Wagner will be the first Virginian from west of Culpeper, and the first in the modern era, to be inducted into baseball’s hall of fame.

Brady Hess
Brady Hess began covering sports in Virginia in 2013. Hess has served as a sports broadcaster for multiple radio stations in far Southwest Virginia and the New River Valley. He has served as a freelance sportswriter for the Bristol Herald Courier and the Bluefield Daily Telegraph since 2017. A Richlands native, Hess is a graduate of Richlands High School, Virginia Tech, where he covered Virginia Tech athletics for WUVT, VTTV and the Collegiate Times, and Elon University’s School of Law. Hess has practiced law in the Commonwealth since 2022.
Tony Palmer has turned Graham High School into a powerhouse
On Saturday, the Tazewell County team makes its third trip to the state finals in four years.