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By Tammy Ehrhart
Rappahannock News Writer
Mr. Richard Markam pulled out of the Rappahannock County High School parking lot Friday afternoon driving a bus with thirteen Rappahannock softball players and three coaches, headed for Pennsylvania to begin what the Athletic Director intends to develop into an annual athletic exchange program.
The varsity team, along with several of the freshman JV players who will be playing some varsity games this year, and the coaches from both Varsity, Jon Smythe and Sherron Boddie and JV, Richie Burke loaded up their sleeping bags and their softball gear and headed 3.5 hours northwest to Carlisle, Pa. for a weekend of teambuilding with their newly adopted “Kindred School.”
Mr. Jon Smythe* RCHS Athletic Director, said that he developed the idea of a Kindred School Program as a way to generate excitement in the athletic department. “Due to the small rural nature of our school, I realize that some of our student athletes may have had few opportunities to travel out of the state, and this program would be an opportunity for them to be athletic ambassadors from our community.
My plan was to adopt a school outside of our region of competition, set up a weekend that we would travel to their school and participate in some teambuilding activities while our athletes got to know their Kindred School athletes and end the weekend with a double-header.
Next year, our Kindred School will come to our community, see our facilities, meet our families, and participate in the same activities here.
This will foster a true spirit of sportsmanship that sometimes gets lost in the pursuit of game-by-game victories and district standing.”
Mr. Smythe has talked to other varsity coaches about exploring the feasibility of doing this for other varsity programs next year. “Our
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