Athletics
Fishburne Track Competes at Stonewall Jackson Meet & VIC Championship Schedule
Glen Franklin won the long jump at 19’4”, which is over two feet off his best jump this year. He had to borrow Coach McManus’s shoes, which didn’t help!
Also, we’re making some tweaks and other adjustments to his technique, and that takes some time to get used to.
Lozie Goolsby was fourth in his first-ever high school-level high jump, clearing 4’, 10”. (First place was 5’4”)
Read More: Click hereTennis Team loses a tough one against Blue Ridge
Although the tennis team has experienced a difficult go of things (0-5), the squad continues to stay competitive. Aided by the team mascot, “Stella” the Golden Retriever (Coach’s dog), the team took to the courts on Friday afternoon (4/9) for a match up against VIC opponent Blue Ridge. Although all the matches were close, Fishburne ended up on the losing end 2-7. Max Foetsch led the way for the Caissons with an excellent win at #1 singles. Max showcased his high caliber tennis skills and was a pleasure to watch. Although he took a tough loss, Charlie Male #3 singles, once again frustrated his opponent almost to the point of collapse with his highly consistent ground strokes.
Read More: Click hereCaissons Track team competes in 5K along the James River in Richmond
Colin Turnnidge was the second overall finisher in 19:49 (times were about a minute slower than usual due to the course being long and including several stairs over canals). Colin had the lead at the halfway point but was chased down in the last mile by an Australian visiting the city, and in his words “popping in” to see what the fuss was all about. Travis Knapp finished in the top the top ten and second in the 18 and under age group in about 21:00.
Read More: Click hereLacrosse wins against Stuart Hall 10-3
Fishburne secured victory over Stuart Hall with the offensive power of midfielders Estes (5 goals) and Burkhard (2 goals). Tinney led the defense and they neutralized the offense of Stuart Hall. Peters and Nastro split time
in goal and both played solid. Stuart Hall came to play and it wasn’t until 3 minutes left in the game that the win was certain. It was a very physical game, but the Caissons kept their composure to ensure Fishburne would be victorious.
Winter Sports Banquet Details and Images
Coach Rich Chiarolanzio, or “Coach C”, reenergized the wrestling team and led the grapplers to a regular season 9-0 record and a 4th place finish in the conference. Jonathan Vincent peaked at just the right time took to knock off the #7 Seed to advance to the top 8 in the state. The wrestling team also gathered several conference accomplishments with the following medalists:
Read More: Click hereWrestling Season Ends with One Caisson in the Parade of Champions!!!
Excitement was the word of the day as all but two wrestlers had never taken part in a wrestling tournament of this nature; a State Championship Tournament. The tournament started out tough. Kyle Harvey lost his weigh-in to the scale and was out before it started. Kyle has been fighting a mid season growth spurt and has struggled the entire time in maintaining his weight below the allowed 121 pounds. The rest of the team made it safely and were ready to take their shot at the glory of winning at a state tournament.
Read More: Click hereFootball Schedule for Fall ’10
This schedule is more or less final. Any questions let me know. Mike
Read More: Click herePG Hoops Takes Down Progressive Christian Academy
It was great effort by our guys in terms of grinding it out for 40 minutes. I thought that Quincy Taylor and Marquise Barfield did an excellent leading our team and keeping us calm under some tough situations. Chris Nelson I thought was outstanding throughout the game. His defensive and rebounding effort was key to us jumping out to an early lead and setting the table for our effort in the game. I am please with our effort and mental toughness as we are going down the stretch of very good season.
Read More: Click hereCaisson Wrestling Team Earns Respect at VIC Championship
It was a very bright day for the kids on the wrestling team as they did the FMS Family proud all day long. Now only one more step remains this season and that’s the State Championship Tournament in Richmond on Friday and Saturday, Feb 19th & 20th. We hope to finish in the top 4 which would provide us a birth in the Prep School National tournament the following weekend at Lehigh University.
Read More: Click here2009-2010 Wrestling Season Wrap-Up
With the VIC Championship Tournament set to take place this weekend (Sat., 13 Feb) it’s time to look back at how the regular season went for the Caisson Wrestling Team. There were several highlights for the season, so lets take a look at how it all panned-out.
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