FISHERSVILLE   A simple game of catch in the outfield.    That’s all it takes for the savvy and vivacious Waynesboro All-Star 8-year-old crew to start bellowing out with those small voices at the ball field.

In Waynesboro, the Generals torched Haymarket scoring seven runs in the fifth inning to earn the 12-7 victory on Tuesday at the KC. This is Waynesboro’s fifth consecutive win.

In Lexington, Waynesboro Post 340 earned its sixth win of the season against Post 126 Rockbridge 9-3 on Tuesday in American Legion Baseball action.

There’s a new leader in the Valley League as of Tuesday - the Waynesboro Generals.

In Covington, Waynesboro shut down Covington for the second straight night on Monday beating the Lumberjacks 5-1.

Waynesboro ended Luray’s four-game winning streak on Friday by a score of 2-1 at the KC.

Jordan DeLange’s one-hitter wasn’t so obvious after Waynesboro slapped 11 hits and scored 14 runs against Shenandoah at Wayne Hills on Thursday for a 14-2 victory.

Three years ago, during Pat Irvine’s last high school baseball game, his career took a huge hit in the outfield in Westwood, Mass.  Literally.

“Fear me I’m fast,“ says the back of Shenandoah Marlin Aquatic Club swimmer Scout McDevitt, as she took to the boards in the 100-meter freestyle at War Memorial Pool on Saturday.

It was an emergency start for Waynesboro pitcher Russell Brewer after starting pitcher Bryan Bokowy got dizzy Monday at the Luray game.

STUARTS DRAFT   All it took was a simple visit to the ball field with dad to get Seth Berry’s pitching fever going. He was only 4 years old.

It was an eighth-inning debacle for Waynesboro’s Post 340 on Saturday at the KC.

Waynesboro’s losing streak as ended at three, but Staunton extended their four-game losing streak to five as the Generals escaped the Braves 8-6.

RADFORD- Up until Friday, Nelson County’s Cody Mower has always been one goal away from the Group A boys soccer tournament.

The day kept getting hotter but the bats didn’t for the Little Giants as they fell to Hidden Valley 7-2, in the Group AA baseball semifinals.

RADFORD - For more than 65 minutes, Riverheads dodged every bullet that Radford had in its potent arsenal. But an unfortunate deflection from a shot from the Bobcats’ Nao Masuda trickled past Gladiator goalkeeper Jeremy Heizer into the back of the net to send Radford into today’s Group A boys soccer championship against Nelson County.

There was only one request by Riverheads’ coach Dickie Bell before the Gladiators took to the Radford pitch in the Group A semifinal match Friday - “Give me all you got.“

For more than 65 minutes, Riverheads dodged every bullet that Radford had in its potent arsenal. But an unfortunate deflection from a shot from the Bobcats’ Nao Masuda trickled past Gladiator goalkeeper Jeremy Heizer into the back of the net to send Radford into today’s Group A boys soccer championship against Nelson County.

There were some tears shed as the Fort Defiance softball team gathered in left field following their first-round game against New Kent in the VHSL Group AA state tournament.

For Wilson Memorial, missed opportunities meant an early exit from the Group A softball tournament Tuesday as the Green Hornets lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Rappahannock.

BRIDGEWATER - It was black Friday for Waynesboro pitcher Jeremy Hahn in the second inning.

FORT DEFIANCE - A lack of clutch hitting doomed Monticello on Wednesday afternoon as the Mustangs fell 1-0 to Fort Defiance in extra innings in the Region II semifinals.

FISHERSVILLE - For a short while Wednesday afternoon, the Hornets turned into the jitterbugs.  Wilson Memorial found itself down early in a pivotal softball game for the third consecutive time.

With five returning players and four local ones, the Waynesboro Generals are ready to repeat another winning season in the Valley League.

STAUNTON - Big serves with a lot of power were just too much to handle for Wilson Memorial doubles team Cody Clifton and Eric Squier.

FISHERSVILLE - According to the Department of Energy, lightning can travel up to speeds of 93,000 miles per second.

FORT DEFIANCE- Fort Defiance’s Christine Campbell was in a drought.