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Taylor Sandeur and Drew Turocy were first-team All-Valley League selections, and Cody Hudson was named to the All-Valley second team, in selections announced on Saturday. Sandefur was dominant on the mound for Waynesboro in 2010, going 7-0 in 13 appearances, including eight starts, with a 2.26 ERA. Sandefur, a 6-2, 245-pound freshman from Western Carolina,…
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Tim Leather had a rocky top of the first in his first start of the season, but after getting out of the bases-loaded, one-out jam with no damage, Leather was dominant, pitching seven scoreless innings to push Waynesboro to a 4-3 win over Front Royal in Game 2 of the teams’ first-round playoff series Friday…
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The United Way of Greater Augusta is sponsoring the Stuff the Bus event going on all weekend in the parking lots at the Waynesboro and Staunton Wal-Marts Friday and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m until 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Executive Director Cynthia Pritchard was on the scene Friday morning…
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Heavy rain creating poor field conditions have once again delayed Game 2 of the Waynesboro-Front Royal first-round Valley League playoff series. The game will be completed on Friday at 7 p.m. at Mathers Park at Kate Collins Field. The contest had gotten under way on Wednesday night, but was put into a delay with the…
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Riley Murray knew he was onto something. “I got to know people in Roanoke by blogging and they invited me to come down to the Drinking Liberally meeting. I went and thought, Why not do something like that here in Staunton?” said Murray, who founded a local chapter of Drinking Liberally in December 2008. The…
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The United Way of Greater Augusta kicks off its three-day Stuff-the-Bus project on Friday. This year buses will be located at the Staunton and Waynesboro Wal-Marts. The United Way, Waynesboro city schools and UPS, along with other volunteers, will be working to help area children and youth arrive at school with the tools they need…
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A two-RBI Alan Stoupa single gave Waynesboro a 2-1 sixth-inning lead, but Front Royal responded with four in the bottom of the sixth, the big blow a two-out, three-run homer by Sean Jamieson, and the Royals took Game 1 of the teams’ Valley League first-round playoff series, 6-2, Tuesday night. Jarryd Summers (2-2) took the…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Tuesday that DuPont will invest $20 million to establish a facility in Chesterfield County to make the first nanofiber-based polymeric separators for high-performance lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and many other potential commercial uses. The facility, an early commercial-scale plant to produce the new material for this growing market,…
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Staunton was 13-25 against the rest of the Valley League in 2010, but the Braves finished 5-1 against their cross-county rivals in Waynesboro with a 7-5 win over the Generals at Mathers Park Sunday night. The game was knotted at 3-3 in the seventh when Waynesboro starter Greg Smith gave up a one-out double to…
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Chastin Akers picked six strong innings in his first start of the Valley League season, and Waynesboro got the win in the first of two on Sunday, knocking off Covington, 6-4. Akers (1-0) gave up three runs on seven hits in his second appearance of the season. The 6-7 lefty from Concord got some help…
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