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Charlottesville — Two kids sit so close to the television they can smell the sweat from their favorite players. Then again, it probably is them. They just finished practice. They weren’t watching Kobe Bryant versus LeBron James. Their eyes weren’t glued to the television as the NFL explained an illegal hit on Brett Farve. They [...]
Palmyra — The Loyd sisters led the Flucos to their 10th straight district victory Thursday night. Fluvanna beat Orange 59-45 to move closer to clinching a regional home game. The Flucos were led by senior K-anna Loyd with 17 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and eight steals. Sophomore Mia Loyd with 20 points, 10 rebounds [...]
On Jan. 22, the Fluvanna County indoor track and field teams traveled to Liberty University for the Mid-Area Track Classic. This meet fielded about 30 boys’ and girls’ track and field teams. The meet was an open meet, so teams had unlimited entries in events. The boys’ teams were superb. The top boys’ finishers were [...]
The Fluco basketball teams both defeated Charlottesville Tuesday night. In Palmyra, the boys’ basketball team (9-7, 6-3 Jefferson District) knocked off the previously unbeaten Black Knights (8-6, 7-1) 82-74. YaYa Anderson put in 25 points while Zach Miller scored a season high 18 points. Brandon Jackson scored 13 points and 12 rebounds in his first [...]
Palmyra — Fluvanna was taken by surprise as Louisa defeated the Flucos 67-62 Friday night. “Give Louisa credit, they came out and played harder than we did as a result they won the game,” head coach Munro Rateau said following the game. Leading all scorers was YaYa Anderson with 17 points. Cameron Coles pitched in [...]
Palmyra — Fluvanna played stingy defense defeating the Goochland Bulldogs 56-20 for the second time this year. “It was just one of those nights. I knew if we could get a couple of steals it would get us going. We just started out pretty sluggish and that happens sometimes,” White said. Fluvanna was led by [...]
Richmond — Fluvanna earned the Virginia Board of Education Excellence Award as part of the Virginia Index Performance Incentive, announced Jan. 12 by the Virginia Department of Education. Only 15 school divisions were bestowed the honor, Superintendent Dr. Thomas Smith announced at the Jan. 13 School Board meeting. The honored divisions “have met all state [...]
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Palmyra — Fluvanna’s School Board members apologized to citizens for not following policies regarding the family life curriculum. “I can tell you the policy was not followed. Ms. [Donna] Douma is right,” Superintendent Dr. Thomas Smith said. “Worth Your Wait” is a program given to students to fulfill the family life requirements of the Virginia [...]