Strasburg and Stonewall had a busy, busy day today. The girls JV and Varsity soccer teams along with the Varsity baseball and softball teams all played at Stonewall Jackson while their counterparts (boys JV and Varsity soccer and JV baseball and softball) played at Strasburg. We didn’t get a chance to see all of the games but we did get a few snapshots from the Varsity softball game, the JV girls soccer game and the Varsity baseball game.
At the moment I’m just throwing these up but Iwill have more time, later, to come back through, change titles, edit captions and so on. Until then, enjoy!
Amanda Kingan in the on deck circle.
Stonewall Jackson head coach, Mike Hunt.
Rams’ hurtler Lauren Stickles.
The Rams played flawless defense behind Stickles.
Alex Gibson truckin’ it down the first base line.
The Generals’ Haley Stover at the plate (yeah, that green blurr is the ball.)
Odessa Ryan winds up – she pitched the entire game for the Generals.
Jaclyn Ayers steps up to the plate – her teammates look on from the dugout (and who is that handsome fellow leaning against the dugout?)
Strasburg’s Tiffany Milgrim rounds third base (catching a well-deserved high five from Coach Suzanne Mathias) after hitting one out of the park.
The whole Strasburg team runs out to celebrate Tiffany’s home run!
Strasburg’s Bethany Doman at the plate – Stonewall Jackson’s Ashley Meadows behind it.
Odessa Ryan winding up and shortstop Morgan Swartz anticipating some in-field action.
The Shenandoah Valley Herald’s ace reporter, John Galle.
Coach Hunt gives the Stonewall troops a pep talk between innings.
We were happy to run into Jeff Burner behind the Strasburg dugout.
The Mayor of Quicksburg poses for a picture with John Galle.
Dennis Atwood was there covering the action (and offering a free gun show) for the Northern Virginia Daily (nvdaily.com).
We didn’t get a chance to watch the whole of the JV soccer game…
…but we stayed long enough during half time to snap off a few pictures.
A quick picture of the Stonewall JV Soccer bench.
An action shot! Love this picture.
You’re in Generals territory, now.
Coach Bill Harlow, Jr. watches his boys from the third base coaching box.
The ghost of Stonewall Jackson was there, cheering on his Varsity Generals. Or maybe this is a Stonewall player that was moving a little too fast for our Powershot to handle. I prefer the ghost theory.
The Strasburg dugout, bustling with action.
The Stonewall dugout.
I mostly just think pictures of lights that do this are pretty… I wanted to share it with you 🙂
We caught up with John Galle here, as well.
Even the cryptographers working on the Dresden Codex couldn’t understand John Galle’s top secret notes 🙂
Good ol’ Sergio Martinez stepped in during the second inning and did his Generals proud!
Andrew Kipps on the pitcher’s mound and Joshua Litten on his toes by the third base line.
4 thoughts on “A Strasburg at Stonewall Kinda Day”
Jerry and Rebecca, Thank you for covering the game on Monday. The girls are excited about the prospects of future coverage and looking forward to the write up of the game. By the way…I was looking at pictures of an early season game between Strasburg and Page Co. at Page Co. and now I can’t seem to find them. Are they gone? Stay in touch. Mike
Coach,
The photos that you mentioned are on the old site. There is a link on the right side of the new blog that says link to thousands of H.S pics, including the ones you asked about. We are getting ready to add lines to the pics from the other day.
Thanks for sending the info!
Nice photo set. Some details that didn’t get into the NVD story of the softball game – Generals’ hurler Odessa Ryan had a lot movement on her pitches, and a good-looking change-up. Odessa also executed two web gems. Top 4th – a sliding catch of Casey Spiker’s shallow pop-up about 10 feet down the 3B line. She had her glove on the ground and squeezed the big pill, just in foul territory, third out. 6th frame – pinch hitter Amanda Drennan led off and, smoked a first pitch liner right at Odessa, who snagged it. Might have been a self-defense move, but, hey, that’s the right instinct, and made for another gem.
Also – correction: Alex Gibson broke up Stickles’ 3 and two-thirds innings of perfect game work with a chopper down the 3B line (not “a single to right”), which could not be fielded in time to toss her out, so an infield hit. Alex was also credited with 2nd of the Generals’ four hits against Stickles – a double to right. But, if there were video, the frames would show that RF Drennan did not make a play on the ball, which appeared to be playable. Still, properly scored a hit. In the bigs, they have a category “fielder indifference.”
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Jerry and Rebecca, Thank you for covering the game on Monday. The girls are excited about the prospects of future coverage and looking forward to the write up of the game. By the way…I was looking at pictures of an early season game between Strasburg and Page Co. at Page Co. and now I can’t seem to find them. Are they gone? Stay in touch. Mike
Coach,
The photos that you mentioned are on the old site. There is a link on the right side of the new blog that says link to thousands of H.S pics, including the ones you asked about. We are getting ready to add lines to the pics from the other day.
Thanks for sending the info!
Nice photo set. Some details that didn’t get into the NVD story of the softball game – Generals’ hurler Odessa Ryan had a lot movement on her pitches, and a good-looking change-up. Odessa also executed two web gems. Top 4th – a sliding catch of Casey Spiker’s shallow pop-up about 10 feet down the 3B line. She had her glove on the ground and squeezed the big pill, just in foul territory, third out. 6th frame – pinch hitter Amanda Drennan led off and, smoked a first pitch liner right at Odessa, who snagged it. Might have been a self-defense move, but, hey, that’s the right instinct, and made for another gem.
Also – correction: Alex Gibson broke up Stickles’ 3 and two-thirds innings of perfect game work with a chopper down the 3B line (not “a single to right”), which could not be fielded in time to toss her out, so an infield hit. Alex was also credited with 2nd of the Generals’ four hits against Stickles – a double to right. But, if there were video, the frames would show that RF Drennan did not make a play on the ball, which appeared to be playable. Still, properly scored a hit. In the bigs, they have a category “fielder indifference.”
Dennis,
Great to hear from you! We know that you attend a great deal of the games in Shenandoah County and welcome your input as often as you like.