Author: Lee Goodwin

WAYNESBORO – The year was 1996 and Waynesboro hosted the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 4 tournament. Fast forward to 2023 and Waynesboro will be the site of the regional tournament, with the winner moving on to play in the state tournament at Latrobe July 24-28. Teams from Franklin County, Cumberland County, York County, Dauphin County, and Lebanon County will compete in the five-day tournament, which spans July 15 through July 19 at Robinson Field on the Waynesboro Area Senior High School campus. “I kind of look at it this year that we’re going into it with nothing to lose,” said…

I sometimes believe I was born out of time. I should have been born in the 1800s, when life, though not simpler, was not consumed with the trappings of the postmodern world. No thermonuclear weapons. No apocalyptic technology that threatens to subvert and enslave the minds, bodies, and souls of humanity. No cars, which means, no road rage, no car payments and no tragic accidents that maim, scar, or kill. No processed and packaged foods which can cause cancer. No digital platforms, powered by radiation-emitting energy. No Extinction Life Event on a global scale. But I wasn’t born in the…

About six years ago, Ray Brosius branched out from coaching recreational softball to coaching fast-pitch travel softball. The results so far have been mixed, but the dividends are inevitable. Introducing the Boro Blaze, which fielded two teams – 12U and 18U. Most of the players on the roster of both teams are from Waynesboro. Waynesboro girls on the 12U team are Lylah Shacreaw (outfield), Olivia Shockey (pitcher/outfield), Elena Cooper (first base), Mackenzie Speipler (third base), Morgan Jones (outfield), Alyson Virden (shortstop/catcher), Sierra Brosius (outfield/pitcher), Macey Cason (pitcher/second base) and Hartley Smetzer (outfield). Rilynn Schlusser (pitcher/second base/outfield) and Alaina Roberts (catcher/outfield)…

WAYNESBORO – It’s been said that ‘Good things come to those who wait.’ That’s a dangerous words to live by for baseball. But they also say, ‘Baseball is a funny game.’ We can thank Joe Garagiola for the latter saying, and, on Monday evening at Robinson Field, Waynesboro American Legion Post 15 experienced the comeback of the ages against Chambersburg Post 46. Trailing 6-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Waynesboro’s offense came back from the dead. Post 15 batted around plus one and scored five runs to tie the game. Just when some might have been thinking of…

WAYNESBORO – What a difference a game makes. Two days after getting stonewalled by Greencastle, Wednesday, the Waynesboro American Legion Post 15 baseball team socked it to McConnellsburg in a four-inning 15-0 victory in a Franklin County American Legion League game at Robinson Field. As for old business, Post 15 lost 12-3 to Greencastle. Now on to new business. Waynesboro broke open the game against Post 561 with a nine-run first inning and never looked back. Starting (and finishing) pitcher Blake Daywalt looked like a high school ace pitcher. The lefthander befuddled McConnellsburg hitters the entire game, even though he…

WAYNESBORO – As if playing on the hottest day of the summer wasn’t hard enough. Waynesboro Post 15 got the worst of it on Wednesday evening on the hottest day of summer against Greencastle Post 373 in a Franklin County American Legion League baseball game at Robinson Field. Greencastle, with a roster dotted with players who competed on the Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils team that advanced to the PIAA Class 4A semifinals, made it look easy en route to a 12-3 victory. The loss put Post 15 a game under .500 at 7-8 with two more games left on the regular…

WAYNESBORO – Somehow, Waynesboro and St. Thomas played a game Monday evening. Mother Nature decided to pour down a bunch of rain in about 15 minutes, but the rain stopped as quickly as it started. That gave Waynesboro coaches enough time to drag the field and hope for a quick dry on the grass in the outfield. Check and check. Once the game started, Post 15 scored the first seven runs of the game and averted a late-game collapse to defeat Post 612 by the score of 8-3. “We left the bases loaded in the fifth. We had a chance…

WAYNESBORO- Forty-two years later and still getting together! Members of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School’s Class of 1981 met on a hot and humid Saturday, June 24 near the Waynesboro Fish and Game grounds. Before mealtime, a little over 40 former WASHS students from various locales huddled for a group picture to commemorate another year of togetherness. Doug and Sandi Cox, Kimberly Bain, Karen Christman and Corrina Settlage teamed up to plan and organize this year’s event.

WAYNESBORO – Wednesday evening, the Waynesboro American Legion baseball team jumped out to a 5-1 lead against fellow Franklin County American Legion League opponent Shippensburg, Wednesday. But it wasn’t enough. Shippensburg rallied to tie the game, and after Post 15 regained the lead 6-5, the visitors came back again to score twice in the top of the seventh. Fireball pitcher Tucker Chamberlin came on in relief in the bottom of the seventh inning and struck out the side to preserve the win. It was that blend of the good and the bad (not ugly though), as Waynesboro’s offense produced enough…

Ryan Shaffer and numerous Waynesboro Area Senior High School graduates are eager to turn the page of life, one that includes some strong memories of amazing success on the basketball court. Shaffer, the son of Scott and Kathy Shaffer of Waynesboro, will attend McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. Shaffer will major in criminal justice and play basketball for the Green Terror, who are coached by Kevin Curley. “I was on my phone one day and I got a text from (assistant coach Carson Garvis),” said Shaffer. “He saw me play in the summer. Basically, he texted me and told me…