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Donald Hulvey, a long-time farmer with about 300 acres in Mount Sidney, in Augusta County, was born in 1937 in California while his father, James Hensel (Hank) Hulvey, played minor league baseball for Tacoma in the Western International League.
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Fort Defiance High grad Chris Huffman, a pitcher drafted by the San Diego Padres out of JMU in 2014, is the 2025 RCBL Pitcher of the Year.
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Turner Ashby High School opened in 1956 in Dayton – it moved to Bridgewater in 1989 – and the Knights won the first of seven state baseball titles in 1971. That is tied for second in the state, back of the nine won by J.J. Kelly.
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One June day in 1967, after a standout baseball career at Broadway High, senior and recent graduate Hunter Hollar got in a car with Baltimore Orioles scout Art Ehlers.
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Tommie Martz was roommates in his first year of pro ball in 1960 in the Pittsburgh system with Steve Blass, who would be the winning pitcher in Game 7 as the Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series 11 years later.
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Brian O’Connor, who has left Charlottesville for the bright lights of the SEC at Mississippi State, began his tenure as the head coach of the UVA Baseball program in 2004.
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In all, five natives of Staunton made it Major League Baseball as players – and three of them were named Larry.
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Waynesboro Schools announces the appointment of Megan Fitzgerald as Assistant Principal of Waynesboro High School, effective July 1, 2025.
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A Fort Defiance High School team and a Shelburne Middle School team earned first place in the HSWCD Local Envirothon.
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A. R. Ware Elementary School first-grade teacher Karen Grady has been named the 2026 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year for Region 5.
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