Rockingham County Baseball League

Rockingham County Baseball League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	1924
No. of teams	9
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Clover Hill
Official website	rcblonline.com

The Rockingham County Baseball League is a summer baseball league in Rockingham County, Virginia. The RCBL is the second oldest continuous baseball league in the country - trailing only major league baseball. It was founded in 1924, and has included teams from across Rockingham County and up and down the Shenandoah Valley, it currently has 9 teams. In 2015 the RCBL added a new team the Grottoes Cardinals who had been dormant.

Teams

• Bridgewater Reds – Ray Heatwole Field at John Wayland
• Broadway Bruins – Broadway High School
• Clover Hill Bucks – Buck Bowman Park
• Elkton Blue Sox – Stonewall Memorial Park
• Luray Cavemen - Bulldog Field
• Montezuma Braves – Ruritan Park
• New Market Shockers – Rebel Field
• Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks – Diamond Club Field
• Grottoes Cardinals

Championships

• Clover Hill – 17
• Bridgewater – 15
• Linville – 11
• Grottoes – 9
• Mt. Crawford - 4
• Stuarts Draft – 3
• Dayton – 3
• Broadway – 2
• Harriston – 2
• Elkton – 2
• Keezletown – 2
• Ottobine – 2
• Spring Creek – 2
• Harrisonburg – 1
• Twin County – 1
• Waynesboro – 1
• Weyers Cave - 1
• Fishersville – 1
• Briery Branch- 1
• Montezuma – 1

Former teams

• Linville Patriots
• Fishersville Rangers
• Fishersville Cardinals
• Briery Branch Braves
• Grottoes Cardinals
• Twin County Twins
• Harrisonburg Chic's
• Luray Colonials
• Shenandoah Indians
• Spring Creek

Famous alumni

• Dell Curry
• Travis Harper
• Maven Huffman
• Alan Knicely
• Larry Sheets
• Wayne Comer
• Clint Curry
• Brian Bocock
• Lorenzo Bundy
• Tom Brookens
• Ian Ostlund
• Daryl Irvine
• Reggie Harris
• Erik Kratz
• Jerry May

RCBL Champions

Year	RCBL Champion
1924	Broadway
1925	Weyers Cave
1926	Spring Creek
1927	Bridgewater
1928	Spring Creek
1929	Dayton
1930	Dayton
1931	Waynesboro
1932	Harrisonburg
1933	No League
1934	No League
1935	No League
1936	No League
1937	No League
1938	Broadway
1939	Elkton
1940	Linvile
1941	Keezletown
1942	World War II
1943	World War II
1944	World War II
1945	World War II
1946	Mt. Crawford
1947	Mt. Crawford
1948	Mt. Crawford
1949	Mt. Crawford
1950	Ottobine
1951	Ottobine
1952	Bridgewater
1953	Grottoes
1954	Dayton
1955	Clover Hill
1956	Grottoes
1957	Grottoes
1958	Grottoes
1959	Linville
1960	Linville
1961	Linville
1962	Bridgewater
1963	Clover Hill
1964	Keezletown
1965	Harriston
1966	Grottoes
1967	Harriston
1968	Briery Branch
1969	Grottoes
1970	Harriston
1971	Grottoes
1972	Twin County
1973	Linville
1974	Linville
1975	Clover Hill
1976	Clover Hill
1977	Bridgewater
1978	Bridgewater
1979	Linville
1980	Linville
1981	Linville
1982	Clover Hill
1983	Grottoes
1984	Bridgewater
1985	Clover Hill
1986	Linville
1987	Clover Hill
1988	Bridgewater
1989	Bridgewater
1990	Bridgewater
1991	Bridgewater
1992	Bridgewater
1993	Bridgewater
1994	Bridgewater
1995	Bridgewater
1996	Grottoes
1997	Clover Hill
1998	Briery Branch
1999	Bridgewater
2000	Linville
2001	Fishersville
2002	Elkton
2003	Clover Hill
2004	Clover Hill
2005	Clover Hill
2006	Montezuma
2007	Clover Hill
2008	Clover Hill
2009	Clover Hill
2010	Clover Hill
2011	Clover Hill
2012	Stuarts Draft
2013	Stuarts Draft
2014	Stuarts Draft
2015	Clover Hill

External links

• Rockingham County Baseball League

Administration

2013 RCBL Officers/ Commissioner: Mike Burtner/ Vice Commissioner : Steve Lough/ Secretary: Lisa Jones-Hart/ Treasurer: Martha McCoy