Fishburne PG Hoops wins a good one against NIA Prep
On a night when offense stole the show, it was defense that won the game. The Fishburne Military School post-graduate basketball team put up 55 points in an electrifying first-half, but it was the commitment to team defense that allowed the Caissons to defeat nationally acclaimed NIA Prep of Newark, N.J. on Thursday afternoon 91-72.
Read More: Click hereFishburne Wrestlers Pin Massanutten!
It was a very proud night for the Caisson Wrestlers as they will now enter the Holiday Break with a team record of 2 – 0 along with 10 wrestlers having a medal from the MMA Invitational. The season is like the team still very young. The team is doing well and has a ways to go, but again they are on the right road and headed in the right direction with lots of hard work in practice the team will only get better.
Read More: Click hereWashington Post article honors the passing of renowned activist and FMS Alum, Leonel Gomez ’58
Leonel Gómez, 68, a Salvadoran human rights activist who investigated for a U.S. congressional commission some of the most notorious assassinations in his country’s long civil war, died of cardiac arrest Nov. 25 in the capital city of San Salvador.
Mr. Gómez was the lead investigator on the Moakley Commission, the 1989 task force headed by Rep. Joe Moakley (D-Mass.) that identified the Salvadoran army officers who killed six Jesuit priests and their housekeepers, helped put an end to U.S. aid to El Salvador’s army and pushed the Central American country toward peace.
Read More: Click hereKey Club Cadets Contribute to Holiday Cheer
Each year the Key Club takes pleasure in doing multiple service projects during the Christmas holidays to help those in our community that are less fortunate than ourselves. For the past 10 years the cadets have packed food boxes and participated in the Red Kettle Drive for the Salvation Army. This year for the first time, the Key Club served as “Santa’s Helpers” at Breakfast with Santa sponsored by the Waynesboro Public Library. On Monday, December 14, we celebrated our last Key Club meeting for 2009 by decorating a Christmas tree for a family in our community who could not otherwise afford a tree and holiday decorations – this project is sponsored by the Wayneboro Downtown Development, Inc.
Read More: Click hereJROTC – Results and Images from Woodrow Wilson High School Drill Meet
The Fishburne Military School Color Guard and Drill Teams competed at the 13th Annual Woodrow Wilson High School JROTC Drill Meet in Portsmouth, VA. The teams woke up at 0350 hours on Saturday morning and traveled over 3 hours to their second drill competition of the 2009-10 school year. There were 21 high schools competing at this meet. All the cadets performed at a high level and their personal conduct during the meet was excellent.
Read More: Click hereWrestlers Take to the Mats – First Two Matches
There are a lot of names not mentioned here but every wrestler that went and worked hard all day did a great job and represented FMS with pride like a true team. We still have a long way to go but are on the right road with a very young bunch of men that are working hard every day in practice.
Come out this week and Cheer on the Wrestling Caissons as they will take on MMA at home at 5pm on Wednesday, the 16th of December. It should be a very good and exciting match as there will be some outstanding match ups on the mat that day.
Read More: Click hereFishburne Swimmers Make a Splash Against MMA
Swimming against Massanutten is always exciting and this match was no different. We were neck and neck in the beginning of the match but then Massanutten pulled ahead in the 50 free and the 100 Free. Going in to the second half of the meet Massanutten was up by 10 points. But then Fishburne stepped it up. In the 100 Back (usually our worst event) Cochran got first place by nearly half a pool and Burkard came in second (after a Massanutten swimmer DQ’ed).
Read More: Click hereCaissons Varsity Hoops Come Up Short Against FUMA
The Caisson Classic Championship is heading back to Fluvanna after Fork Union Military Academy downed Fishburne 68-41 in the title game of the annual tournament played Monday afternoon. The Blue Devils overcame a slow start and a gritty effort from a young Fishburne team to reclaim the tournament championship in a game that was very competitive for the first 20 minutes.
Read More: Click hereMemorial for Mr. John Hobby, Jr. ’32
Fishburne is saddened to report that Mr. John Thomas Hobby, Jr. has passed away. The below obituary was published in the Raleigh News and Observer. Superintendent, Col. Roy F. Zinser, will attend the memorial service on Friday along with Fishburne’s Color Guard.Mr. J.B. Yount, FMS ’56, will be the guest speaker at the service.
Read More: Click hereCaissons Classic Varsity Basketball Tourny This Weekend!
The Caissons Varsity Basketball Team will compete against arch rivals Fork Union Military Academy, Massanutten Military Academy, and Randolph-Macon Academy in the 3rd Annual Caissons Classic. Make sure to clear your schedules on Friday and Saturday in order to cheer for Fishburne here in our home gym.Fishburne is the defending champion!
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