RCC baseball team gears up for spring

Rappahannock Community College’s baseball team, the Gulls, has won the state championship six times in the last nine years under the direction of Coach Wade Johnson.

First row, left to right: Chris King, Danny Hunter, and Billy Funk, all of Richmond County.

Second row, left to right: Josh Grimes, Williamsburg; Stephen Donnini, city of Richmond; Brett Crawford, Gloucester County; and Matthew Brown, Michael Newton, and Joshua Tuck, all of Richmond County.

Third row, left to right: Coach Johnson; David Gibson, Williamsburg; Ryan Moore, New Kent County; Joe Stanley and Luke Keranen, both of Spotsylvania County; C.R. Kirby, Williamsburg; and Dustin Felvus, Richmond County.

Fourth row, left to right: Keith Parr, Richmond County; Ethan Halberg, Gloucester County; Justin Brown, Richmond County; Joe Wilson, Fairfax County; and Karl Morris, Richmond County.

The Gulls will play at the Rappahannock High School athletic field in Warsaw on February 24, against Prince George’s Community College (Largo, Md.); March 8, against the College of Southern Maryland; March 15, against Southwest Virginia Community College; March 16, against Hudson Valley Community College (Troy, N.Y.); March 22, against New River Community College; March 25, against Orange County Community College (Middletown and Newburgh, N.Y.); March 26, against Fulton Montgomery Community College (Johnstown, N.Y.); March 30, against Danville Community College; April 6, against Southside Virginia Community College; and April 19, against Patrick Henry Community College. There will also be 16 away games, and the Virginia Community College System state tournament will be held on May 2, 3, and 4 at Danville Community College.

For game times, complete schedule, and other details, please go to http://www.rappahannock.edu/studentservices/baseball/bbmain.shtml and click on “Schedule.”