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From ForkUnion.com--  After a forty-six year career as a biology teacher and basketball coach, Fletcher Arritt is being enshrined in Fork Union Military Academy's Sports Hall of Fame this Thursday evening, June 14, 2012.  Coach Fletcher Arritt leads a class of four outstanding inductees being honored at a banquet on the Academy's campus beginning with a VIP reception at 5:00pm and dinner at 6:30pm.

In addition to Coach Arritt, inductees include longtime NFL All-Pro linebacker, Dexter Coakley; one of the nation’s leading research experts on sports injuries, Dr. Frederick Mueller; and the late E. H. “Gus” Lacy, Jr., one of FUMA’s legendary coaches and former Athletic Director.

These Class of 2012 inductees will join the ranks of the school’s previous honorees including Eddie George, FUMA’s second Heisman Trophy winner; Green Bay Packer quarterback Don Majkowski; Eagle’s Pro-Bowl receiver Mike Quick; Jim Bunch, the All-American lineman who helped Coach Bear Bryant win two national championships at Alabama; and many more familiar names from the world of college, Olympic, and professional sports.

A special presentation of the COL R. L. “Red” Pulliam Award will also be made during the banquet to George S. Currin, a FUMA alumnus and businessman from Charlotte, North Carolina who has led the Academy’s fundraising efforts for the construction of the $20 million Jacobson Hall barracks facility slated to open in July of 2012. 

 (LISTEN) Fork Union prep basketball coach Matt Donohue (far left) is the featured guest in this episode of The Passing Game.  Coach Donohue played collegiately at Longwood University (Go Lancers), where he graduated in 2002.  He has been an English teacher and coach at Fork Union since 2005.  During that time, Donohue has also served as an assistant to Coach Arritt's post-graduate program--helping with practices and games that do not conflict with his prep team's schedule.

In this episode, Donohue joins Phil Wall to discuss the role of an assistant coach, the benefits of running a simple motion offense in a program with multiple teams, as well as Coach Donohue's experience working with Coach Arritt over the past seven years.  It is an honor to have him as our guest.

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(From ForkUnion.com)  Fork Union Military Academy will host a 3 ON 3 Basketball Tournament this Saturday, April 14th, from 2pm to 5pm in the Estes Athletic Center. Teams will compete in two divisions, "Competitive" and "Less Competitive," and a third division is set aside for donors who don't want to compete. Spectators are encouraged to attend. There will be $1 concessions available as well as t-shirts and other items on sale. All proceeds will benefit Coaches Vs. Cancer and the Charles Rogers Scholarship Fund.

This week's two-game set with Princeton's JV will be the final contests in Fletcher Arritt's remarkable 42-year run at Fork Union Military Academy.  Coach Arritt, who will be stepping down as head coach after this season, is hoping for career wins 889 and 890.  Thursday's game is scheduled for 7pm; Friday at 3pm.  Both games will take place at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.