Three two-run home runs were still not enough for Turner Ashby to get past up-swinging Waynesboro.
The Little Giants defeated the Knights in Bridgewater 7-6 late Monday after a five-run fourth gave them the lead and the momentum.

FORT DEFIANCE
When Waynesboro’s season started, unknowns were the only thing that the team expected.
Who would take over as the top pitcher? Who would fill in behind the plate? Who would bat No. 1 and No. 2? Could the team win the Southern Valley District?
A slow start, a few changes and a couple of months later, the Little Giants earned the district crown and the guaranteed Region III berth.

GREENVILLE – Alex Fisher grinned from the pitcher’s mound into the Wilson Memorial dugout after his 4-2 victory over Riverheads on Friday afternoon.
He passed by his teammates and shared high-fives and cheers. The senior did not have to explain what his reasons were — but his stats did. He threw one-hit ball until the sixth inning and struck 10 before he packed his bags to go home.

FORT DEFIANCE — Waynesboro entered the seventh inning with its Southern Valley District championship hopes almost broken as it trailed Fort Defiance 4-2. The Little Giants’ bats were cold for most of the night, but they strung together a seven-run inning to pick up a 9-4 win and clinch the inaugural Southern Valley baseball title.

SWOOPE — All season long, the Luray bats have been booming.
Thursday night, Buffalo Gap cut their volume down a bit, as the Bison defeated the previously undefeated Bulldogs 7-3 to pull within a game of the top spot in the Shenandoah District.

FISHERSVILLE — Wilson Memorial had Luray in a stalemate, holding onto a 1-1 tie against Shenandoah’s No. 1 team. After battling for five innings a couple of Wilson mistakes turned into an eight-run Bulldog inning that led to a 10-2 Luray win.
“Six out of seven innings we played with them, but a couple of mistakes early in [the fifth] just snowballed,” said Wilson coach Derek McDaniel. “That just busted it open.”

Photos from yesterday’s baseball game between Stuarts Draft and R.E. Lee.

Fishburne basketball standout Michael Barrett inked a commitment to play for Limestone College on Tuesday afternoon.

Draft coach Josh Podgorski doesn’t believe in high school batting slumps. He believes that it has been a lack of confidence that has plagued his squad lately, but the Cougars showed some confidence in their 6-5 in extra innings.

FISHERSVILLE –The Wilson Memorial baseball team could not stop Luray on Friday afternoon, but the ankle-high puddles, downpours and lightning strikes did.
It took was less than one inning for the Bulldogs to leap ahead of the Green Hornets after Luray capitalized on two infield errors and a two-run home run for a 3-0 lead before the game was called due to the weather.

GREENVILLE — When Buffalo Gap and Riverheads meet, they always bring their best, with the hope of knocking off a fierce rival.
During Thursday’s Shenandoah District battle on the diamond, things were no different. The Bison won the bout 3-2, but were pressured all seven innings by the Gladiators.

STAUNTON — Jeremy Hahn leads a charmed life.
Despite giving up an unearned run in the second inning, the Waynesboro hurler tossed his first career no-hitter as the Little Giants dismantled Robert E. Lee 12-1 in a mercy-rule shortened Southern Valley District game at Moxie Memorial Stadium Friday.

STUARTS DRAFT – The Waynesboro baseball team gave their veteran coach what he wanted for his birthday, wrapped in an 8-1 Southern Valley District win over rival Stuarts Draft.
“The team was relaxed and they guaranteed me a win today because today is my birthday,” Waynesboro coach Jim Critzer said.

FISHERSVILLE
Eyes widen, palms sweat and lips tighten.
If Wilson Memorial is on the radar, expect a different type of coaching system. Coach Derek McDaniel introduced his expectations and gave a lesson about what it means to wear Hornets jersey when he took over the baseball team this season.

SWOOPE — Buffalo Gap spotted visiting Wilson Memorial a 3-0 lead and then scored the next 13 runs in a 13-3 mercy-shortened Shenandoah District baseball game Friday.

A month into the baseball season Stuarts Draft and Waynesboro were the last two teams in the Southern Valley that had yet to lose. On Tuesday night the two clashed at Kate Collins for sole ownership of the midseason district top-spot.