All-Star rosters set

With temperatures in the upper 50s making running a bit more comfortable than usual for an Independence Day morning, 190 finished the two-and-one-third laps of Gypsy Hill Park in Saturday’s 10th annual Firecracker 5K. Competitors ranged in age from 70-year-old Henry Wood to 4-year-old Logan Mayhew, and several award winners came from outside Vir

Jay Pena had a plan for his 16-year-old son on Saturday night.

Federer edges Roddick 16-14 in 5th for 15th major

Kyle Busch braced himself for a four-lap “trophy dash” around Daytona International Speedway, intent on snatching a win away from Tony Stewart.

Over a field of several hundred cars and a parking lot nearly filled with motorcycles and vendors selling everything from ice-cream cones to airbrushed T-shirts, and at the bottom of a hill set away from the rest of society there was a big-top tent similar to a circus only without the stripes or the elephants.

Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.

With abnormally low temperatures the day before America’s birthday and with their families watching, the Generals fell to the Harrisonburg Turks on Friday, 4-2.

Waynesboro’s Cal Ripken League 12-and-under team is heading to the state tournament thanks to an 11-9 win over South Augusta.

In the last three years, mixed martial arts has gripped the country and the Valley.   

STUARTS DRAFT – For the six-and-a-half innings played, Stuarts Draft controlled all aspects of the game, taking a 15-0 slaughter-rule win over Elkton on Thursday, due in part to Josh Ellwood’s two home runs.

Waynesboro rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning and a sacrifice fly by Evan Stobbs plated Rob Kral to allow the Generals to defeat the Fauquier Gators 5-4 in14 innings on Thursday evening at Fishburne Military School Park at Kate Collins Field.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two months after a positive drug test for methamphetamines, Jeremy Mayfield is getting ready to return to NASCAR.

Her 19th consecutive victory at the All England Club already wrapped up, Venus Williams grabbed a seat and watched younger sister Serena win easily to reach the semifinals, too.

Mike Krzyzewski made it clear: He’s not ever going to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chris Enourato came in for the Generals to pick up the save, but with a man on second served up a two-run blast to Todd Brazeal in Staunton’s 10-9 win over Waynesboro Tuesday night.

WIMBLEDON, England — Rhythmic clapping rang out on Centre Court, accompanied by not-so-staid chants of “Roof! Roof! Roof!”

The Waynesboro Generals ended their three-game losing streak with a 4-0 shutout win over the visiting Rockbridge Rapids on Sunday evening at Fishburne Military School Park at Kate Collins Field.

In Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg handed Waynesboro another loss on Saturday.

STUARTS DRAFT – on a night of community fun, the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks hosted the Rockingham County Baseball League All-Star game Saturday in a battle of East versus West.

With the current state of the economy it would be expected that the Waynesboro Generals would, like most teams, cut back — they aren’t.

STAUNTON — Staunton pitching was powerful early, but the Generals rallied late to close the game to 7-6 Friday night at Moxie Stadium.

Chad Coffey will resign as varsity baseball coach at Buffalo Gap High School.

The Waynesboro Generals faced the Wranglers from Luray on Thursday night for another night of baseball at Fishburne Military Park at Kate Collins Field. The Generals fell to the Wranglers 5-3

The world will surely take notice of this.

In Shenandoah, Tim Brust pitched all seven innings, struck out seven and held the Indians to three hits, and Wes Dimitt provided all the firepower the Diamondbacks would need with a two-run homer as Stuarts Draft picked up its 11th victory of the season, beating Shenandoah 10-0 on Wednesday in Rockingham County Baseball League action.

It seemed fitting, somehow, that two-time major champion Marat Safin’s always-turbulent relationship with Wimbledon would end this way.

Waynesboro took advantage of some Woodstock sloppiness to win a 5-3 game in front of a crowd of 295 at Fishburne Military School Park at Kate Collins Field on Tuesday night.

The loss was like many others suffered by the Washington Nationals this season. The starting pitcher dug himself a big hole in the first inning, the bullpen made things worse, and the lineup couldn’t get a timely hit.

After years of not making the cut, SC native wins delayed US Open