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July 02, 2009

SACCO: The right reasons to miss Coffey
SACCO: The right reasons to miss Coffey

Listing the reasons the Buffalo Gap baseball program will miss Chad Coffey would be an exercise in folly.



June 27, 2009

COLUMN: The top dogs in the South
COLUMN: The top dogs in the South

There are two reasons that fans attend Valley League Baseball games, particularly in the South Division — baseball and food.



June 26, 2009

SADLER: Fishing with the MSU Fly Gals
SADLER: Fishing with the MSU Fly Gals

A couple of weeks ago I was in Michigan teaching fly-fishing to some Michigan State University graduate students, their friends and their colleagues. This is the third year that I have had the pleasure of teaching these ladies the fine art of fly-fishing.



June 25, 2009

REMEMBERING ’67
REMEMBERING ’67

“Now remember,” he says, leaning forward toward the desk to get to the unframed snapshot, “this was 42 years and 100 pounds ago.”



June 19, 2009

SACCO: Sights, sounds of baseball
SACCO: Sights, sounds of baseball

After traveling though the carbon-monoxide maw lined with stop-and-go-make-up-your-mind-already stoplights called Richmond Road, past a downtown that reeks of history, hoity-toit and teen angst — from the looks of those hanging outside a store called the “Dragon’s Horde” — you finally reach the jewel.



June 16, 2009

SACCO: So what direction will it be, Lee?

All he did was lead the team to its first regional berth in nine years.



June 11, 2009

SADLER: Filling the need to teach our youth
SADLER: Filling the need to teach our youth

The $70 million in funding for a new youth conservation education initiative proposed by the Obama administration recently got a bit of attention in Washington.



June 07, 2009

SACCO: ‘The future is bright’
SACCO: ‘The future is bright’

Coach Scott Crist gathered his Green Hornets around him.



June 05, 2009

STATE EXTRA: SACCO: Miller’s mental war
STATE EXTRA: SACCO: Miller’s mental war

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Don’t put those crazy college photos on Facebook.



June 01, 2009

SACCO: Generals ‘almost there. It’s almost here’
SACCO: Generals ‘almost there. It’s almost here’

The players don’t come all at once, but in waves.



May 31, 2009

SADLER: Learning on the Potomac
SADLER: Learning on the Potomac

As most readers know I spend a fair amount of time in Washington.



May 29, 2009

SACCO: Waynesboro’s future is now
SACCO: Waynesboro’s future is now

What? You’re expecting to read about the three that’s-Waynesboro seniors walking off the field for the last time?



May 07, 2009

SACCO: Guy was ‘The Program’

Think what you want.



May 06, 2009

SACCO: 2-year school the right choice for these 2
SACCO: 2-year school the right choice for these 2

If watching Jeremy Fitzgerald play American Legion ball opened up a college coach’s eyes, then Terrell Thompson running the base paths must have grabbed him by the neck and shaken him to next Sunday.



May 04, 2009

SACCO: Draft’s Fitzgerald not a ‘cocky jock’
SACCO: Draft’s Fitzgerald not a ‘cocky jock’

Maybe it’s because it takes 27 minutes and 39 seconds for Jeremy Fitzgerald to finally stop bouncing his back against the folded-up bleachers in a dark Stuarts Draft gym.



May 01, 2009

SACCO: No more excuses in Waynesboro, just lights

Excuse David Van Covern if he almost “fell out of his chair” when he got the news.

SADLER: Honoring Jim Range

On Monday I was in Washington, D.C. to participate in the Jim Range National Casting Call. I also had the privilege that evening to be the Master of Ceremonies at the event celebrating the life and conservation legacy of Jim Range, my dear friend who tragically died in January from cancer.



April 24, 2009

SACCO: A goal worthy of a hug

Sis would just have to do.



April 22, 2009

SACCO: Just Sam being Sam at Wilson

All that stood between Sam Bowman and his second goal of the season was a little bit of grass, some exposed red clay and a Page County goal keeper who was having a hard time keeping anything out of the net.



April 21, 2009

SACCO: Fort, Draft’s youth could leave rest of district behind
SACCO: Fort, Draft’s youth could leave rest of district behind

While Stuarts Draft coach Michelle Campbell might speak in a quieter tone about her team, the confidence she has in the future of her girls still comes through.



April 16, 2009

SADLER: Tax incentives for land conservation
SADLER: Tax incentives for land conservation

For all the bad news coming out of our nation’s capital, sometimes our elected officials actually introduce legislation that makes good sense for conservation.

SACCO: It’s not the game, but the charity
SACCO: It’s not the game, but the charity

This isn’t about a basketball game. Don’t let the orange flier with a rim, net and, of course, basketball on it fool you.



April 15, 2009

SACCO: Meeting an old thorn in the side
SACCO: Meeting an old thorn in the side

The hand came over my left shoulder as I sat there taking notes during Stuarts Draft’s 14-0 win over Waynesboro in softball last Thursday.



April 02, 2009

SADLER: Rubber soles, invasives
SADLER: Rubber soles, invasives

Aquatic nuisance species are a growing concern in the fishing and boating community. While many of us who hunt and fish care a great deal about conserving and protecting our habitat, we may be ignoring a growing problem.



April 01, 2009

SACCO: Not a birthday for Pride’s Bell, just a win total
SACCO: Not a birthday for Pride’s Bell, just a win total

She looked like a soccer player herself. But soccer players don’t carry star-shaped Mylar balloons with “100” written on them. Right?



March 31, 2009

SACCO: With win No. 100 looming, business as usual for R’heads’ Bell
SACCO: With win No. 100 looming, business as usual for R’heads’ Bell

Dickie Bell didn’t need someone to come in his hole-in-the-wall office and tell the Riverheads boys soccer coach that he was one win away from 100 (though, someone did).



March 26, 2009

SACCO: A battle won with class
SACCO: A battle won with class

I guess it’s the cynical journalist I wear on my sleeve like a cuff link that had me feeling the battle for indoor track was a losing one.



March 15, 2009

STATE EXTRA: SACCO: It ends like it always does - side by side

They waited in the hallway together. One by one they reminisced about the season. Spoke about the loss. Tried not to cry. And Kendra Scott, the wounded warrior, was the last one to talk.



March 13, 2009

STATE EXTRA: SACCO: Sanderson filled the void
STATE EXTRA: SACCO: Sanderson filled the void

You know a lot about Buffalo Gap’s girls basketball team. So we shan’t insult your intelligence. So don’t look for us to laud this team’s aggressive defense or hard-nosed play under the rim. No sir. No way. No how. This you know already.

STATE EXTRA: CARTER: A team that plays together, wins
STATE EXTRA: CARTER: A team that plays together, wins

Every now and then a basketball game lives up to the hype — and that was clearly the case Thursday morning when Buffalo Gap matched up against Franklin in a Group A, Division 1 semifinal game. Each are well-coached high school teams and last met in the 2008 state finals, where the Bison claimed the title with a convincing 83-66 victory.

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