Athletics
Great win by the JV Hoops Team
Fishburne’s JV team defeated Eastern Minnonite 51-37 on December 9th but the outcome did not count as a conference win. They would have to wait almost two months for a game against EMHS that would count and the JV Caissons took full advantage of the situation. Fishburne doubled up on the Flames by halftime and held them scoreless in the third quarter allowing Coach Greene and Coach Pullen to clear the bench to get some valuable playing time for the reserves. Fishburne’s starters saw limited playing time but still made big impacts on the game. Chance Berry once again led the JV Caissons with 18 points and Laquiar Foster returned from illness and added 10 points to the winning effort. Carson Holder had 6 points and Chad Kunde added 5. The Caissons will travel to Covenent on Friday for their fifth conference game.
Read More: Click hereScrimmageplay Covers Fishburne’s Win over Fork Union
But on Saturday at the Virginia Military Postgraduate Challenge, the host team Fishburne, and its stingy defense, proved that the program is making some significant strides with a 75-50 victory over Fork Union.
Read More: Click hereSwim Season Ends on a High Note
Last night was our final regular season meet in swimming and there were some amazing performances. We swam against Hargrave and VES, both teams that beat us previously this year. Will Johnstone came in first overall in the 50 free. Tim Moriconi got a life time best time in the 500 Free dropping 20 seconds and setting a new school record. Jason Montgomery had the most amazing 100 breast. For the past 4 years Jason has always swam the 100 breast in 1:16. Yesterday he dropped 4 whole seconds and swam it in 1:12.12, an incredible accomplishment!! Gabe Sun had a really strong 100 back stroke coming in second and beating Tim Moriconi who usually wins that event for us. There were some surprise upsets in the free relays; we beat Hargrave in the 200 Free Relay and VES in the 400 Free Relay. In the end we came in second, beating VES but losing to Hargrave. However both of the opposing coaches made a point to congratulate me on how much our guys improved. It was a great meet!
Final Scores: HMA: 519, FMS: 469, VES: 358
Read More: Click hereCaissons Swim Team Wins Home Meet
Yesterday was the first home meet at Fishburne in over 27 years, and what a meet it was!! We lost our last meet against Massanutten by two points and our guys were pumped to turn the tables on our rivals. O’Connor and Nash pulled out a one-two finish in the 220 Free again. O’Connor won this time around even though he lost count and stopped early taking off his goggles before he realized that he was only halfway done. Montgomery came in first in the 220 IM, Johnstone got a first place in the 110 fly (and would have gotten first place by over a length even if the Massanutten swimmer had finished), and they teamed up for one-two finish in the 110 Breast. Moriconi rocked the 495 free easily keeping up with the pace I set for him and winning by a large margin. Burkard lost count and swam an extra lap for the corps, but earned us some points by coming in third. The big upset was in the 146 Free relay (usually the 200 Free Relay). Massanutten won this event last time around and was in the lead by two body lengths after the first two swimmers. Simons closed the gap some, but it was Johnstone who swam an amazing 36 and pulled ahead of MMA. Winning that relay was an unexpected boon and clinched the win for us. The final score was FMS: 53, MMA: 37. We are looking forward to a repeat performance against MMA next week.
-Coach Gray
Read More: Click hereSwim Update
Last night our guys swam against three other teams: North Cross, VES, and Northside HS. It was a very large meet and many of our guys first experience with a tournament. I was very impressed with our guys, as they dropped considerable time on their events. Tim Moriconi dropped 7 seconds on his 100 back and Alex Burkard dropped nearly 45 seconds on his 500 free. Will Johnstone placed second overall in the 50 free, earning first place finishes in two of the meets. Tim Moriconi got first place finishes in both the 100 fly and the 100 back against VES. Anthony Barton placed first in the 100 free against Northside. Against Northside we had two 1-2 finishes earning us lots of points: Will Johnstone and Julain MathewsWall in the 100 breast and Tim Moriconi and Gabriel Sun in the 100 back. The final scores were: NCS 63, FMS 28; VES 52, FMS 35; and FMS 49, NHS 41. Our record is now 1-3. Our next match is at home against Massanutten in January and will be the first meet in our beautifully renovated pool.
-Coach Gray
Read More: Click hereSwim Meet Wrap-Up from Coach Gray
Having our first meet against the conference champions is always intimidating, especially this year as our two best swimmers weren’t able to attend the meet, but our guys didn’t let Hargrave get them down and we had some very strong performances. Tim Moriconi rocked the 500 free taking first place by 15 seconds. Gabriel Sun was a surprise power house placing third in both the 50 free and the 100 free. Julian Mathews-Wall stepped up for the team and swam the 200 IM despite getting in the water for the first time since last season only the day before the meet. The team really pushed themselves and did their best, which is everything a coach could ask for.
Read More: Click hereFall Sports Season Wrap-Up
The 2010 fall sports campaign reflected a mixture of startling successes and tough losses. Outstanding individual and team performances, hard-fought victories, untimely injuries, some bad breaks, and occasional heartbreaking defeats marked this season.
Read More: Click hereCross Country Results Against EMHS
Burkard, FMS, 18:21 Turnnidge, FMS, 18:21 T. Martin, EMHS, 18:34 Knapp, FMS, 18:48 Shank, EMHS, 19:39 Driver, EMHS, 19:51 Layman, EMHS, 20:26 D. Martin, EMHS, 20:49 Zook, EMHS, 21:10 * Ghaemmaghani, EMHS, 23:20 Goolsby, FMS, 23:39 Dean, EMHS, 24:03 * Miller, EMHS, 24:21 * Drew, FMS, 25:09 May, EMHS, 25:13 * Brunk, EMHS, 26:20 * […]
Read More: Click hereMsgt Mike Anson’s, FMS Athletic Director, writes an editorial on “Motivation”
During the growth mind-set a coach can use empirical evidence as an ongoing motivator. After working out for weeks it is normal for athletes to suffer through periods when they lack the desire to work at a high intensity every day. The same is true for all of us. One method I used successfully with the cross country and track and field teams was to just show the athletes their individual results. By mid-season, I was able to show most of my runners how much faster they had become, and nothing I said mattered as much as seeing the undeniable evidence of improvement on paper. Coach-speak only goes so far. The same technique can be used in all sports and activities, with something such as swimming or strength and conditioning being easier to quantify than others, like football or soccer, but even then things like weight lifting and 40-yard sprint times can be used in a similar manner. The point is to vividly demonstrate to athletes that work input equals work output. There are no shortcuts, and as a coach I could prove it in some circumstances. The key, again, is consistency and effort in training. It is very motivating to see evidence of improvement. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
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