Fall Sports
Update from the Athletic Director
posted 01 October 2007
Good Day folks
well its time for a mid season or so update on our current
sports teams playing this Fall at MMA.
This has to be
one of the finest Fall Season’s we have had here at MMA across
the board for all of our teams, not just in the win loss column,
but the show of class, good sportsmanship and the way our kids
are representing the academy every time they compete. This not
only goes to just the kids but also our coaches across the
board, they put in a lot of hours and hard work and dedication
to our kids to make all this happen. If you see one of our Fall
Coaches make sure to let them know what a great job they do for
The Athletic Department and MMA as a whole. It is such a
pleasure to have a phone conversation with the head of the
Soccer Officials Association, who has been calling Soccer Games
here at MMA for going on 12 years now, and to have him tell me
that this team, is the most fundamentally sound team he has EVER
seen at MMA, and that they play with heart every game, and are a
true class act when they step on the field. Now I don’t just get
it from him but just about every official in soccer this season
has commented how enjoyable it
has been so far to call games
here and see how our team has improved and come to were we are
now.
Lets continue
with Soccer, Soccer is off to a 4 – 2 Record and playing some
great soccer. Currently they are tied for 2nd place
in the CAC and playing the best soccer we have played in years.
Key wins so far this year over Fishburne Military School, not
once but two times, first time at Fishburne winning 5 – 3, then
beating Fishburne again here on our field in a great game 2 – 1.
They have suffered one conference loss so far and that was in a
great game against SVA which ended 2-1. Keep up the great work
and folks come out and support the Soccer team for its home
games, you will be treated to some outstanding MMA Soccer.
Ok moving
along to the Rifle Team, this season has been tough on them as
many of the top shooters from last year are no longer here at
MMA but they are working hard and practicing hard to improve
every day and are led so far by Cadet R.Carlisle who is the
team's top shooter. Keep up the hard work.
Volleyball
this season is playing a tougher schedule due to a realignment
of the CAC, and has represented the school very well as they
play hard every game and have lost a few tough matches, and also
pulled out a few tough ones. The season for them still has a
ways to go and we all know that they will pull together and make
us all proud as they always do. The team is currently led by
Cadet C. McCullough who is the team captain and stats leader.
Come out and cheer on the girls when they play at home.
Cross Country,
ok folks this one is extremely special, so far this year this
team has just lit the courses on fire setting record after
record, and topping school records, not just for this year, but
in the History of MMA Cross Country, The Boys Cross Country
Currently sits with a record of 5 – 1, They finished in 2nd
place in the last meet that had 7 Teams there, but here is the
kicker so to say, they finished TIED for 1st and lost
on a tie breaker, The Girls Cross Country Team, yes I did type
'Girls Cross Country Team' is currently sitting with a record of
4-2, The Girls on the cross country team have now become the
FIRST GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM in MMA HISTORY to WIN a meet,
ladies our hats off to all of you. This is Truly an outstanding
effort and you make the school proud in your actions, Keep up
the great work.
Now as I said
before about the Coaches, if you all see Coach Dave Strong
walking the halls of MMA or if not there see him out running
some where in the Valley, make sure to congratulate him as his
win the other day in the cross country meet was his 50th
career win here at MMA. Congrats Coach Strong, awesome
achievement.
And lastly the
Football team, The football team are the ones walking the halls
this week looking like the walking wounded, they suffered a very
tough loss this past week to a very strong Maryland School for
the Deaf Team, MSD has only lost 1 game in the past 3 years and
are a very strong team. On the up side, our boys did a great job
and showed some true class and character on the field this
weekend. The game got very tough and at times seemed to be
getting out of control to the point of some one getting hurt,
Trailing 44-6 at the half the MMA football team could have
folded and just quit but they kept on going hard and came back
scoring 26 points in the second half and losing the game by a
final score of 59-32. With that loss the football team drops
from #4 to #5 in the state rankings but just a 0.05 points out
of 4th with a string of games coming in the next few
weeks that can vault them back into the state play off rankings
with in the top 4 spots. This week being key as they play
Roanoke Catholic on Friday Night, this is the team MMA is
currently tied with for the #5 spot in the rankings (see
rankings below). MMA has lost some very tough games to Roanoke
in the past 4 year and has come out on the short end every year.
So lets cheer on the team to break that sting and beat Roanoke
This week.
Again folks
lets get out there and support our teams, they are doing
OUTSTANDING and only getting better. Be part of the movement to
put MMA Sports on the Map.
GO
COLONELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rich
Coach C
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VISAA Football Poll |
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10/1/07 |
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DIVISION THREE |
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Ranking |
School & record |
points |
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1 |
Isle of Wight (5-0) |
9.60 |
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2 |
Broadwater Aca. (5-0 |
7.60 |
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3 |
Fuqua (5-1) |
5.83 |
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4 |
Southampton Aca. (3-2) |
4.80 |
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5 |
Massanutten (3-1) |
4.75 |
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5 |
Roanoke Catholic (2-2) |
4.75 |
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7 |
Blessed Sacrament (3-2) |
4.25 |
Preparing
Today's Teenagers to be Tomorrow's Leaders
Cadet Timothy
Fucella was the winner of a new bicycle that was donated by Tysons
Foods, Inc. On Wednesday, October 10, Brock and Company, that
prepares the food in Cook and Kitchin Dining Hall, sponsored a
special lunch with Chef Eric Rappaport carving beef and turkey. On
hand for the festivities were Chad Ramsey and Alex Fitzgerald from
Tysons Foods (first and third from left in accompanying picture).
Others in the picture are Brian Heiss, Chef Eric and Brock District
Manager Larry Stelitano. Cadet Fucella bounded to the front
when his number was called for the drawing. He is looking forward to
riding his new bike. He is a first year cadet at MMA and is the son
of Joseph and Rita Fucella of Coronado, Calif.
Parents
and cadets know that MMA has a strict policy on personal computers
on campus to help maintain our students’ focus on academics away
from the classroom. However, the main drawback to this policy is
that students are limited in their access to computers. In order to
alleviate our students’ need for academic time on computers, the
Academy procured 10 refurbished Dell desktops and installed them in
the library. Julie Meirose, the President’s Assistant, notified me
of Computer Recycling of Virginia (CRVA) as a place to recycle our
old computers, monitors, and peripherals. CRVA is a valuable asset
for businesses and individuals who would like to donate their used
computer equipment as a tax credit. It is even more valuable for
non-
profit
agencies and schools to receive this refurbished equipment free of
charge to lower operating expenses. These refurbished desktops may
not provide business the speed and requirements necessary to run
robust software programs, but for a student researching information
on-line or typing a paper, these systems are more than sufficient.
In addition to providing refurbished systems to non-profit agencies
and schools, CRVA has a zero-landfill policy for all turned-in
computer equipment. The academy plans to request more desktops and
laptops from this program to help introduce more computers to
students on their dorm floors. For more information visit their
website at
Yesterday’s
Meet went very well for MMA. The boys ran a good race and are in 2nd
Place in the conference pending results from Blue Ridge. The boys
are at worst tied for 2nd. Stafford Melerine (a 10th
Grader) is 1 minute away from the JV Boys Record. 
