Photos: ROTC hosts high school teams at Raider Challenge

West Creek Team 2 won this fall’s Raider Challenge JROTC competition at Austin Peay State University.

West Creek JROTC Team 2 won the Raider Challenge.

(Posted Sept. 23, 2019)

West Creek Team 2 won this fall’s Raider Challenge JROTC competition at Austin Peay State University.

The Sept. 21 event drew high schools – and about 90 cadets – from throughout Middle Tennessee to compete in several challenges, such as rope climbs and rope bridge; a two-mile run; casualty and medical evacuations; castle raid and tire resupply; and a field leader reaction course.

Schools included Rossview, Clarksville, Northwest, Montgomery Central, Kenwood, West Creek and Ravenwood high schools, and the challenges happened across Austin Peay’s Clarksville campus.

Thirty-two of Austin Peay’s ROTC cadets helped organize the event.

For more information about the APSU Governor’s Guard ROTC, visit www.apsu.edu/rotc/.

Schools included Rossview, Clarksville, Northwest, Montgomery Central, Kenwood, West Creek and Ravenwood high schools, and the challenges happened across Austin Peay’s Clarksville campus.

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