Author: Around the Valley in 60 Days

Trying to find Positive in a World 🌎 that needs more of it!

Another season of Strasburg Express baseball ⚾️ is in the Books 📚 as Winchester captures the Valley Baseball League North…

Jay Neal and the Strasburg Express closed out their 2026 summer season with a setback to the Winchester Royals in the Best 2 of 3 North Championship.

15 years since we relocated the Fauquier team to Strasburg, and 11 times the team has reached the Final Four. Seven of the 11 years, they played for the crown 👑 and brought it home four times !

Jay Neal has surrounded himself with family and friends in a community that embraces who they are. It’s always sad when a campaign has reached the end, but the relationships will last a lifetime.

Winchester will await the winner of Waynesboro and Charlottesville tonight in the Championship series.

Thank you for another terrific season of representing the community !

Welcome 🙏 to the final Monday of July 2026 ! Let’s make it a Sunny 🌞 kinda day…

Passes go on sale today.
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

Speaking of Sonny 🌞, what do these three sports movies 🎬 have in common?

Yes, in all three films 🎥, the lead character is named Sonny. In one of the three, the person who is being portrayed is a real-life Sonny. Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Costner each took a turn at being Sonny.

The challenge today is for people to follow the leading men listed above by being Sunny as in having a good disposition !

Yes, I watched 👀 all three versions of Sonny / Sunny 🌞 yesterday ! Too much time on my hands ? Maybe, but I had to smile when I connected the dots that my three choices were each about Sonny.

Have yourself a Blessed (and Sunny 🌞) Day !

If you think that your job forces you to think fast, the lead official in a Canadian Football League game played in the Eastern half of the country is forced to do double duty !

Montreal Alouettes are hosting the Hamilton Tiger 🐅 Cats 🐈 so at the end of each penalty, the umpire describes the infraction in French and then immediately after does the same in English.

Watching 👀 a game a few years back in Ottawa, the public address guy 👦 would do the same, but on EVERY play ! The very definition of thinking on your feet.

Montreal 10-8 at the half in a defensive battle !

Montreal 31 – 18 (F)

San Diego Wave is hosting the Seattle Reign in NWSL action 🎬 on a Sunday evening ! Ainsley Layna McCammon has mad skills, and she is just getting started !

Seattle has put the biscuit in the basket 🧺 twice in the opening half, and both goals were set up by an incredibly talented young lady wearing the colors of Seattle.

Ainsley Layna McCammon just made soccer ⚽️ history by  becoming the youngest player, recording multiple assists in an NWSL match.

Just how good do you have to be to sign  a professional contract before your 18th birthday ?

Bedford, Texas, is home, and she signed with Seattle while most people her age were attending their high school prom.

Seattle Reign lead 2-0 at the start of the second half at Snap Dragon 🐉 stadium 🏟.

Congratulations to the young lady on her new record !

Seattle has been prone to giving up early 2-0 leads as of late, so the combination of the heat 🥵🔥 and recent history will make the second 45:00 rather interesting.

Closing in on 60 minutes of action 🎬, still 2-0 Seattle.

Final 20 minutes, and San Diego is applying non-stop pressure now.

Claudia Dickey has now matched her career high with seven saves, with three of them being next level !

Seattle earns all 3 points with a 2-0 victory, and Dickey puts on a show with 9 saves !

Seattle coach just became the first NWSL leader to reach 100 victories with just one club.