Fishburne Wrestlers Trounce Military School Rivals
Woodstock, VA—Fishburne Military School wrestlers handed host school Massanutten Academy and Randolph Macon Academy a loss at a military school tri-meet Tuesday afternoon.
Massanutten went down 63-18 against a Caisson squad that only forfeited one weight class. All but one of Fishburne’s wins came by pin, with junior Thomas Fosdick (Staunton, VA) starting the roll at 120. He was followed by sophomore Matthew Farrar (Waynesboro, VA) at 126, junior Matthew Sim (Henrico, VA) at 132, and freshman Jeremiah Brown (Virginia Beach, VA) at 170. At 285, senior Shaheen Alfarhan (Kuwait) had an exciting come-from-behind win in overtime to beat Massanutten’s Saad El Khali by a 7-5 decision.
A small Randolph Macon team succumbed to Fishburne 60-12, with Fishburne wins, all by pin, coming from Farrar, Sim, senior Jakob Harrison of Boulder, CO (152), Brown, and senior Christopher Ross of Alcoa, TN (182).
“I’m pleased with our showing,” said head coach Terry Waters. “Our goal at the beginning of the season was to beat every military school we face and we’re doing that. The guys came out today with a mission and wrestled aggressively.”
“We’re going to keep improving and we’re on track to peak at the right time for the conference championships next weekend,” concluded Waters. Fishburne will be hosting the Virginia Independent Conference championships on Saturday, February 13th.
Fishburne (19-4) is in action again next Tuesday when it faces Massanutten at home.
Fishburne Military School is the oldest and smallest of all military schools for boys in Virginia. Its college-prep curriculum is built upon the structure of an Army JROTC program. FMS is designated as a JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction and may nominate qualified candidates to the United States Service Academics. Fishburne hosts one of only four Summer JROTC programs in the nation, accredited by US Army Cadet Command.
