Day: June 5, 2025

Closing in on 1st Pitch at Alan F Knight Field as Central – Woodstock is here to play the Lady Panthers ! Some random pics after the fact as everyone moves on to the State Tournament now.

Set to start at 6pm !

86° – 6:03 pm

Central plates 1 in the top of the first

Page answers with 1 in the bottom of 1st

Central gets 3 in the top of the 2nd

Page answers with 3 in the bottom of the second – 6:51

Central adds 1 in top of 3rd, leads 5-4

Closing in on 2 and 1/2 hours, Bottom 7th  now , Central up 10-5 [Final ]

King William 🤴will host Page County High School on Tuesday evening.

Central – Woodstock will host Lunenburg Central.

The bottom one here is one of my All-Time favorites that I took, roughly 20 years ago. It’s a copy of it but, still pretty cool!

Thanks to Cooter’s in Luray, I now have my Photo 📷 cover for the Feature story on Reitzel and Richardson !

Still hoping 🙏 to hear from a couple of more people yet, but here’s the latest…

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Jay Neal and the Strasburg Express just finished two productive days in the Valley Baseball ⚾️ League !

Strasburg versus Woodstock is one of those small time rivalries that it just doesn’t matter what the sport is when they get together. The two towns are separated by Toms Brook in Northern Shenandoah County and they would pack the house if they were playing Checkers against one another.

Strasburg has opened the season with three consecutive home games and won the last two, over Purcellville and Woodstock. Taking the first battle with the River Bandits has to feel like 1.5 victories !

Sunday June 22nd is our Sponsor Night at the Ballpark located off Exit 298 on I-81. The visitors that night 🌙 will be the Harrisonburg Turks! Admission is Free that night so if you’re in the area, stop ✋ by and hear Jay Neal announce a ball game !

Getting ready for a good ole fashioned Showdown at Alan F Knight Field tonight and there’s a Trophy 🏆on the line…1st Pitch set for 6pm

Central – Woodstock is a perfect 12-0 in road games after upsetting Fort Defiance Wednesday night at Page County is 10-2 at home.

Both teams know that they will be playing Softball next week in the Class 2 State Tournament so there’s no added pressure there other than the winner gets to host their next game while the team that falls short will travel halfway across the Commonwealth.

The Elite Eight is now set and today and tomorrow we find out which teams get to avoid a long Bus 🚌 ride next week.

Central – Page County III has the makings of a instant classic…