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 2008, The Valley Baseball League will expand to include two new teams.

Contents

Teams

2007 Playoffs

Champions

Championships per team

External link

Teams

★ Covington Lumberjacks

★ Fauquier Gators

★ Front Royal Cardinals

★ Harrisonburg Turks

★ Haymarket Senators

★ Luray Wranglers

★ New Market Rebels

★ Staunton Braves

★ Waynesboro Generals

★ Winchester Royals

★ Woodstock River Bandits

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.
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Seedings '

★ 1-'Waynesboro'

★ 2-Harrisonburg†

★ 3-Luray
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★ 4-Winchester†

★ 5-Staunton††

★ 6-Front Royal†

★ 7-Covington††

★ 8-Woodstock†


'First Round:'(Best of 3 series)

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★ #1 Waynesboro played #8 Woodstock. (Waynesboro won series 2-1)

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★ #2 Harrisonburg played #7 Covington. (Covington won series 2-0)

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★ #3 Luray played #6 Front Royal. (Luray won series 2-1)

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★ #4 Winchester played #5 Staunton. (Staunton won series 2-1)
''† Eliminated during first round.''


'Second Round:'(Best of 3 series)

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★ #3 Luray played #5 Staunton. (Luray won series 2-0)

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★ #1 Waynesboro played #7 Covington. (Waynesboro won series 2-1)
''†† Eliminated during second round.''


'Championship'(Best of 5 series)

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★ Luray vs. 'Waynesboro' (Waynesboro won series 3-1)


'Bold indicates 2007 Champion.'

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★ Indicates Runner-Up.

Champions

★ 2007 - Waynesboro

★ 2006 - Luray

★ 2005 - Covington

★ 2004 - Winchester

★ 2003 - Winchester

★ 2002 - New Market

★ 2001 - Winchester

★ 2000 - Harrisonburg

★ 1999 - Staunton

★ 1998 - Waynesboro

★ 1997 - Winchester

★ 1996 - Staunton

★ 1995 - Staunton

★ 1994 - New Market

★ 1993 - ''Not available''

★ 1992 - Winchester

★ 1991 - Harrisonburg

★ 1990 - Winchester

★ 1989 - New Market

★ 1988 - Waynesboro

★ 1987 - Winchester

★ 1986 - Front Royal

★ 1985 - Staunton

★ 1984 - Waynesboro

★ 1983 - ''Not available''

★ 1982 - Winchester

★ 1981 - Winchester


★ 1980 - Winchester

★ 1979 - Winchester

★ 1978 - Madison

★ 1977 - Harrisonburg

★ 1976 - Staunton

★ 1975 - Madison

★ 1974 - Shenandoah

★ 1973 - Shenandoah

★ 1972 - ''Not available''

★ 1971 - Harrisonburg

★ 1970 - Harrisonburg

★ 1969 - Harrisonburg

★ 1968 - Luray

★ 1967 - Luray

★ 1966 - Luray

★ 1965 - Luray

★ 1964 - Harrisonburg

★ 1963 - Shenandoah

★ 1962 - Harrisonburg

★ 1961 - Shenandoah

★ 1960 - Shenandoah

★ 1959 - Harrisonburg

★ 1958 - Harrisonburg

★ 1957 - Staunton

★ 1956 - Elkton

★ 1955 - Harrisonburg

★ 1954 - Staunton

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.

External link

★ Valley Baseball League