
Podcast: AFP editor Chris Graham talks college basketball, football with Mark Moses
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talks college basketball and college football with the Mark Moses Show on 1560-AM in Melbourne, Fla.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talks college basketball and college football with the Mark Moses Show on 1560-AM in Melbourne, Fla.

The Caissons fought hard, but the shots just would not fall on Tuesday as Eastern Mennonite was able to take the conference opener from Fishburne, 60-51.

Fishburne Military School senior Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed is a striking presence lining up at wideout on the football field, and he would strike fear in the hearts of opponents on the basketball court. But Sallah-Mohammed’s heart is in his feet.

The 0-2 start to the 2015 Fishburne Military School football season didn’t concern first-year head coach Chip Hill. The late start to training camp and the issues with weather limiting practice time put the Caissons behind schedule, and FMS opened with two opponents – Fuqua and Roanoke Catholic – that are expected to compete for state playoff bids.

Black Swan Books & Music team with the SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series to present a reading by fiction writers Clifford Garstang (What the Zhang Boys Know and In an Uncharted Country) and Chris Cleary (The Ring of Middletown).

Harrisonburg outfielder Shane Billings was voted the Valley League Most Valuable Player among league administrators and media representatives. Charlottesville’s Hayden McCutcheon was voted the Pitcher of the Year.

The Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton & Augusta County is gearing up for its second annual Soccer Prom fundraiser.

Going on Today for Friday, July 10, from the Augusta Free Press Calendar.

The 2015 Valley League All-Star game on Sunday, July 12, showcases the league’s rising collegiate stars in an annual event attended by baseball fans and Major League Baseball scouts alike at James Madison University’s Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg.

Three first-round picks, including the #1 overall, Dansby Swanson. That’s Vanderbilt, the defending national champion, looking to go back-to-back against the UVA team that it knocked off in the 2014 College World Series.
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