Lacrosse

The varsity boys’ traveled to Powhatan to take on the Indians on March 27. The Indians outscored the Flucos 11-9, and the boys’ were able to keep it close, but in the end they didn’t score enough to win. “Powhatan got off to an early lead in the first half,” said senior Garrison Dahl, who added, “In the third quarter we brought it back to a one-point game, and it was just a good game the whole way out.”

The varsity boys also took on Charlottesville at home on March 28. It was a tough match for the Flucos, as they lost 16-9. The game ended with seven minutes to go, as an injury to senior Nathan Carney forced an end to the match. Prior to the end, standouts for the Flucos included Carney, who scored four goals, and senior Garrison Dahl who scored two.

The JV boys’ played on March 28 at home against Charlottesville. With a very young and inexperienced team, the Flucos were unable to score enough to get the win. Fluvanna lost by a final score of 16-2, with sophomore Towler Westcoat and 8th grader Pharoah Harris both scoring goals. “The one positive is this was our highest scoring game of the year so far,” said sophomore Caleb Carney.

Meanwhile, the varsity girls’ lacrosse team went on the road to Charlottesville High School on March 28. They’ were able to pick up their first win of the season, winning 11-7. The girls who scored included Captain Natalie Hughes, junior Hailee Kidd, and sophomore Sadie Conner.

“It was a very successful game for the entire team,” said junior Bree Wagner, who added, “We definitely improved our skill as well as moving the ball.”

Baseball

The varsity baseball team took on the the Western Albemarle Warriors at home on March 27. The Flucos came into this game with a record of 2-1, defeating Spotswood and Powhatan, but coming up just short against Louisa. Fluvanna knew they had a tough matchup ahead of them with the Warriors also being 2-1.

The starting pitcher for the Flucos, junior Shaun Holyfield, was able to keep the hits to a minimum, only giving up one run in four innings. Sophomore Jacob Critzer then hit an RBI double to right field and overall went 2-4. Junior Noah Brown, a relief pitcher, also did a fantastic job pitching in the fifth and sixth innings, only giving up one hit.

Freshman Cameron Shields then came into the game with the score tied 1-1 in the seventh inning, and was able to keep the Warriors from scoring in the seventh and eighth innings. Shields started the ninth inning, giving up two hits and a walk, before Fluvanna replaced him with sophomore Kyle Algieri, who then walked a run-in in the ninth inning.

The Flucos then brought in senior Nathan Gentry who gave up a run on a wild pitch, which ended up being the deciding factor. “We worked well as a team. We were in the game the whole time, but the ball just didn’t fall our way,” said Shields. The final score ended up being 3-1, with Western winning, making the Flucos 2-2 this season.

The JV boys’ traveled to Western Albemarle taking on the Warriors on March 28. This was a very close matchup, but the Flucos were able to take advantage of the Warriors’ mistakes, winning 12-8 in ten innings. Western made a throwing error down the left field line, which caused two runs to come around and score. “We never tucked our tails,” said sophomore John Rittenhouse. “Every time they punched, we punched back, and fortunately were able to come out with the dub.”

Softball

Taking on Western Albemarle on March 28, the varsity Lady Flucos made the game look easy, dominating Western by an astounding 21-2. Senior Captain Sophie Kershner hit a three run shot over left centerfield for her fourth home run of the season; she also went 3-4 with two doubles. “We stayed focused and supported our teammates throughout the entire game,” said Captain Toria Belew.

As for JV, they also took on Western Albemarle at home on March 28 and destroyed Wester,n winning 14-4 with a strong performance by sophomore and starting pitcher Tori Koczan. “We all hit very good,” said Koczan,” but Western couldn’t make contact, so it just made it that much easier to get the win.”

Forensics

On March 11, the Flucos competed at the CFL national qualifyer. The following students qualified for CFL Nationals: Savannah Forren and Maddie Garrett (2nd in Duo) and Alex Pellicane (4th in Extemporaneous). In addition, Mia Gonzales came in 5th in Original and Haley Donald and Jordan Palmer came in 5th in Duo.

On March 18, the team hosted the NSDA Forensics League national qualifying event. Those qualifying for NSDA Nationals were Forren and Garrett (2nd in Duo), and Alex Logan and Kate Moncure (3rd in Duo). Other standouts included Nikola Bajs (4th in Domestic Extemporaneous), Jeremy Schwartz (5th in Humorous Interpretation), and Donald and Palmer (4th in Duo).

Finally, on March 25, the team came in 2nd overall at the Virginia State Forensics tournament. Donald and Palmer were state champions in Serious Duo, Madison Stafford was state champion in Storytelling (her second year in a row), Bajs took 3rd in Impromptu, Logan and Moncure placed 2nd in Serious Duo, Schwartz placed 4th in Humorous Interpretation, and Gonzalez placed 4th in Original Oratory.

