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JMU had its second member of the 2014 squad selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft when the San Diego Padres chose right-handed pitcher Chris Huffman (Fort Defiance, Va./Fort Defiance) in the 14th round with the 417th overall pick.
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Junior right-hander Chris Huffman (Fort Defiance, Va./Fort Defiance) and freshman left-hander Michael Evans (Falls Church, Va./George C. Marshall) combined to limit Northeastern to seven hits and a pair of early runs in a 3-2 JMU win.
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Junior right-hander Chris Huffman (Fort Defiance, Va./Fort Defiance) recorded his third complete game of the season with seven strikeouts in JMU’s 8-3 victory over Hofstra on Saturday afternoon in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game at University Field.
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Students from Lee High school and Fort Defiance High school were sponsored by the Staunton Rotary Club Rotary Youth Leadership Achievement Seminar at Virginia Tech.
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Junior right-hander Chris Huffman (Fort Defiance, Va./Fort Defiance) struck out seven for the victory and senior Trent Cundiff (Roanoke, Va./Northside) wrapped up eight scoreless innings from the JMU staff with the save in a 5-2 victory over East Carolina on Saturday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium in non-conference baseball action.
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As our nation looks back on that defining period of the Civil War – a history played out 150 years ago – it is sometimes too complex to grasp. The reality is that the history of that tragic war is actually comprised of millions of unique stories, some told on the battlefield and some on the homefront. One family’s history in that war will be the topic of the Augusta County Historical Society’s Fall Meeting to be held Sunday, November 3, at 3 p.m. at Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church in Fort Defiance.
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Redshirt sophomore Michael Howerton (Chesterfield, Va./Matoaca) allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings and sophomore Chris Huffman (Fort Defiance, Va./Fort Defiance) closed the door for the second straight day as James Madison downed George Mason 5-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association series finale on Sunday afternoon at Spuhler Field.
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Start your Christmas season off right by supporting the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank at this 16th annual benefit concert with three musical groups with guest performers, candlelight and luminaries at historic Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church on Rt. 11 in Fort Defiance, midway between Harrisonburg and Staunton. Through donations, the Food Bank serves 120,000 people each month (16% more than last year) through 250 partner agencies. All proceeds from the concert go to the Food Bank.
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Hall of Famer Billy Wagner shares a few things in common with Harrisonburg native and former Spotswood High School star Daryl Irvine – both starred in college at Ferrum, both pitched in The Show and each spent time with the Boston Red Sox.
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Bryce Suters transferred back to the Shenandoah Valley to finish his college baseball career, and being familiar with coaches at Bridgewater College made the difference.
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