Generals shut out – again – in Valley League honors

Chris Graham

Waynesboro, at 15-10, has the second-best record in the Valley League. We’re tied for the league lead in a category that you wouldn’t expect. Fewest kids named to the Players of the Week list. At zero. Yep. It’s us, Luray (9-16) and Woodstock (9-18) still looking for our first honoree of 2011. The tough thing…

Former Generals aiming for spot in College World Series

Chris Graham

A pair of former Waynesboro Generals will play key roles for the top-ranked Virginia Cavaliers as they face off with Cal-Irvine this weekend for a spot in the College World Series. “It will definitely be a good weekend of baseball. Two really good teams. It’s golng to come down to who can execute. This time…

Generals pitch in at Wenonah Field Day

Chris Graham

Friday is get-down-to-business time for the Waynesboro Generals, who open their season on the road at Rockbridge. Thursday was a break from the preparations for the 2011 Valley League season for several members of the team who helped Wenonah Elementary School with its annual Field Day. “We’re just playing around with the kids, just having…

All-star hoops game features top Virginia post-grads

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Fishburne Military School post-graduate basketball coach Ed Huckaby noticed a gap in the market for basketball recruiters. “Most all-star games are for high-school players,” said Huckaby, who is filling the void with the inaugural Virginia Post-Grad All-Star Basketball Game set for Saturday on campus at FMS in Waynesboro. The all-star weekend, which begins Friday with…

All-star hoops game features top Virginia post-grads

AFP

Fishburne Military School post-graduate basketball coach Ed Huckaby noticed a gap in the market for basketball recruiters. “Most all-star games are for high-school players,” said Huckaby, who is filling the void with the inaugural Virginia Post-Grad All-Star Basketball Game set for Saturday on campus at FMS in Waynesboro. The all-star weekend, which begins Friday with…

Hoops dreams: Fishburne basketball clinic teaches Y kids court, life lessons

Chris Graham

The hook to the youth basketball players at the Waynesboro YMCA to get them out for a group practice Tuesday night was that practice was going to be led by members of the nationally ranked FIshburne Military School postgraduate basketball team. In between the drills emphasizing proper ballhandling, defensive movement and shooting techniques, the players…

FMS postgrad hoops team to teach basketball, life lessons to Y kids

Chris Graham

The nationally ranked postgraduate basketball team from Fishburne Military School will be holding a skills clinic for Waynesboro YMCA youth basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 22, beginning at 6 p.m. The clinic was initiated by FMS Superintendent Col. Rick Zinser as a community-outreach effort for the postgrad-hoops program, which has 14 players committed to Division I…