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. Continue reading “The FMS Advantage: Personal touch guides cadets on college path” »
Heartbreaker: Caissons fall to undefeated Hargrave in OT, 122-119
It was the best basketball game in the best basketball environment that the couple hundred people on hand might ever see.
And in the end, the Caissons came thisclose to pulling the major upset.
Wake Forest signee Codi Miller-McIntyre hit a three with 13.5 seconds left to send the game to overtime, a John Burke three with 23.9 seconds left broke a 117-all tie, and Hargrave Military Academy held on for a 122-119 win over Fishburne Thursday night. Continue reading “Heartbreaker: Caissons fall to undefeated Hargrave in OT, 122-119” »
FMS tops Fork Union, finishes Military Challenge 2-0
Fishburne broke open a close game with a 12-2 run to end the first half and held off a pesky Fork Union squad 85-74 in the final game of the Virginia Military Postgrad Basketball Challenge Saturday night.
Earlier on Saturday, St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy knocked off Massanutten Military Academy by a 76-67 final.
St. John’s and Massanutten both finished 1-1 in the Challenge. Fork Union, which fell 84-79 to MMA on Friday night, finished 0-2, and the homestanding FMS team went 2-0 with the win on Saturday and a 97-86 win over St. John’s on Friday. Continue reading “FMS tops Fork Union, finishes Military Challenge 2-0” »
Fishburne, MMA get wins on Day 1 of Military Challenge
St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy jumped out to an early seven-point lead over Fishburne Military School and led 46-45 at the half.
The difference in the second half of the Caissons’ 97-86 victory in the opener of the Virginia Military Postgrad Basketball Challenge: defense.
“We just made more plays defensively than they did down the stretch,” said FMS postgrad coach Ed Huckaby.
A pair of early second-half threes by Devin Call gave Fishburne its first working margin of the night at 58-52 with 14:14 to go.
Another three, this one from Jackson Trapp (a Winthrop signee), made it 77-67 with 5:27 to go, and St. John’s would get no closer than nine the rest of the way. Continue reading “Fishburne, MMA get wins on Day 1 of Military Challenge” »
Fishburne hosts D1 talent in Military Classic
Arguably the best basketball that will be played in the state of Virginia this weekend will be played in Waynesboro on grounds at Fishburne Military School.
“We want the whole community here. This is going to be high-level basketball. You’re going to be seeing guys that are going to be playing major-college ball. Every player on the floor will be a Division I-level player. How often do you get to see that in a place like Waynesboro?” said Ed Huckaby, the coach of the postgraduate basketball team at Fishburne, which is hosting the four-team FMS Military Challenge on Friday and Saturday.
The competition – FMS, Fork Union, Massanutten and St. John’s Northwestern – promises to be stiff. The rosters of the four are lined with recruits headed to the ACC, Big East, Conference USA and all manner of mid-majors. Continue reading “Fishburne hosts D1 talent in Military Classic” »
FMS PGs clamp down on Richard Bland, 101-46
The number 82 was stuck in the minds of the players on the Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball team all day Monday.
“I left that number up on the scoreboard,” said Caissons coach Ed Huckaby, whose team won 120-82 over Stillwater Prep on Sunday.
Huckaby “didn’t like the 82 points that we gave up,” and let his players know that a repeat performance was not in the offing Monday night with Richard Bland Community College coming to town.
FMS gave the defensive effort that Huckaby wanted in the final 20 minutes of a 101-46 victory. Continue reading “FMS PGs clamp down on Richard Bland, 101-46” »
FMS hoops coach on WKAV
Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball coach Ed Huckaby joins
WKAV-1400′s “The Mac McDonald Show” to talk about the signing by UVa.
of FMS point guard Teven Jones.
FMS PGs win in first game without UVa. recruit
After a 30-day holiday layoff, Fishburne Military School’s postgraduate basketball team returned to action on Wednesday night at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista and returned to Waynesboro with a 21-point win over the Knights JV squad.
The Caissons accomplished the 84-63 victory without the help of starting point guard and team captain Teven Jones. The North Carolina native will be enrolling into the University of Virginia for the spring semester to help out the 16th-ranked Cavaliers, who are down to nine scholarship players. Continue reading “FMS PGs win in first game without UVa. recruit” »
FMS point guard enrolling early at UVa.
Bad news for Fishburne, good news for UVa. basketball: Star point guard Teven Jones is enrolling at the University of Virginia this week and will join the UVa. basketball program as a redshirt freshman.
“I really want to thank everybody here at Fishburne for the opportunities that I’ve been given. This is a big day for me. Everybody dreams of going to college, and now that day is here for me,” said Jones, a postgraduate student from Kannapolis, N.C., who signed a letter of intent with UVa. in November.
FMS postgrad coach Ed Huckaby initiated the move after news broke over the holidays that the 16th-ranked Cavaliers were losing a pair of second-year players, guard KT Harrell and center James Johnson, both of whom decided to transfer at the end of the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year. Continue reading “FMS point guard enrolling early at UVa.” »
AFP builds online store for Fishburne Military School
Fishburne Military School logo apparel ranging from hats and T-shirts to ties, travel mugs, Christmas ornaments and blankets are now available online – thanks to Augusta Free Press.
AFP built a new online store for FMS at www.FishburneTimesConnect.org – a news portal for Fishburne designed and maintained by Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham.
The store features an easy-to-use shopping cart feature linked to PayPal.
AFP has built a similiar online store forBarren Ridge Vineyards and has one in the works for the Waynesboro Generals Valley League baseball team.
To find out how Augusta Free Press can build an online store for your business, contact Crystal Graham at freepress@ntelos.net.
Fishburne varsity rallies, knocks off Blue Ridge
A 17-1 fourth-quarter run got the Fishburne Military School varsity basketball team back into the game, and the Caissons ran past a tired Blue Ridge School team in the overtime period en route to posting a 69-63 victory on the road Thursday night.
The Caissons trailed 27-20 at the half and were down 10 points at the end of three quarters and had to turn to small ball after foul trouble put star post players Carson Holder and Tyrone Mason on the bench in the second half. The full-court press that the Caissons employed in their absence worked, giving FMS a six-point lead late before Blue Ridge rallied to send the game to an extra period.
It was all FIshburne in the overtime as the press that had worked to get the Caissons back into the game took the steam out of the late comeback by the hosts.
Sophomore David Oye led FMS with 25 points, making 17 of his 20 free-throw attempts on the game. Chance Berry added 16 points for the Caissons.
More FMS news at www.FishburneTimesConnect.com.
FMS rolls over Southern Tech Prep, 80-53
The first time Southern Tech Prep was in Waynesboro, the Wildcats jumped out to a 13-2 lead before the Caissons were able to rally. There was no need for a rally from the postgrads Monday night.
FMS jumped out to a 16-0 cushion six minutes in and coasted from there to an 80-53 win.
Defense was the key. The Caissons (12-4) had come in having given up an average of 94 points per game in a three-game stretch that included back-to-back losses to Massanutten and Hargrave. Continue reading “FMS rolls over Southern Tech Prep, 80-53” »
