Representatives of Benchmark Community Bank in Victoria give the Lunenburg County Youth Baseball League Machine Pitch All-Star team a warm send-off Friday morning as the team traveled to Lumberton, North Carolina, for the 2018 Dixie Youth Baseball AA Machine Pitch World Series. The state champion Lunenburg boys did an outstanding job representing the state of Virginia, reaching the Final Four of the 12-team tournament. Read more about the team’s role in the World Series on A4. Pictured above are, from left, Sherlene Vaughan, Scott Lewis, Erin Newman, Tanya Comly, Stephanie Sullivan, Ashley Lester, Cynthia Parrish, Jenny Clark and Natasha Gill.