Author Archives: Steve Cox

The Strasburg Express have named Phil Betterly to be the team's head coach for the 2025 season. This past season, Betterly worked as the Express' pitching coach. Strasburg finished the…

Valley Baseball League Hall of Famer Mike Cubbage passed away this past Saturday. He was 74 years old. Played for Charlottesville Hornets in 1968 and 1969 and the Staunton Braves…

Three players tied in the voting for the Player of the Year Award in the South Division. Harrisonburg OF Chris Katz (Wake Forest), Staunton OF AJ Wenrich (Georgia Southern) and…

Covington relief pitcher Jorge Garcias has been selected as the South Division Pitcher of the Year. Garcia made 12 appearances for the Lumberjacks, pitching a total of 21 innings. He…

Charlottesville’s Randy Tomlin, who coached the Tom Sox to the South Division pennant and the VBL Championship has been named the South Division Coach of the Year. Tomlin led the…

Purcellville shortstop Shintaro Inoue (Kansas State) and Front Royal catcher Broedy Poppell shared the VBL North Division Player of the Year honor. Inoue led the entire VBL in RBIs with…

New Market Rebels relief pitcher Luke Roggenburk (St. Bonaventure) has been selected the VBL Noth Division Pitcher of the Year. Roggenburk led the entire VBL in appearances with 19 and…

Purcellville’s Brett Fuller has been selected Noth Division Coach of the Year in voting by teams in the division. Fuller led the Cannons to a 26-14 regular season record and…

The Charlottesville Tom Sox, the 2024 Valley Baseball League Champion, placed five players on the first team to headline the All-South Division selections. Each franchise in the South had a…

New Market led the selections on the Valley Baseball League All-North Division team with four first-place picks while regular-season division winner Purcellville and Winchester each had three picks. Each franchise…