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Saturday Afternoon Notes & Thoughts

Greetings- It is 1:24 p.m. on Saturday and everyone is hard at work here at the home office! Linda is trying to prepare the give away items for the trip tonight to Harrisonburg for the Turks game. Rebecca is trying to finish the game night programs for the Front Royal @ Luray contest and I am trying to generate the bills that go out tonight to our Washington Post customers here in Page County. Here is a list of the projects we are working on- The final two thoughts and pictures from Winchester, our trip to Radford for the state playoff game and last night at Rebel Park. You can also go to www.newsleader.com to check out Al Samuels coverage of the Waynesboro -Powhatan semi-final from Pulaski. The Little Giants fell short of the state title game but congrats to Jim Critzer and his team for a tremendous season! Alleghany ( Covington ) did advance to the title game today (2:30 p.m.) in Class AA and we will try and report on the results..... Day 8 of 11 and we have a great de...

I might need a Top 15 Tonight! Fun, Fun, Fun

I don't want to short change Front Royal and the "Bing" out of their top 10 list so with all the exciting action happening at the HIGH SCHOOL level I might push it out to 15. We started the night out by catching the warm-ups and 1st inning of the BIG GAME in Luray . The home town Bulldogs were hosting Lancaster for the right to go to Radford and compete in the Final Four. Rebecca got plenty of shots of the team and the great crowd getting ready and some of LHS Ace Richard Galindez pitching the first inning. Bill Meade was there to cover the game for the Page News and Courier and the town folks will get to read about it the next day instead of having to wait a while! Galindez pitched the first inning like he knew I was in a hurry. It took the senior about three minutes to face Joseph Betts (Strike Out), Adam Benson (Strike Out) and then get Luke Saunders to send a fly ball to the fastest athlete I have seen play high school ball in a while- Johnny VanWyck . VanWy...

4 "Valley Teams" look to advance to Prep Final 4

Tuesday night I will be joining Donna Settle, Greg Brill and company in Front Royal as Around The Valley makes stop #4 of 11. Four is the number of the night as four area teams will do battle on four diamonds with the hopes of advancing to the Final Four. ____________________________________________________________________ Class- A Lets start in Luray , where the host Bulldogs (25-1) welcome Lancaster (16-7) into town. Luray defeated Strasburg in the Region B championship last Friday which gave Coach Steve Griffith and his nine the right to play at Bulldog Field. Griffith has been kind enough to call me a couple of times but we have yet to visit. The season the Bulldogs are having is history in the making and if Ace lefty Richard Galindez has his good stuff it could continue down to Radford for a Friday semi-final. Luray AD Don Ehlers shared some thoughts with me about the team and I will put them in story form- win or lose Tuesday night. The Page News and Courier will have Bi...

Waynesboro qualifies for States / Luray battles Clover Hill

Skipper Jim Critzer and his Waynesboro Little Giants (22-5) defeated Jefferson Forrest Thursday evening by a score of 10-8. The victory moves WHS back into state competition for a second consecutive season. The Little Giants received a first round bye, then rallied late to defeat William Byrd before heading down to Amherst to face the JF Cavilers. The Cavs (18-5) struggled in the field for a second straight game and simply could not overcome 7 errors. I don't want to spoil the read of Al Samuels coverage at www.newsleader.com or in the News Leader tomorrow. I am sure he will talk about a running catch and a 2-run homer! Way to go Waynesboro ! A number of Valley baseball teams went in search of an exhibition game to break in the troops. Both Staunton (vs. RCBL's Stuarts Draft) and Winchester (vs. Hagerstown Mud Cats) played at their home parks while Luray made a 44 mile drive out to Clover Hill ( RCBL ) to face the Bucks. Coach Bocock talked late l...

10 Things I Loved about Thursday Night ! David Letterman style

10. For the third night in a row I watched a great high school baseball game that was decided by one run after the home team rallied. 9. Talking with Luray manger Mike Bocock about anything having to do with baseball. His baseball smile is as wide as Critzer's . 8. Getting to spend any 15 minutes with Mr. & Mrs. Alger while they are working their magic @ Rebel Park. 7. Getting to ask both Ryan Carroll and his father which one of them was more excited when Ryan caught the final out in the Luray victory (Mr.Carroll said his chair broke from the tension). Ryan said- "It just ended up falling into my glove but I knew Jeremy was behind me" 6. Trading stories with my New Market broadcast partners and getting to tell Dallas's wife she looks younger every time I see her. 5. Getting to spend 5 hours with my youngest daughter and having her talk about how exciting the Bulldog game was. 4. Visiting with Chatham baseball parents including the mother of Andrew Redd and se...

An exciting night of action on US-211! LHS, Wranglers, PCHS, Rebels all see action

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The calender on the computer was jammed full of baseball related events on Wednesday evening so my daughter Rebecca and I set out to catch as much of the action as possible. The number of items was 5 so lets get right to it! 5:00 p.m. -Head Coach Alan Knight and his Page County Panthers hosted Gretna in a Region-B softball semi-final in Shenandoah. 6:00 p.m. - First pitch is set for the Region-B baseball semi-final between host Luray and the visiting Cavilers from Chatham . 6:30 p.m. - Diane Buckley and Bill Turner roll out the red carpet at Imagination Station for the annual meet and greet that is "Meet The Wranglers". 7:00 p.m. - Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Alger and company prepare a huge dinner for the "Meet The Rebels" which is to be followed by an exhibition game versus the RCBL's New Market Shockers. 7:00 p.m. - Dateline Strasburg - Appomattox and Strasburg begin play in the second Region-B semi-final with the winner hosting the Luray - Chatham winner. I wi...