
Waynesboro Public Library: August 2013 events
The monthly calendar of events at the Waynesboro Public Library, Waynesboro, Va.

The monthly calendar of events at the Waynesboro Public Library, Waynesboro, Va.

Harrisonburg swept the regular-season series with Waynesboro. The Generals swept the series that mattered. A two-out, two-run single by Kevin Fagan lifted Waynesboro to an improbable 4-3 win over the Harrisonburg Turks Monday night in Waynesboro. The victory gave the Generals a two-game playoff-series sweep over the Turks, the 2013 regular-season champs, who had outscored Waynesboro 44-14 in the six-game regular-season series sweep.

Ben Boykin and Quinn Griffith each hit their first home runs of the season, and Kyle Allen put in four key innings in relief to propel the Waynesboro Generals to an 11-2 win over Harrisonburg in Game 1 of their Valley League first-round playoff series.

Waynesboro scored three runs in the first and never looked back, clinching a 2013 Valley League playoff spot with a 5-0 win at Rockbridge Wednesday night.

Harrisonburg used three unearned runs in the fourth to build a working margin and rolled to an easy 9-2 win at Waynesboro Tuesday night.

The Waynesboro YMCA has put the capper on another successful Merv Wooten Invitational golf tournament. The Y raised more than $13,000 for programs and scholarships at the tournament, held at the Waynesboro Country Club.

The Waynesboro YMCA will be shutting down its pool on Monday, July 29, through the month of August for repairs and maintenance.

The United Way of Greater Augusta has partnered with Q101 and Wal-Mart to present Stuff the Bus. Throughout the weekend, August 2-4, volunteers will be collecting donated school supplies and backpacks for students in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County schools.

Covington held off a late Waynesboro rally to win game two of a doubleheader, 3-2, and keep its 2013 Valley League playoff hopes alive.

An eighth-inning JoJo Woods RBI single scored Ben Boykin with the eventual winning run to lift Waynesboro to a 5-4 win over Rockbridge Thursday night.
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