Greyhounds Win Aided by First Career Home Run Mustangs Perfect at Home This Week, Spring Season Nearing

BY ERIKA TOMAN

In the game of the week, the Greyhounds (coached by Chris McCormack) defeated the Red Robbers (coached by Joe Greiner) by a score of 7 – 3. The game was tied at three in the bottom of the fifth when Davis Nicholas singled, scoring the goahead run.

Help Oak Street Finalists Get to Worlds

A team of Oak Street Elementary 3rd and 4th graders has advanced to the World Finals of Odyssey of the Mind, an academic problem-solving and creativity competition, for the first time in almost twenty years. They will represent FCCPS in East Lansing, Michigan, at Michigan State University from May 24-27, 2023. Please help their team offset the $3000 competition registration cost and get them to Worlds with their GoFundMe page: www. gofundme.com/f/oak-street-team-toodyssey-of-the-mind-worlds.

Register for FCEF Silent Auction

The FCEF Gala & Auction event is on Friday, May 19, but the silent auction opens a week earlier. Register at https://fcedf.auctions. networkforgood.com for a bidder

The standout play of the game was Rocky Marx’s first career home run, tying the game in the fourth inning. Pitcher Kellan McCormack earned the win after entering the game in the fourth inning, allowing just one hit, no runs, and notching five strikeouts in two and two-thirds innings. The Greyhounds starter Asher Sequeira allowed only three hits while striking out eight batters over three and a third innings for a solid outing. Eight hits from Marx, McCormack, Sequeira, Nicholas, and Henry Upton helped fuel the win.

The Red Robbers’ starting pitcher, Teddy Greiner, delivered a great outing, going three and a third innings while striking out six batters. Reliever Xander Wagner pitched one and two third innings chalking up five strikeouts. Key offensive contributors for the Red Robbers included Greiner, who went two for two, John “Tig” Fatzinger and Aiden Ortiz each contributed a hit.

The Falls Church Kiwanis Little League is entering the last two weeks of regular season play with the playoffs starting the last full week of May. The league encourages all community members to enjoy a Majors Division game during their 75th anniversary season on Saturdays starting at 2:00pm, with games throughout the afternoon and evening, at Westgate Elementary’s Art Eagle Ballfield.

Majors Division Season

Standings as of May 7

Hammerheads

(sponsored by Chandler’s Heating and Plumbing)

7-6

Red Robbers

(sponsored by The Mount Rushmores)

8-5

Cherry Bombs

(sponsored by Anthony Wilder)

9-4

Greyhounds

(sponsored by Davis Laine, LLC)

8-5

Smurfs

(sponsored by Don Beyer Volvo)

6-7

Ranch Falls Church

(sponsored by NDI Custom Homes)

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BY RYAN MCCAFFERTY

With regional playoffs set to begin as soon as two weeks from now for several Meridian athletic teams, not a single one of the school’s varsity squads lost at home throughout all of the first week of May, and only took one loss in total. Here’s how the various teams stacked up.

Though baseball did take the week’s lone loss in the aforementioned Tuesday night affair at William Monroe by a score of 2-5, they rebounded on Friday by beating Warren County 2-0 on the road. That brings their overall record to 11-4. Softball faced the exact same schedule as their baseball counterparts, with the girls sweeping their road trip as they beat Monroe 1-0 and then Warren County 7-3 to improve their record to 9-4-1.

Soccer racked up plenty of wins this week, going a combined 4-0-1 as they also both played William Monroe and Warren County. The boys were on the road for both of their Tuesday and Friday games, and beat Monroe 4-1 and then Warren County 10-1. The girls faced those two teams at home, playing Monroe to a 0-0 draw and then beating Warren 7-0, and they also faced Seton on the road on Thursday, who they beat 4-0. The boys are now 9-3 on the year while the girls are 7-2-2. number, browse the items up for bid, mark favorites and get ready to bid. If one can’t attend the gala event on May 19, they can still bid and win items in the auction.

Lacrosse swept up this past week, as the boys played Fauquier on a neutral site at Liberty-Bealeton on Monday and won 10-9, then traveled to Culpeper County on Friday and won 14-7 to improve to 8-4 on the season. The girls, meanwhile, hosted Fauquier on Monday and Culpeper on Thursday and dominated both matchups, winning the former 23-2 and the latter 25-5 as they moved to 8-3.

Finally, girls’ tennis won its only game this past week as they beat Skyline 9-0 on the road on Monday, and now sit at 5-7.

Henderson Recognized For Sustainability Goals

Henderson Flex teachers recognized several students who spent Quarter 3 digging into various topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals. These students went above and beyond in their topics, including subjects like Equitable Education, Math Strategies and Endangered Animals, to share their knowledge with others.

Featured students included: Caroline Flajser, Diana Yerkin, Hana Ozuna, Mia Vukovic, Layla Kozbelt, Aditi Narain, Lillian Henderson, Kenton Scheifele, Evanny NajeraSanchez, Linnea Mirza, Aila Balsano, Chloe Zullo, Edan Thomton, Wyatt Hutchins, Luis Gabriel de Carvalho.

Junior Fundraising for Childhood Invites All

Susan Rotherham, a junior at Meridian, is hosting the “Ice Skate Against Childhood Cancer” fundraiser event on Friday, May 19. Thanks to the generous FCCPS community, the event was a huge success last year, raising over $2,500 to support families in their fights against pediatric cancer. The turnout from Meridian students and families was a big part of the success.

REVIVE! Training Today

REVIVE! is the Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education (OONE) program for the Commonwealth of Virginia. REVIVE! provides training on recognizing and responding to an opioid overdose emergency using Naloxone. This training is one hour long and will be held today from 4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m at the Central Office (150 S. Washington St. Ste 400). It covers understand- ing opioids, how opioid overdoses happen, risk factors for opioid overdoses and how to respond to an opioid overdose emergency with the administration of Naloxone. All participants will receive access to their own REVIVE kit and a Narcan/Naloxone kit with two doses. Students can attend with their parents or guardians. Please contact Rebecca Sharp (rsharp@ fccps.org) via email with questions or concerns.

6th Grader Recognized For Mythology Exam

In February, Lila Perlberg, a 6th grade student at MEHMS, participated in the Pegasus National Mythology Exam. The Pegasus National Mythology Exam strives to make mythology accessible to all students. Lila scored 39 out of a possible 40 points, earning her a Gold Medal and being recognized as Summa cum Laude.