hanging on within area public high schools:
https://www.robinsonrifle.org/wp/
https://www.robinsonrifle.org/wp/
Anonymous
07/08/2025 06:51
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous wrote:For students high school age, the Arlington County public high schools, and some but not all Fairfax County high schools, have rifle teams. Students can join without any experience, and once they improve they can compete at the varsity level and get a letter. That’s the case in Arlington.
FCPS hates the idea and eliminated the sport over a decade ago.
Their only focus now is on gun-prevention programs:
https://www.fcps.edu/gun-violence-prevention-resources
Anonymous
07/08/2025 06:48
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Hi OP!
Check out The Isaac Walton league web pages.
Other local alternatives include:
- 4H
- the NRA Range
Check out The Isaac Walton league web pages.
Other local alternatives include:
- 4H
- the NRA Range
Anonymous
07/08/2025 06:46
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous wrote:For students high school age, the Arlington County public high schools, and some but not all Fairfax County high schools, have rifle teams. Students can join without any experience, and once they improve they can compete at the varsity level and get a letter. That’s the case in Arlington.
FFX school board voted to eliminate the last public HS athletic rifle team years ago. It was one SB member back then who lead the effort, merely because she harbored extreme anti-gun views, and somehow stretched that to HS competition target sports.
Anonymous
07/07/2025 18:53
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Anonymous
07/07/2025 18:26
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
They’re probably thinking of the NCAA and Olympic sport, air and small bore rifle. Local public schools have teams.
Anonymous
07/07/2025 12:41
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
like skeet/trap or pistol?
Anonymous
07/06/2025 22:26
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
For students high school age, the Arlington County public high schools, and some but not all Fairfax County high schools, have rifle teams. Students can join without any experience, and once they improve they can compete at the varsity level and get a letter. That’s the case in Arlington.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 14:51
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Prince George's Parks Dept. has a skeet & trap center
Anonymous
07/05/2025 13:38
Subject: Sport shooting in the DMV?
Are there any places to learn this/train for young people in the DMV? Please, no gun comments. I'm talking about the kind of shooting in the Olympics. When I search the archive all I get are basketball references.