James Wood Diamond Club

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Fall baseball meeting for all players not playing a fall sport. Today, 8/16 in the cafeteria at 2:45 pm.

Fall Sports Information.

Congratulations to Coach Adrian Pullen for being selected as The Wi******er Star Coach of the Year! 💙💛

Baseball Coach of the Year: James Wood's Adrian Pullen For a program that had been to the state championship game in 2022 and to the Class 4 semifinals, the start to this baseball season looked a little foreign.

Congratulations to John Copenhaver, Garett McAlexander, Kemper Omps, and Deuce Strosnider for their selection to The Wi******er Star All Area First Team! 💙💛

All-Area Baseball First Team Kaplan Ambrose

Congratulations to Parker Kerns for being selected to The Wi******er Star All Area Second Team! 💙💛

All-Area Baseball Second Team P: Parker Kerns, James Wood, Fr.

Congratulations, John!

Area Briefs: Wood's Copenhaver to play baseball for Penn State Mont Alto James Wood High School baseball player John Copenhaver announced last week that he will play for Penn State Mont Alto in college.

Feels like a great day to win a State Championship! Wishing our Lady Colonels the best of luck as they battle it out today against John Champe. Go get it, ladies! We are so proud of you! ⚽️💍

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Deuce Strosnider will be signing his letter of intent tonight to play baseball at Emory & Henry College. Please join us at 7:00 in the James Wood High School auditorium to celebrate Deuce. Hope to see you there!

James Wood falls in in extra innings to Tuscarora in baseball quarterfinals LEESBURG — Coach Adrian Pullen had a smile on his face.

Wood loses in the VHSL Quarterfinal to Tuscarora 4-3 in 8 innings.

Parker Kerns went 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 runs, and 2 walks. Logan Bower takes the loss in relief allowing 2 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and struck out 1.

Offensively, Wood was led by Deuce Strosnider 2-2, double, run, RBI, stolen base, walk and a hit by pitch. Kemper Omps 2-4, 2 runs, 3 stolen bases. Brock Whipkey 2-4, double, RBI.

Tonight’s loss ended the Colonels 3rd straight VHSL state title run and they finish the season with a 14-10 record. Congrats to our young men on another great season.

Congratulations to Coach Adrian Pullen for being selected as the All Region 4D Baseball Co-Coach of the Year!

Congratulations to Garett McAlexander (Pitcher) for being selected to the All Region 4D Baseball 2nd Team!

GAMEDAY! Wood travels to Tuscarora today for the State Quarterfinal. First pitch, 6:00. Hope to see you there! 💙💛

Update: tomorrow’s State Quarterfinal game at Tuscarora High School will now begin at 6:00. Tickets may be purchased using the link below. No cash will be accepted at the gate.

Go Colonels!

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It’s Graduation Day for our seniors! 🎉 We are so incredibly proud of your accomplishments and wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors. Take pride in the athlete you are, the memories you have made, and be proud of the years of hard work you have put in. We love you and never forget…once a Colonel, always a Colonel!! 💙⚾️💛

PC: Tiffanie Hartman Photography

Wood will travel to Tuscarora on Tuesday, June 4th. First pitch, 6:30.
For State games, no cash will be accepted. Ticket links will be on GoFan on Monday.
Go Colonels!

Wood loses to Blacksburg 8-4 and finishes as Region 4D runner up.

Garett McAlexander takes the loss allowing 5 runs, 3 earned, on 4 hits, 2 walks, and striking out 2. Bradley Kimble went 2 2/3 innings of relief allowing 0 runs, 0 hits, and struck out 3.

Offensively, Logan Bower 1-3, double, run. Kemper Omps 1-2, sac, run. John Copenhaver 1-3, run, RBI. Coby Nesselrodt 1-3, Sac Fly. Brock Whipkey 1-3.

Wood will travel to the Region 4C champion on Tuesday for the VHSL State quarter final matchup.

We had a grand send off this morning thank you to the energetic 3rd grade classes from Apple Pie Ridge Elementary! You all were awesome!! 💙💛

Some housekeeping notes for tomorrow’s Region Championship game at Blacksburg High School. First pitch is set for 5:00 and they accept cash only at the gate. Food and drink is permissible as there will be no concessions. The facility is isolated with limited seating and porta-potty restrooms. It is recommended that spectators bring folding chairs. Access to the facility is through the main campus entrance (3401 Bruin Lane). The ticket booth will open at 4:00.

As always, thank you for your support of our program. Go Colonels!

James Wood blanks Charlottesville in Region 4D baseball semifinals WI******ER — James Wood head coach Adrian Pullen says he learned a little something last June from the program that eliminated his Colonels in the Class 4 semifinals.

Wood beats Charlottsville 3-0 in Region 4 North Semi-Final.

Brock Whipkey gets the win going 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, 0 runs, 3 walks, & 6 strikeouts.
Logan Bower earned the save going 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, and striking out 1.

Offensively, Deuce Strosnider went 1-2, double, Sac Fly, 2 RBI.
Logan Bower 1-3, run, stolen base.
Coby Nesselrodt 1-3, double.
Brock Whipkey 1-2, double.

Wood reaches their 4th consecutive Region Championship game and travels to Blacksburg on Tuesday for a 5 pm start.