2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 2068
Commending the Lebanon High School baseball team.
Agreed to by the Senate, June 22, 2026
WHEREAS, the Lebanon High School baseball team won the Virginia High School League Class 2 state championship at Kiwanis Park in Salem on June 13, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Lebanon High School Pioneers defeated the Patrick County High School Cougars by a score of 5–2 to claim the program's first state title since 2023; and
WHEREAS, after opening the season with a record of 3–6, the Lebanon Pioneers regrouped and finished the year strong with a record of 21–8, including 15 consecutive wins to close the season; and
WHEREAS, trailing 2–1 going into the fourth inning of the state championship, the Lebanon Pioneers scored a pair of runs to take the lead, then tallied two insurance runs in the fifth inning to secure victory; and
WHEREAS, the Lebanon Pioneers were carried on the mound by Lake Baldwin, who struck out six batters and allowed only two runs on six hits over five innings pitched, and Issac Godsey, who recorded three clutch outs with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning to help seal the win; and
WHEREAS, the Lebanon Pioneers were led offensively in the contest by Brady Cole and Dawson Rasnake, who each had two hits, and Luke Garrett, who notched two runs-batted-in; and