The Purcellville Cannons are a
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
team in
Purcellville, Virginia
Purcellville is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia. The population was 8,929 according to the 2020 Census. Purcellville is the major population center for Western Loudoun and the Loudoun Valley. Many of the older structures remaining in Purcellvil ...
. They play in the north division of the
Valley Baseball League
The Valley Baseball League is an NCAA and MLB-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.
The league was started in 1923 and sanctioned by the NCAA in 1961. It has been a wooden bat league since 199 ...
. The team plays its home games at Fireman's Field, located adjacent to historic
Bush Tabernacle.
History
The Wranglers were the second team to represent Luray in the Valley League. The Luray Colonials competed in the Valley League from 1958-1969. The Colonials won the Valley Baseball League championship for four years straight, from 1965-1968.
*In 2000, baseball returned to the town of Luray and that following June, the team took the field for the first time as the Wranglers. In the 2001 season, the Wranglers had a record of 13 wins and 27 losses.
*In 2002, the Wranglers finished with a record of 15 wins and 25 losses.
*In 2003, the Wranglers finished with a record of 15 wins and 25 losses.
*In 2004, the Wranglers finished with their first record above .500 and finished in second place in the Northern Division. The Wranglers final record was 23-21.
*In 2005, the Wranglers were the Northern Division regular season champions/pennant winners, with an impressive record of 30 wins and 14 losses. They were the most successful in the team's short history, however they fell in the playoffs.
*The Wranglers completed the regular season with 31 wins and 21 losses and were the 2006 Northern Division Champions and th
2006 Valley Baseball League Champions with a final record of 38 wins and 23 losses.
*In 2007, the Wranglers received the #3 seed, advanced to the championship round, and became league runner up. Their regular season record was 26 wins and 18 losses.
*In 2008, the Wranglers completed the regular season with a record of 30 wins and 14 losses. The Wranglers won the 2008 Jim Lineweaver Cup, after defeating Covington in the Championship. Their final record was 37 wins and 15 losses, the best record in Wranglers history.
*In 2010, The Luray Wranglers won the Valley League Baseball Championship with a record of 33-18.
*At the end of the 2012 season the Wranglers moved to Charles Town, WV and became the Cannons.
*In September 2015 the Cannons moved from Charles Town, WV to their current home in Purcellville, VA.
Additional notes
†=The Colonials left the Valley League in 1971 and became part of the
Rockingham County Baseball League, before disbanding in 1973.
Yearly Results
Results by Season (2016 - Present)
Cannons in the Pros
References
External links
Valley Baseball League
Amateur baseball teams in West Virginia
Valley Baseball League teams
Jefferson County, West Virginia
Baseball teams established in 1958
Baseball teams established in 2012
1958 establishments in Virginia
2012 establishments in West Virginia
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