By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
As usual, the Fluco fall sports schedule is full of activity. Due to its short season, the golf team leads off. Its first meet of the season is on Aug. 5 at home on the Lake Monticello course, hosting Madison County. Two days later they host the multi-team George Bockman Memorial tournament. After that, on Aug. 11 and 12 they play at Charlottesville and at home against Lousia County. The golf team’s regular season ends with a meet at Western Albemarle on Sept. 16. At that time, the Fluco football team has only played three regular season games.
The Fluco football team begins its regular season traveling to Spotsylvania High on Aug. 29. Its first home game is Sept. 5 against Buckingham County. They then travel to Chancellor High and after their bye week they go to Louisa High, a perennial Jefferson District powerhouse. The football team’s second home game is not until Oct. 3 against Western Albemarle. There are ten regular season games on the schedule this season with five at home and five on the road. Last year the Fluco varsity finished 4-6, and could easily have been 6-4. The JV team was undefeated and won the Jefferson district title. This is good news, but not decisive, as other schools may have had more underclassman playing at the varsity level last season than the Flucos did. Each week the JV football team plays the same opponent as the varsity, only earlier in the week.
The Fluco volleyball team has traditionally been quite strong. It really should attract bigger crowds; the game is fast and usually exciting. The girls varsity volleyball team opens its regular season this year the day before the football team does. They host M. Godwin High. On Aug. 30, they host the multi-team Farruggio tournament. The Flucos then play three matches away. Traveling to M. Godwin, Charlottesville and Western Albemarle on Sept. 4, 9 and 11. The volleyball schedule is daunting with 20 matches between Aug. 28 and Oct. 23.
Cross country is a sport with boys and girls teams competing on the same schedule. The teams run over the same course, with the girls running first. This year’s schedule includes a mix of two team and multi-team meets. On Aug. 27, the Flucos run at home against William Monroe High and Madison County. On Sept. 10 they travel to Western Albemarle. On Sept. 13, they travel to Fork Union Military Academy. On Sept. 17, the Flucos host a multi-team meet and that is followed by the even bigger Fluvanna Invitational on Sept. 24. The final contest of the regular season is a multi-team event on Oct.15 at Ragged Mountain.
Field hockey is a fairly new sport for the Flucos, but the season is busy. The varsity and JV normally play the same opponent on the same day. The opening game is on Aug. 28 at home against Kettle Run High. On Sept. 4 the Flucos travel to Kettle Run. Most of the teams’ schedule is against Jefferson District opponents, but in addition to Kettle Run the Flucos also play home and away against EC Glass High.
The competitive cheer team has three meets in a short period of time late in Sept. and early in Oct. The Jefferson District competition is scheduled for Oct. 18 at Louisa High.
