The New Market Rebels announced on Sunday the hiring of Charlie Shepard as head coach for the 2023 season.
The Strasburg Express announced on its website that Peyton Traywick has been hired as the head coach for the 2023 season.
The Charlottesville TomSox won the Valley Baseball League Championship title with a 6-2 victory over the Woodstock River Bandits on Wednesday in Game 2 of the finals in Charlottesville. The TomSox won six straight games in the playoffs, winning the championship series 2-0.
The Charlottesville TomSox used a three-run fifth to break a tie en route to a 7-1 victory over the Woodstock River Bandits in Game 1 of the Valley Baseball League Championship Series in Woodstock.
The North All-Valley League team was announced on Monday and 2020 Central graduate Kelan Hoover was named Pitcher of the Year.
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The 2022 Valley Baseball League All-Star Game is set to take place on Sunday at Bing Crosby Stadium in Front Royal.
NEW MARKET — New Market used strong pitching and timely hitting to pull out a win on Monday night.
FRONT ROYAL -- When the game became closer, Woodstock responded to pull away for the victory.
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STRASBURG — When Garrett McMillan arrived to the Shenandoah Valley to play with the Strasburg Express this summer, he hadn’t seen live pitching in more than six months.
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STRASBURG — For a team that hit 51 home runs a year ago, small ball might not be what some were expecting to see at First Bank Park.
Woodstock River Bandits head coach Mike Bocock has done it all in coaching baseball throughout the region, and now a biography on the legendary coach is out.
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The 2021 high school sports season was the busiest of all time.
Robert 'Porky' Bowman was named Valley Baseball League Commissioner last month.
Bruce Alger, the face of the New Market Rebels and the Valley Baseball League’s commissioner, lost his battle with cancer and passed away on Thursday morning, the Rebels announced via social media on Thursday.
Two days after leading the Strasburg Express to the 2021 Valley Baseball League title, manager George Laase said “it’s still surreal.”
WAYNESBORO — Five Strasburg pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout Saturday night to lead the Express to the Valley Baseball League Championship with a 4-0 victory over the Waynesboro Generals.
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The Valley Baseball League will usher in its fifth Hall of Fame class prior to Sunday’s All-Star Game at James Madison University’s Veterans Memorial Park, welcoming a group of 11 inductees that includes five former or current big leaguers and two former New Market Rebels.
WOODSTOCK — After a five-game skid, New Market recovered nicely and won five of its last seven Valley Baseball League games to maintain its spot in the North Division’s playoff race. Rebels manager Arthur Stenberg, however, isn’t getting caught up in his team’s recent hot streak.
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