PALMYRA — The Fluvanna Relay for Life committee recently announced the Fluco Sports Net play-by-play man will host the local June event.
“To even be thought of is an honor and I’m glad they wanted me to announce,” said Bryan Rothamel of Fluco Sports Net. “I enjoyed working Relay for Life events growing up and can’t wait to work with the first Fluvanna one.”
View the Fluvanna Relay for Life website
The Fluvanna Relay for Life will be at Costello Stadium at the current Fluvanna County High School. The 24-hour event starts at 4 p.m. on June 9. Currently there are 20 teams signed up with 86 participants.
As of Jan. 25, the event has already raised over $2,500 for cancer research.
“I was so excited when they asked I couldn’t sit still for the rest of the day. Relay is such a great organization and one close to my heart,” said Rothamel who walked with his family during the Survivor’s Walk in last year’s Relay for Life at Monticello High School. In the last year, Rothamel’s mother overcame breast cancer.
Fluvanna Relay for Life Facebook page
Relay for Life is a volunteer driven fundraising event held throughout the United States and 21 countries. Besides the fundraising, the events raise cancer awareness, celebrate survivors, remember those that have died and unite a community in the fight against cancer.
Rothamel has served as play-by-play lead for all Fluco SN broadcasts since the precursor, Fluco Blog Live!, launched in November 2009. His broadcasts have included baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, football, boys’ and girls’ soccer and volleyball teams.
In the past three years Rothamel has broadcast two state basketball playoff runs and a regional tournament for soccer. The most listened to broadcast was the Fluvanna boys’ basketball team in the state semifinals against Waynesboro with over 150 listeners.
Prior to November 2009, Rothamel broadcast on the Big South Network, covering High Point University’s baseball and volleyball teams.
Also at High Point University, Rothamel was the public address announcer for baseball, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball teams. In March 2008, he announced the opening of the Coy O. Willard Sr. Stadium. The following August he announced the opening of the Vert Track, Soccer and Lacrosse Stadium.
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Information on Fluco Sports Network:
Fluco Sports Network is the official broadcasting home of Fluvanna County High School athletics. Launched in November 2010, Fluco SN is believed to be the first broadcasting network of a public high school in Virginia. In October 2011, Fluco Sports Net launched an editorial department with game recaps, features and FCHS sports news. It is the only independent website solely dedicated to one high school’s sports department in Central Virginia.
Top Bar Media is the producing company of Fluco Sports Net. Top Bar Media first launched FlucoBlog.com, a hyperlocal news website, before creating a broadcast section called Fluco Blog Live!. Fluco Blog Live! transformed to the Fluco Sports Net after an official agreement with FCHS athletics. After becoming the most read news website in Fluvanna, Top Bar Media created FlucoSportsNet.com as a website specifically for Fluco athletic news.
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