JROTC Team Advances To State Competition

By Al Nevarez

On November 4, the Umatilla Bulldog Battalion hosted the Area 4 Regional Raiders Championship. Seventeen Area-4 high school JROTC Raider teams came out and participated. The schools participated in five events: three mile (5k) team run, rope bridge, HUMVEE push, Raiders fitness challenge, and tire flip. The Umatilla Bulldog Raiders had three teams participate in this event, the male, female, and one co-ed (mixed) team.
Hagerty High School came in first place overall with their male team moving on to the state finals; East River High School won in the co-ed category; and University High School coming in second with both teams also heading to the state finals. The Umatilla High School female team won the female category and will be heading to the state Raiders competition on December 2, at The University of South Florida in Tampa.