September 5, 2010

Fluco Society gets a jolt for the new school year

Flying Flucos

PRESS RELEASE — The Fluco Society is in place to help the athletes of Fluvanna County in their high school journey and into college. This year the Fluco Society has added two new levels to make sure everyone can become part of the Fluco Society. The Flucos Forever and the White Clubs have been added [...]

Flucos win Thursday, Mother Nature took Friday

PALMYRA — Mother nature beat out both Fluvanna and Orange at the softball game Friday night. The game was postponed in the bottom of the third with neither team scoring. Fluvanna’s pitcher, freshman Ashleigh Harris, was commanding well and had the help of superb defense. Harris had two walks in the second inning but Alex [...]

William Monroe takes series against Flucos

PALMYRA — Fluvanna fell to William Monroe 11-1 Friday night. “We definitely struggled with our offense. We just need to keep our heads up and make sure we watch every ball and get at least a hit,” freshman Hannah Miller said. The lone run for the Flucos came in the first inning as senior Chelsey [...]

Team breaks losing streak for absent coach

PALMYRA — Getting its first win since their head coach took a leave of absence, the Fluvanna girls’ softball team defeated Charlottesville 2-1 Wednesday night. “This was for Coach Ward. That’s what it was,” starting pitcher Alex Fields said. The Flucos have been without head coach Nick Ward who left the team on April 26 [...]

High school softball program hosts Pitch, Hit & Run

PALMYRA — Fluvanna High School and the Fluvanna Youth Girls’ Softball League are collaborating to host the first Pitch, Hit and Run in Fluvanna. The Pitch, Hit and Run competition is set by Major League Baseball. The competition first has participants to pitch strikes, then hit based on accuracy and distance and finally running time [...]

Fluco comeback not enough

PALMYRA — Fluvanna mounted a comeback to bring it within one, but fell 8-4 against visiting Madison. “You can’t spot good teams runs, and Madison is a good team,” FCHS head coach Nick Ward said. “Whenever you spot good teams runs, you going to have a hard time coming back–that’s what we did tonight.” Fluvanna [...]

Softball and baseball lose; boys’ tennis challenges state champion

From file

Boys’ tennis challenges state champion Baseball pounds 10 hits but falls short PALMYRA — Monticello’s pitching was just too much to handle as the Flucos fell 9-2 Wednesday night. “[Monticello's] order, 1-9, hit the ball and they make you play defense. We made some errors, threw it around a little bit and they took advantage [...]

Errors help Knights knock off Flucos

flucoblog softball

PALMYRA — Fluvanna gave up 10 unearned runs in a 12-1 loss against Spotsylvania Tuesday night. “Everyone has their ups and downs — bad games and good games. This is just one that we got to blow off and let go,” starting pitcher Ashleigh Harris said. Harris pitched four innings giving up five hits and [...]