Fall Sports Awards and Season Summary

Posted November 17, 2009
Filed under Athletics

The fall sports scene included some heartbreaking losses, inspiring victories, and many young athletes making progress toward rebuilding their teams.

Football opened the season with a hard-fought loss to Fuqua School, 38-33, but then followed up with a come-from-behind win at Model Secondary, 34-20. The worst loss occurred at Quantico, 65-27, as the Caissons just couldn’t sustain any type of momentum on offense, and could not stop the Quantico offensive juggernaut. Next up was at Hyde Leadership School’s homecoming game against a fired up home crowd, in which Fishburne made some key plays in the final quarter to prevail, 42-33. This emotional win was followed by a tense game in which the team narrowly fell to Roanoke Catholic, 17-14. The rivalry game against Massanutten for the Saber Cup features some frustrating penalties and turnovers, as Fishburne was defeated, 36-28. Returning home for Parents’ Weekend, the Caissons garnered a victory against Fredericksburg Christian, 42-25, followed by a loss to John Paul the Great in the following week. The Capital Area Football Conference features a defensive battle against Hyde Leadership School, with the Caissons making crucial defensive stops and timely first downs on the road to a 13-12 victory, sealed in the final minutes by Jordan Wittig’s extra point through the uprights. This was the first conference title for Fishburne since 1990, and the second straight year the team has appeared in the conference finals competing for the President’s Cup.

OVERALL MVP—GLEN FRANKLIN

COACHES AWARD—COLIN GREEN

CAISSON HUSTLE AWARD—JONATHAN VINCENT

IRON CASSION AWARD: MARK IACOVETTA

LEADERSHIP AWARD: JOSEPH CLARE

MOST IMPROVED: JORDAN WITTIG

DEFENSIVE MVP: J. P. GUIFFRE

OFFENSIVE MVP: THOMAS CHET BERRY

ALL-CONFERENCE OFFENSE: CHET BERRY, ANDRE TRUESDELL, MARQUIS BARFIELD, GLEN FRANKLIN, JOEY CLARE

CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: CHET BERRY

ALL-CONFERENCE DEFENSE: WILLIAM TINNEY, MARK IACOVETTA

ALL-CONFERENCE ACADEMIC AWARD: WILLIAM SAXMAN

LETTER Winners

The soccer team faced a rebuilding year with many young athletes and many close losses, such as to 4-3 losses to Massanutten. Coach Wells and Coach Castillo are optimistic about the future as they develop the soccer players under their tutelage. Oladeinde Akerele led the team in goals while Gabriel Sun led in assists. John McMullen and Alex Andersen were key performers at goal keeping the team competitive in most of the matches.

OVERALL MVP: KYLE MULLINS

COACHES AWARD: SANTIAGO QUICENO

CAISSON HUSTLE AWARD: HAROLD MCCOO

IRON CAISSON: MARTYN MALE

LEADERSHIP AWARD: TYLER MCKEE

MOST-IMPROVED: ALEXANDER ANDERSEN

OFFENSIVE MVP: OLADEINDE B AKERELE

The rifle team featured many new shooters and substantial improvement as the season progressed under Coach Jim Hensley. The forecast is optimistic as these shooters gained valuable experience that will pay off in future seasons. The team was led Matthew Tisdelle and Brian Watkins.

MOST IMPROVED SHOOTER: BRIAN WATKINS

MOST VALUABLE SHOOTER: MATTHEW J TISDELLE

COACH’S AWARD: JAN PRZYBYLSKI

Cross Country experienced their best year in school history, finishing 5^th our of 12 in the Virginia Independent Conference, and 13^th out of 26^th in the state meet under the. Ninth-grader Colin Turnnidge earned all-conference and all-state honors in leading the Caisson runners. Fishburne won the second place trophy at the Fishburne Invitational Cross Country meet, falling to Eastern Mennonite, but defeating Hargrave, Massanutten, and Blue Ridge. All of the top five runners are expected to return for the next season, when expectations will be even greater than in 2009. Senior Connor Smith, a fourth-year runner, will be missed and was a true leader by example.

MOST VALUABLE RUNNER: COLIN TURNNIDGE

COACHES’ AWARD: ALEXANDER BURKARD

CAPTAIN’S AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP: CONNER SMITH

IRON CAISSON AWARD: TRAVIS KNAPP