Boys’ soccer

The JV team had an action-packed Friday night on March 25 as the Flucos comfortably beat Orange Countyby a score of 4-0. Eighth grader Daniel Lauterbach and freshman Gabe Carlton each scored one goal, while freshman Brandon Lucas scored two to wrap up the game.

Meanwhile, the varsity team won their game against Orange as well, though not as easily as they might have wanted. “We were winning throughout the whole game [but] we let them come back. This led to overtime which the game shouldn’t have gone to. We won 3-2, so everything was good in the end,” said junior Noah Coppa.

Senior Rodney Moore described the last moments of the game ,which went into double overtime. “We got a lucky foul inside the goalie box. This gave us a penalty kick in the dying moments of the game which also resulted in us getting the win,” he said. Scoring for the Flucos were freshmen Mauricio Castillo and Emory Davis, as well as senior Alex Scalzo.

Two nights later, Fluvanna hosted Western at home on March 27 with both JV and Varsity losing their games 1-0. “This was our best game of the season by far, in my opinion, even though we lost. We could’ve prevented the goal if we had just stepped in and covered the man more, but we gave it our best. Sadly, we did not get the result we wanted,” said Moore.

Girls’ Soccer

The Lady Fluco soccer teams were away at Orange County on March 25. The JV girls did not have the best of nights, suffering a defeat of 3-1. Scoring for Fluvanna was 8th grader Skylar Solga. As for varsity, they had a great night with a comfortable win of 3-1 over Orange with goals from sophomore Madison Nazar who had a brace (two goals), and senior Lindsay Price who had one.

The girls also visited Western on March 27 where the JV girls held onto a 1-1 draw, with the lone goal scored by 8th grader Kelsea Herring for Fluvanna. “We played good throughout the whole game. We did everything we practiced and ended up getting a 1-1 draw,” said Herring.

The varsity girls, on the other hand, did not have the greatest of nights. With thunder off in the distance the referees postponed the game for a few minutes, but the thunder was only the beginning of the problems for the girls. They lost the game 9-0 with the slaughter rule ending the game 20 minutes early.

Girls’ Track

The Lady Flucos track team was in action early on March 25 at Battlefield with the middle schoolers winning their first track meet. The following girls placed in the top ten in their respective events: Amy Glowatch (3rd in the 100 meter hurdles, 4th in the 200 meter, 2nd in the 200 meter hurdles, 1st in shot put, and 3rd in discus); R’Tia Payne- (1st in the 200 meter hurdles), Anna Snoddy (3rd in the 200 meter hurdles); Emily Smeds (1st in the 1600 meter); Anja Vernatter (2nd in the 1600 meter); Mikayla Trull (4th in the 400 meter); Summer Craig (1st in the 800 meter); Emily Beckman (1st in the 2400 meter); Elle Dudzik (4th in shot put, and 1st in discus); and Morgan Gray (5th in shot put). In addition, the girls’ 4×800 meter relay placed 1st with a time of 11:37.

The high school girls placed 5th overall in their Battlefield relays with the following Lady Flucos placing in the top 10 in their respective events: Renee Custer (1st in discus); Delaney Reed (7th in discus); Matatsha Martin (2nd in the 100 meter hurdle); LaMaya Lacy (5th in the 100 meter hurdle); Madison Stoltz (4th in pole vaulting); Amina wilson (5th in pole vaulting); and Hattie Lintecum (7th in the 1600 meter). In addition, the 4×800 meter relay team of Jackie Rodriguez, Kieri Hart, Saige Haney, and Cyan Coates came in 2nd, and the distance medley relay team of Rodriguez, Hart, Haney and Shae Jonkman came in 7th out of 18 teams.

Tennis

Hosting Western on March 28, the boys’ team had a hard night, losing 9-0.  Senior Nikola Bajs lost 8-2, 8th graders Connor Small and Billy Ruffa lost 8-2 in doubles play, and the rest of the night’s matches resulted in 8-0 losses.

The boys also hosted Powhatan on March 29, achieving a 5-4 win over Powhatan with sophomore Eugene Chow, seniors Ian Dillon and Braden Turley winning in singles, and the teams of Bajs-Chow and Turley-Dillon winning in doubles.

Meanwhile, the girls’ tennis team was in action on March 29 hosting Powhatan with the doubles teams of Adora Gamage/Sarah White winning 10-5, and Meredith Albright/Ema Graham winning 10-8. In singles play, Graham won 10-6 and Marley McGrath won 10-7.