The Fluco Beat

Fluco Sports in Review March 29-April 2

Makayla Gentry & Faith Shields, FCHS Journalists • April 8, 2021

Football Flucos football took on Orange County on March 26, resulting in a tough loss with a score of 52-20. Sophomore Jaden Ferguson said the weekly games are a constant reminder that the team needs...

Fluco Sports in Review – March 15-19

Makayla Gentry & Faith Shields, FCHS Journalists • March 26, 2021

This is a recap of FCHS athletic action during the week of March 15-19. Football Flucos football took on Louisa County on March 19, resulting in a tough loss with a score of 42-7. Still, junior Grant...

Fluco Sports in Review March 8-12

Makayla Gentry & Faith Shields, FCHS Journalists • March 19, 2021

Football Fluco football took a hard hit on March 12 against Albemarle. With a 13-0 score, the Flucos just couldn't catch a break. The team agreed that they need to work more on being more aggressive and...

Outside Sports Makeover

Bethany Cheripka, FCHS Journalist • March 18, 2021

School sports play a huge role in school spirit, helping to bring students and faculty together. So when Covid-19 caused FCHS to drastically change how these sporting events are organized, as well as to...

Boys Basketball Turns it Around

Blaise Silverman, FCHS Journalism • March 10, 2021

Despite being mildly successful in previous years, some feel the FCHS varsity boys basketball team managed to go from the proverbial “zero to hero” in just a span of one year. They made it to the regional...

Driven by a Love for Volleyball

Makayla Gentry, FCHS Journalist • March 4, 2021

Many people play a sport for a few years throughout high school, then go to college and leave it all behind. Susan Shields, the varsity volleyball coach at FCHS, is one exception to this pattern. Shields,...

Athletes Tackle a Year of Setbacks

Makayla Gentry, FCHS Journalist • March 4, 2021

While Covid appears to have taken a toll on everyone, did athletes have it worse? Not only was the 2020 spring sports season cut short, for a while the 2020-2021 fall, winter, and spring seasons appeared...

Lady Flucos Take on a Season of Change

Abigail Seal, FCHS Journalist • February 26, 2021

Covid has changed a lot of things in the sports world lately, but practicing in a mask was just one more change for the Fluvanna girls basketball team. In the off-season, Assistant Coach Nick Ward stepped...

Hard Work Pays Off for Football Standouts

Toby Sherman, FCHS Journalist • February 24, 2020

The FCHS varsity football team turned heads during their 2019-2020 campaign, finishing at a solid 5-5 on the regular season. The team had a chip on their shoulder and they played as such. From 2011 to...

Winter Season in Review

Toby Sherman, FCHS Journalist • February 4, 2020

Boys’ Basketball The Fluco boys varsity basketball team has already surpassed their win total from last season, compiling six victories so far to achieve an overall record of 6-11. The Flucos will...