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Nortazhokie Nortazhokie OP
May 02, 2022 at 09:21 PM ET
Baseball recruiting. This popped up on my Facebook feed today
this list is of the top 10 senior baseball players in Virginia at the high school level this year. Several Hokie commits on this list.

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HLTW!
Know one of the pitcher signees well.
My son played travel with him a number of years. Great kid and family. Super happy he picked us! He has an older sister at VT, an Alpha Phi I believe.
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
Great. Come on down. Looks like we could lose some good ones after this
year.
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Hokie-2x
Being an "almost" hometown boy, I knew Andrew Shaffner was good but didn't
know he was #7.
Will Stewart Will Stewart
I counted 3 pitchers and a catcher. Is that right?
HokieJay HokieJay
Yup
King of Hokies King of Hokies
That's what I counted. The catcher is from Charlottesville. Guess he
already knows enough about wahoos to choose VT>
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
LOL. Absolutely he does.
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RJHokie
The catcher attends Miller School - same as Drue Hackenberg.
It’s interesting that Miller School near Crozet, Va was originally a school for discipline challenged/“problem” kids. One of my first cousins attended there for a year or so, and a former coworker and his twin brother spent their entire high school years there.
[Post edited by RJHokie at 05/02/2022 9:55PM]
VaTechHokiesACC VaTechHokiesACC
Nothing wrong developing a pipeline with that school
Will Stewart Will Stewart
I can vouch for that.
I grew up in Charlottesville in the mid-70s to early 80s, and there was a younger kid in our neighborhood who had drug issues and other problems, and he wound up at the Miller School. Got things turned in the right direction and is fine now as an adult ... as far as I can tell via Facebook. 😏
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Babyhook03
Grew up
Did you play ball at the Dell?
Will Stewart Will Stewart
Yes, primarily during my college summers
So I was there the summers of 1984, 1985, and 1986. Good times. I have a couple of really good stories about the Dell from those summers.

What about you?
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Babyhook03
The Dell
Hey Will, I meant to say they tore down the Dell courts and built new ones behind Mem Gym. Thank you. Hope you guys get to host a Regional and Super Regional for baseball. I am a Virginia fan but I don't dislike y'all. My sister is a Tech Grad. Have a great weekend.
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Babyhook03
Good times
Yes, I was a regular from mid 70's to about '84. Good times indeed. I also have some good stories. I probably played with and against you. It is nice to be able to look back at fun we had playing there. It gone now. No more Dell. Thanks!
Raleigh Hokie Raleigh Hokie
I think the movie "Toy Soldiers" was filmed on-site at the Miller School.
At least some of it.
BG Hokie BG Hokie
Ha, that was a classic! I saw that in the theatres because some local kids
from Harrisonburg were extras in it.
Atlee Hokie Atlee Hokie
It was.
Raleigh Hokie Raleigh Hokie
Years later I ended up working a bit with Sean Astin's older brother.
He was a programmer and really didn't want to talk much about anything related to show business, particularly any references to his Dad and the Addam's Family.
[Post edited by Raleigh Hokie at 05/03/2022 10:32PM]
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Stech
Interesting fact
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
How long did you live in Cville?
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RJHokie
I’m 74, so quite a while….😁
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
You looked like a lot younger fellow than that when I met you at the ODU
game back in 2019. You must be living right. 👍
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RJHokie
Trying but it gets tougher each year!
sacramento hokie sacramento hokie
Just a babe in the woods*
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RJHokie
Ha!
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
You got that right.
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RJHokie
Most of my life.
Moved to Cburg 6 years ago
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Brewing_Hokie
Took ya long enough to escape hell and make it to heaven ;)
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RJHokie
It was an easy decision personally.
Professionally it was better to be in C’Ville. But we bought a place in Cburg in 99 so we could periodically escape.
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Brewing_Hokie
^its like you had your priorities straight :)
That’s completely worth it. I considered several brewing gigs in C’Ville at one point. For a lot of people there’s good job/professionals choices in the Ville.
Nortazhokie Nortazhokie OP
Correct.