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Mike Bocock came into the 2013 season, his first as head coach in Waynesboro, with seven Valley League championships to his credit, and a reputation as a man who can get his teams to win in crunch time. His 2013 Generals faced more crunch time than most of his first 24 teams at stops in…
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Corey Armentrout gave up one run in five innings on the mound on two days rest, Waynesboro hit three home runs, and reliever Sean Bucholz closed things out with two innings of scoreless relief, lifting the Generals to a 6-3 win over the Strasburg Express in the deciding Game 3 of the Valley League Championship Series on Tuesday.
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For the 17 East Rockingham Senior Center members and two volunteers in attendance on August 5, they enjoyed listening to many traditional hymns and other inspirational tunes offered by Pastor Dave Robichaud (New Hope Christian Church-Harrisonburg) who was also accompanied by Denise Hensley of Elkton.
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Corey Armentrout struck out 13 while throwing eight scoreless innings, and Waynesboro got to New Market ace Aaron Cressley just enough to scratch out a 3-0 win that advances the Generals to the Valley League Championship Series.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
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Secure Futures, LLC, a developer of solar energy for non-profit institutions in education and other fields, announced today that it has completed installing a 34-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array on the roof of a low-income housing apartment building in Harrisonburg. This installation is the first solar energy system on low-income housing in the state of Virginia.
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So, according to the recap of the Game 2 first-round playoff clincher Monday night in Waynesboro that appeared in the Tuesday Daily News-Record, there was an issue with “some idiot … yelling obscenities across the field.” The quote was attributed to Harrisonburg Turks manager Bobby Wease, who added, according to the paper, “How classless is that? That’s classless.” As Paul Harvey so often said, “And now, the rest of the story.”
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Grandpa’s Little White Truck Goes on Picnic by Jerry Johns is a fun story about an outside celebration, a picnic, where grandchildren and grandparents have a simple but wonderful time in the great outdoors.
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The litmus test for voters for the All-Valley League teams selected by a panel of team representatives and members of the news media covering the VBL to have their ballots counted this year was simple: the number of Harrisonburg Turks included on your ballot. In my case, it was zero. And because of that, my ballot wasn’t counted.
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Shortstop Tyler Bocock (sophomore, Stetson) was named to the All-Valley League second team Tuesday, making Bocock the only member of the Waynesboro Generals to be selected to either the All-VBL first or second team.
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