Austin Peay to host area high schools for JROTC Raider Challenge competition

(Posted Sept. 17, 2019)

Austin Peay Governors Guard ROTC cadets this weekend will host about 90 cadets from high schools from throughout the area in the Raider Challenge competition. The competition is 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Austin Peay’s Clarksville campus.

Competing schools include Rossview, Clarksville, Northwest, Montgomery Central, Kenwood, West Creek and Ravenwood. The JROTC cadets will compete in several events including rope climbs and rope bridge; a two-mile run; casualty and medical evacuations; castle raid and tire resupply; and a field leader reaction course.

The events will be at Fortera Stadium, the Memorial Health Building, the intramural field, the Dunn Bowl, Emerald Hill, Edith Pettus Park and outside Burt Elementary.

Thirty-two of Austin Peay’s cadets will run the event.

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