Rubber-armed Tincher shares secrets of pitching trade

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Angela Tincher has always been able to bring it – but as the Virginia Tech sophomore has learned the part of the game that Yogi Berra figured was somewhere in the area of 45 percent mental, she’s become virtually unhittable. “The more I pitch, the more the scouting reports get out…

Looking back at Hurricane Isabel

Chris Graham

Compiled by Chris Graham  Tim Spears was surveying the damage wrought by the South River on his downtown-Waynesboro music store Friday afternoon. “It could’ve been a lot worse,” said Spears, owner of Tim Spears’ Music City – which is located just a city block away from the South River. Spears estimated the damage to his…

Calm before the storm

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham  Depending on whom you believe, Hurricane Isabel is either going to enter and then leave Western Virginia like a lion – or like a lamb. Weather forecasters are offering predictions that rainfall amounts in the Shenandoah Valley associated with the powerful storm – which is on track to make landfall in…