Why Virginia manufacturers are rethinking in-house production in 2026
Across the Shenandoah Valley and the rest of Virginia, small and mid-sized manufacturers are facing a familiar squeeze.
Across the Shenandoah Valley and the rest of Virginia, small and mid-sized manufacturers are facing a familiar squeeze.
There was only Major League Baseball player born in the small town of Madison, Virginia, according to baseballreference.com.
In 1971, Mike Caldwell was drafted by the San Diego Padres out of North Carolina State after he had played for the Charlottesville Hornets of the Valley Baseball League while in college.
Kirby Dean is the former head basketball coach at Waynesboro High School and EMU, a Division III program he took to the Elite Eight in 2010 in a seminal moment in the school’s athletic history.
Sid Bream was a baseball standout at Liberty University, but his coach there – former Major League pitcher Al Worthington – never saw him play in high school.
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.
As a hitting coach in the minor leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, Gregg Ritchie got to first work in 2005 with future All-Star outfielder Andrew McCutchen.
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.
CBS gives Bruce Pearl a platform to advocate for the school that still pays him to get an NCAA Tournament bid.
On a recent weekday at 4:30 p.m. – exactly 150 minutes before the opening tip – veteran sports broadcaster Steve Buckhantz walked into the almost-empty Atlantic Union Bank Center on the campus of JMU in Harrisonburg.
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