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FMS Wrestling places five in top 10 at states
Steve Woolley’s fourth-place finish at 152 paced five Fishburne wrestlers who earned top-1os at the VISAA state championships in Salem this weekend.
WIth his fourth-place finish, Woolley qualifies for the Prep National Championships at Lehigh University next weekend.
Also bringing home top finishes at states were Jacob Cochran (106), Anders Lenardson (113), Kyle Harvey (145), and Kyle Hale (160).
The FMS Advantage: Personal touch guides cadets on college path
A group of young men in military fatigues are amassed outside Dan Baranik’s office. He has test scores to share.
“I got a 90?” one said in obvious surprise.
His comrades didn’t do as well. One said he “still has some work to do.” The others focused their energies on the cadet with the high score.
“This is every day for me,” said Baranik, the guidance director at Fishburne Military School, whose mission, as the job title would suggest, is to guide cadets at FMS on to a path to a successful, productive adulthood.
The advantage that Baranik has over counselors in public-school settings is part and parcel to the culture at Fishburne. [Read more...]
FMS grapplers shine at VICs
The Fishburne Military School wrestling team took third-place honors at the Virginia Independent Conference championships at Roanoke on Saturday.
Kyle Harvey (145) took home a VIC championship with an upset win over top-seeded Christian Mitchell of Hargrave. Anders Lenardson (113) took home second-place honors after making it all the way to the finals before falling to Deuce Brown of Lynchburg Christian, the #3-ranked wrestler in the state. Steve Woolley (152) also took second in his class, falling to Marcus Miller of Lynchburg Christian, the #1 wrestler in the state at 152 who improved to 47-0 with the win.
Jacob Cochran (106), James Park (138) and Novak Porter (195) all took home third-place finishes.
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Color Guard at the Commonwealth Club
The FMS Color Guard at the Commonwealth Club, Richmond, Feb. 10, 2012. FMS posted the colors followed by a VMI Pipe & Drum Corpsman at the annual Commonwealth Club black tie boxing match featuring VMI, Maryland and Georgetown. Great showing by our color guard. Special thanks to Sgt. Top Hensley for helping to put this together.