History of The Flying Flucos Nickname
In the 1940s Fluvanna County was one of the few teams in Virginia that was playing high school football. The team was very successful. There was a big game with a school from the Richmond area. In a newspaper article the term Flying Flucos emerged. Something was written to the effect, "The High Flying Men of Flu.Co." (an attempt to abbreviate Fluvanna County) The students at Fluvanna County HS embraced 'Flying Flucos' and it has been the nickname ever since.
A first attempt to create a visual image of the mascot was the 'Mercury Winged Foot' Flying Fluco logo that appeared in the 1960s. Students at the old FCHS (now middle school) referred to the gym as the 'Shoebox', a moniker brought about by two FCHS students while anchoring the school's morning television show. The Old English script Flying 'F' with wings is a recent change. Over the years many efforts to make a super hero type character the Flying Fluco mascot were attempted but all never gathered much support. Recently a caped 'Flucoman' mascot has appeared. The Flying Fluco nickname made the ESPN Top High School nicknames in the country. http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascoths2.html
Flying Fluco football made a name for itself in the 1970s and 1980s led by Coach Phil Browning (106-55-10) by winning numerous district championships as well as making many playoff appearances. In fact, Fluvanna County participated in the first Group 'A' Football Championship game in 1970 as well as the 1981 Group 'A' title game. The Flying Flucos were also very successful in Track and Field during the 70s and 80s, winning state championships to include the Group 'A' Indoor boys title in 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1979 and the Group 'A' Outdoor boys title in 1981, 1982, and 1983. The girls track team won the 1981 Group 'A' outdoor track title. The track program was led by coaches Phil Browning, Tap Pace, and Feda Kidd. The basketball program, coached by boys coach Munro Rateau and girls coach Feda Kidd, won state championships during the 80s and early 90s to include the boys Group 'A' title in 1989 and 1990 as well as a Group AA Div. 3 Final Four appearance in 2012 and the girls Group 'A' title in 1981 and 1982. The football stadium at the new FCHS was named 'Phil Browning Field.'
The Flying Flucos participated in the VHSL Group 'A' James River District during the 1970's and 80's with traditional rivals Buckingham, Goochland, Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward, Powhatan and Lunenburg Central. In the 1990's as enrollment for the high school grew, the Flying Flucos moved to the 'AA' Jefferson District with rivals Charlottesville, Orange, William Monroe, Goochland, Powhatan, Louisa, Monticello, and Western Albemarle. In 2013 the Flying Flucos will participate as '4A' in the new VHSL alignments. Fluvanna has been assigned to Conference 23 and will compete against conference foes Charlottesville, Louisa, Amherst, and Harrisionburg for state playoff spots except in football. Tenatively, the Flying Flucos will continue to schedule and participate in all regular season sports in the Jefferson Distict.
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