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September 22, 2017
ACCIDENTAL COURTESY
Musician, author and race-relations activist Daryl Davis spoke with Blue Ridge School students and faculty on Thursday, September 21, at 10:30am in the School's auditorium.
"Mr. Davis provided us all with a unique perspective on fighting racism," says Assistant Headmaster for Co-curricular Programs Vinton Bruton.
The entire student body had watched a documentary about Mr. Davis entitled Accidental Courtesy prior to his visit.
For more on this story, click here.
BROKENBACK:
The 19th annual Brokenback Challenge took place on Sunday, September 17, 2017. This four-event challenge requires a four-person relay team to complete a canoe race around the lake,
a two-mile run on the Chesley Creek trail, a swim across the lake and a two-mile mountain bike race.
The first place winners were (pictured from left) Ballard Earley '18, Ty Ewen '18, Bryce Adkison '21 and Liam Moran '21. For more on this story, click here.
COLLEGE COUNSELING: Admissions representatives from Shenandoah University, Lynn University and the University of Alabama were on campus this week.
CRITTER BALL: Twenty students volunteered to help the Charlottesville ASPCA at their annual fund-raising event at Pippin Hill on Thursday evening. The organization was very appreciative of the students' help with their live auction. Seniors Ryan Amer, Abdoulaye Camara, Jack Cline, Taku Endo, Franck Germain, Myles Jones, Yilin Kong, Juan Mareco, Kyle McCurley, Darius McGhee, InYong Song, Alex Tembo, Katiso Tlelima, Tyler Wills and Harry Xue; juniors Tristan Adams, Bryce Aylor, Kris Deane and Zach Neumann; and sophomore Josh Croswell participated.
BOARDINGWARE: Mr. Hans Hermanson sent a Boardingware login invitation to all parents. If you didn't receive it, please check your spam/junk folder. If you have any questions or would like to add another adult to the contact list, you may email
Hans Hermanson
with that person's contact information, and he will send an additional invite.
ATHLETICS:
On Saturday, September 16, the cross country runners
participated in the Woodberry Forest Invitational. Adam Maisano '19 was 19th with an individual time of 18:34, and Henri Vainola '18 was 26th with a time of 18:53. On Tuesday, September 19, the team traveled to Fuqua and came in first. The team scores were Blue Ridge 23, New Covenant 41, Fuqua 70 and Cornerstone Christian 101. (Pictured above, from left) Henri, Adam and Dhruv Mehrotra '19 all tied for first place with a time of 19:42.
The JV soccer team traveled to Eastern Mennonite and brought home a 4-2 victory on Tuesday, September 19.
The varsity soccer squad beat Holy Cross 8-0 at home last Friday, September 15. The squad then hosted Eastern Mennonite on Tuesday, September 19, losing that game 6-0. On Thursday, September 21, the squad bounced back to tie FUMA 4-4 in another home game.
Tomorrow, the squad is hosting Carlisle for a 1:00 pm match.
The varsity football team suffered its first loss of the season at Flint Hill School, 56-13, on Saturday, September 16. The team is hosting Covenant for a 2:00 pm game tomorrow.
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