FMS football preparing for 2011 season

Posted August 19, 2011
Filed under Athletics

The Caissons have their first scrimmage next week at Virginia Episcopal School, as the clock counts down to the regular-season opener on Friday, Sept. 9, at home against Avalon School.

The scrimmage at VES also includes Hargrave Military Academy. The scrimmage is on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 11 a.m.

FMS football has one other scrimmage set for Thursday, Sept. 1, at 4 p.m. at Randolph-Macon Academy with Page County also participating.

The regular-season schedule features home games with Roanoke Catholic (Sept. 30), Hyde Leadership (Oct. 8, on Parents’ Weekend), and Carlisle School (Oct. 28).

The road schedule will take the Caissons to Model Secondary (Sept. 16), Quantico (Sept. 23), Massanutten (Oct. 15) and Frederick Christian (Oct. 21).

Live-streaming webcasts of Caissons home games will be available on the Times-Connect this season. Veteran local radio announcer Chris Graham will provide play-by-play accounts through Stretch Internet. The webcasts will also be archived.

Graham will also host a weekly podcast, “Caisson Chalktalk,” featuring FMS football coach Dan Baranik that will debut on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The podcast will be available through the Times-Connect website and also through iTunes.