Six Palatka Junior-Senior High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets left class early Friday and loaded into a school district van for a trip across Florida, headed to Island Coast High School in Cape Coral.
There, the cadets will compete in the 2026 Army JROTC State Air Rifle Championship, a statewide event that brings together some of Florida’s top JROTC marksmanship teams.
For Palatka’s cadets, the championship is more than a competition. It is the latest milestone for a program that began just two years ago and has quickly become one of the school’s fastest-growing success stories…