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
April 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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
April 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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
March 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
