The Easley High School Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) orienteering team celebrates its recent first-place finish at a McDowell High School NJROTC unit orienteering meet.

EASLEY — Easley High School’s Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) Orienteering team competed at McDowell High School NJROTC unit Orienteering meet held at Camp Bud Schiele on March 15 against 10 other JROTC units.

With Easley’s team still pumped up from placing fourth at the National Orienteering competition last weekend, team members were ready to compete. The competition offered a four cadet Score O course which covered the whole 1,100 acres. In addition, there was an Orange course (5km), Yellow course (4km), and a White course (3km). Each unit could enter up to 24 cadets. Easley orienteering coach, Chief Mark Stauder, entered 13 cadets — Justin Hill, Eric Crenshaw, Joey Sigler, Freddy Juarez, Tyler Burton, Ryan Jeanes, Brenda Lopez-Perez, Hunter Nix, Matthew West, Colton Sheriff, Chase Wengerd, Nicholas Lewis and Flood Horne.

“These 13 cadets were enough for Easley’s team to conquer this event and bring home the winning trophy,” Stauder said. “This was all unfamiliar territory for them, and they just about had a clean sweep of all of the awards.”

The Score O team took first place, the Orange course took first and second place awards, the Yellow course took first and third place awards and the white course took the second place award which all added up to first place overall.