FUMA Blue Devils vs. Orange County Hornets

Fork Union Jr. Prep played the Hornets of Orange County High School last week (9/7) and won 20 - 0. Not bad for their first game. I spoke with Coach Hooper after the game and he said that FUMA had better team speed than Orange County. We had #19 and they had #24. Young, fast guys who dominate and carry the ball a lot. As a team, FUMA played better, which is what won the game for them. You can read the game report on the FUMA website.


Wil is #70 in the pictures. We didn't think that he would be able to play becuase of his shin splints, but the coaches put him in at the end of the 4th quarter on Defense and he got 7 plays. He did exceptionally well defending against a taller opponent and did not give up any ground.



Mom and Maggie made home baked cookies for the team. We gave him his weekly goodie box, some more Gatorade, lots of letters and a special LCD TV for his room. His room has now become the destination for quality cable t.v. viewing. He's still struggling with making his allowance last the whole week but as the commandant said " you get three squares - what more do you need". Between our goodie boxes and his allowance he should be doing fine . . .

It continues to be a breath of fresh air getting to see Wil weekly. It's still very hard not being able to talk with him but we are learning how to get along too. We love football.