
Live Blog: Waynesboro Generals make run at history
Join Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham on a live blog from Charles Town, W.Va., where the Waynesboro Generals have a chance to win their second straight Valley League championship.

Join Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham on a live blog from Charles Town, W.Va., where the Waynesboro Generals have a chance to win their second straight Valley League championship.

Waynesboro Generals fans give their team a nice send off as the Generals make their way to Charles Town, W.Va., for Game 2 of the Valley League championship series. A win would give Waynesboro its first back-to-back VBL championships in the team’s 91-year history.

Interviews with Waynesboro Generals coach D.J. King and players Griffin Krieg and Mike Marcinko following Waynesboro’s 11-1 win over Charles Town in Game 1 of the Valley League championship series.

Waynesboro Generals starting pitcher Griffin Krieg put in seven strong innings, and a Mike Marcinko three-run sixth-inning double broke open a close Game 1 battle, lifting the defending Valley League champs to an 11-1 win over the Charles Town Cannons in Game 1 of the VBL Finals.

Fans are invited to Kate Collins Field at 1 p.m. Tuesday to help send the Waynesboro Generals on the road to Charles Town for Game 2 of the Valley League championship series.

The 19th annual Waynesboro Plant Health Care for Urban Trees Workshop will take place September 12th, and registration for the popular workshop is now open.

The Waynesboro Police is requesting assistance in its investigation in an overnight burglary of a Waynesboro business. At 7:30 a.m. today, officers responded to Dollar Tree, 2715 West Main Street for a report of a break in.

Interviews with Waynesboro Generals coach D.J. King, starting pitcher Kevin Doherty and center fielder Cole Gruber after Waynesboro’s 4-3 win over Covington on Aug. 3 that sent the Generals to their second straight Valley League championship series.

Covington had the go-ahead run on first base with nobody out in the ninth, but Waynesboro Generals reliever Will Lowman was able to get out of the two-on, no-out jam, and the Generals advanced to the Valley League championship series with a 4-3 win over the ‘Jacks in front of 825 fans at Kate Collins Field Sunday night.

The Covington Lumberjacks take on the Waynesboro Generals in the deciding Game 3 of their Valley League semifinal playoff series. WKDW’s Kris Neil will handle the play-by-play, with Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham on color commentary. The winner advances to the best-of-three championship series against the Charles Town Cannons.
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