The Shadow
COVINGTON – Mark your 2025 calendar for Friday, May 30th.
That’s the official opening-day for the Valley Baseball League and season-opener for Covington.
The Lumberjacks coming off of a 20-20 season last year, will open their 2025 season on the road against one of their South Division rivals, the Staunton Braves.
Of their 42-game schedule the team’s first home game will take place on Sunday, June 1st when Covington hosts Front Royal.
Four of the team’s first five games are on the road. While their longest tenured time at home at Casey Field will be during July 3-9 as the Lumberjacks play five out of six at home, including three in a row.
Charlottesville, who won the 2024 VBL Championship over Purcellville, will play at Covington on Thursday, June 5th.
The trial run that was the 2024 season where teams only played within their division is over.
For the 2025 season the VBL heads back to a regular season style format playing out of the division as well as in the division.
The Lumberjacks out of division games include Front Royal, New Market, Purcellville, Strasbourg, Winchester, and Woodstock. The Jacks’ will play them each twice, once at home and once away.
The postseason is tentatively scheduled to start on Thursday, July 24th with the regular season concluding on Monday, July 21st.
2025 Lumberjacks Schedule:
May 30 at Staunton
May 31 at Culpeper
June 1 Front Royal
June 3 at Harrisonburg
June 4 at Staunton
June 5 Charlottesville
June 6 Waynesboro
June 7 at Culpeper
June 8 at Purcellville
June 10 Strasbourg
June 11 Harrisonburg
June 12 at Culpeper
June 13 Waynesboro
June 14 at Charlottesville
June 15 Winchester
June 17 at New Market
June 19 at Strasburg
June 20 Harrisonburg
June 21 at Waynesboro
June 22 Woodstock
June 24 at Harrisonburg
June 25 Charlottesville
June 26 at Waynesboro
June 27 Staunton
June 28 Harrisonburg
June 29 at Winchester
July 1 at Woodstock
July 2 Charlottesville
July 3 New Market
July 5 Staunton
July 6 at Front Royal
July 8 Culpeper
July 9 Purcellville
July 10 at Waynesboro
July 11 at Charlottesville
July 12 Culpeper
July 16 at Staunton
July 17 Waynesboro
July 18 at Charlottesville
July 19 Culpeper
July 20 Staunton
July 21 at Harrisonburg
