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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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Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP since 2017, will speak Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the University of Mary Washington.
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