Thursday, October 20, 2016

Editor's Note: This week's newsletter is abbreviated since Parent Weekend begins tomorrow. We'll cover all the news of this weekend in next Friday's newsletter. Hope to see you all on campus for the Fall Parent Weekend!

APPLE BUTTAH:  Thanks to all who helped make this year's special batch of Apple Buttah.  Particular gratitude is expressed to Alex Dillard '19 and Christian Forbes '18, who helped start the early morning fire, as well as Josh Croswell '20 and Aaron O'Donnell '18, who worked especially long hours.

 

Several classes joined Chaplain Anne West in peeling and chopping apples on Monday and Tuesday of this week.  The cooking of the apples began in earnest early Wednesday morning.

A big, hearty thanks to Chaplain West for all her hard work in organizing the event and to Dr. Kevin Miller for the passion he poured into the project. This year's great taste is due to his special recipe of unique blends of sugar, cinnamon and cloves. For more on this story, click here. For photos, click here.

 

BACON HOLLOW HUSTLE: Kellam Lloyd '20 was the winner in the high school division of the Bacon Hollow Hustle - a running and biking event - held on the Blue Ridge School campus on Saturday, October 15. Kellam's time was 1:14:03.7.  Compare that to the overall men's winner's time of 57:11.2.  Spencer Cadieux '18 was second with a time of 1:18:47.0, and Colby Boyd was third with a time of 1:19.10.6. Other participants included JaQuan Newman '18 (4th), Dial Powers '18 (5th), Connor Modd '18 (6th), Declan Keegan '20 (7th), Ballard Earley '18 (8th), Ty Ewen '18 (9th), Tristan Adams '19 (10th), Xol Mike '20 (11th) and St. George Donovan '20 (12th).  Overall, forty-one racers completed the event. For more photos, click here.

 

BLUE & WHITE GAMES: Congratulations to the Blue Team for winning the first Blue-White Games competition of the year. Pizza was served to the winning team on Wednesday evening in the Student Center. For photos of the games, click here. 

ATHLETICS:  On Friday, October 14, Varsity Football beat STAB on their turf 34-0 as STAB forfeited the game in the third quarter.

 

On Monday, October 17, JV Football traveled to Covenant to take a 47-0 victory while Varsity Soccer hosted Fishburne, claiming an 8-2 win.

 

On Tuesday, October 18, Varsity Soccer hosted Hargrave (losing 3-0), and JV Soccer traveled to Woodberry (tying 2-2).

 

Cross Country traveled to Fishburne for an Invitational meet. The Barons finished sixth out of eleven schools.  Adam Maisano '19 was 5th overall with a time of 18:01.0, and Taku Endo '18 was 10th with a time of 19:14.0.

 

On Friday, October 21, Varsity Soccer will host VES for a 4:30PM game.  On Saturday, October 22, JV Soccer will host VES at 11:30AM while Varsity Football will welcome VES at 2PM. Cross Country will run against VES and Hargrave on our home course starting at 2PM.

THANKSGIVING BREAK PREP PROGRAM:   Whether you and your son are looking for a 7-day prep program to get ready for his upcoming SAT/ACT/TOEFL tests, or simply looking for an alternative to traveling all the way home for Thanksgiving Break...consider staying on campus for the Prep Program this November.  There will be various fun and relaxing programs to sign up for which will give students well-deserved rest time as well as time to catch up on school work and enjoy the other parts of campus. For more information, click here.