Valley Baseball League

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Valley Baseball League
Sport	baseball
Founded	1923
Motto	"Gateway to the majors"
No. of teams	11
Country(ies)	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Waynesboro Generals
Official website	Valley Baseball League

The Valley Baseball League is an NCAA sanctioned baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Each Valley Baseball League season consists of 44 games played during summer. Many Valley Baseball League players have continued on to play in Major League Baseball.

The league was started in 1923 and sanctioned by the NCAA in 1961. It has been a wooden bat league since 1992. It is only one of the eight NCAA sanctioned leagues, in the National Alliance of Collegiate Summer Baseball.

In 2007, The Valley Baseball League expanded to include one new team with the addition of the Fauquier Gators. Another team was supposed to be added in Lexington, Virginia but there were some technical difficulties. It is uncertain as to whether or not they will join the league in the future.

Contents 1 Teams 1.1 North 1.2 South 1.3 2007 Playoffs 2 Champions 2.1 Championships per team 3 External links

[edit] Teams

[edit] North

• Fauquier Gators
• Winchester Royals
• Haymarket Senators
• Luray Wranglers
• Front Royal Cardinals
• Woodstock River Bandits

[edit] South

• Covington Lumberjacks
• Harrisonburg Turks
• New Market Rebels
• Staunton Braves
• Waynesboro Generals

[edit] 2007 Playoffs

Valley League playoffs for the 2007 Season began on July 31, 2007 and concluded on August 10, when Waynesboro defeated Luray.

The following seedings and games occurred during the Valley League Playoffs.
Seedings

• 1-Waynesboro
• 2-Harrisonburg†
• 3-Luray*
• 4-Winchester†
• 5-Staunton††
• 6-Front Royal†
• 7-Covington††
• 8-Woodstock†

First Round:(Best of 3 series)

• • #1 Waynesboro played #8 Woodstock. (Waynesboro won series 2-1)
  • #2 Harrisonburg played #7 Covington. (Covington won series 2-0)
  • #3 Luray played #6 Front Royal. (Luray won series 2-1)
  • #4 Winchester played #5 Staunton. (Staunton won series 2-1)

† Eliminated during first round.
Second Round:(Best of 3 series)

• • #3 Luray played #5 Staunton. (Luray won series 2-0)
  • #1 Waynesboro played #7 Covington. (Waynesboro won series 2-1)

†† Eliminated during second round.
Championship(Best of 5 series)

• • Luray vs. Waynesboro (Waynesboro won series 3-1)

Bold indicates 2007 Champion.

• *Indicates Runner-Up.

[edit] Champions

[edit] Championships per team

• Covington-1
• Elkton-1
• Front Royal-1
• Harrisonburg-11
• Luray-5
• Madison-2
• New Market-3
• Shenandoah-5
• Staunton-6
• Waynesboro-4
• Winchester-11

Not all teams have been with VBL since 1954. Throughout its history, teams have been removed and added.

The summer of 2008 has been highlighted by a promotion called Around the Valley in 60 Days. This promotion was started by Crystal Clear Delivery and S. Carter Studios and encourages patrons to visit all 11 parks in the 60 day season. See external links for more information.

[edit] External links

• Valley Baseball League
• Town of Haymarket
• Around the Valley in 60 Days