{"id":754237,"date":"2026-07-17T14:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/754237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:42:18","slug":"rockbridge-county-high-school-baseball-coach-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/754237\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockbridge County High School baseball coach passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) &#8211; Rockbridge County High School Athletics has announced the passing of its baseball coach, Travis Roadcap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The announcement was made Friday, July 17, 2026. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"&quot;It is with profound sadness that Rockbridge Athletics announces the passing of RCHS faculty...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7OR37BEXIZGLZK5NRETATVY4IQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1235\" \/>&#8220;It is with profound sadness that Rockbridge Athletics announces the passing of RCHS faculty member and Head Baseball Coach, Travis Roadcap,&#8221; the school&#8217;s athletic department said.(Rockbridge County High School Athletics)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a statement posted on Facebook, the school\u2019s official athletics department confirmed the passing of Roadcap and said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">\u201cIt is with profound sadness that Rockbridge Athletics announces the passing of RCHS faculty member and Head Baseball Coach, Travis Roadcap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">Coach Roadcap was far more than a coach. He was a dedicated teacher, a mentor, a leader, and a friend to countless students, athletes, colleagues, and families. His passion for education, commitment to his players, and positive impact on our school community will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">Our thoughts and heartfelt prayers are with the Roadcap family, the baseball program, and everyone whose lives were touched by Travis. His legacy will live on through the many people he inspired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">He will be deeply missed and forever remembered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">We do not have additional information to share at this time. Counselors will be available at RCHS on Monday for any staff member or student who may need support during this difficult time. We will share further information as it becomes available in the coming days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WDBJ7\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/authors\/Austin-Hicks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/authors\/Austin-Hicks\/\">Austin Hicks<\/a> will have more on Friday\u2019s 6:00 p.m. newscast. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) &#8211; Rockbridge County High School Athletics has announced the passing of its baseball coach, Travis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,93606,93607,93608,93605,4895],"class_list":["post-754237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-rockbridge-county","tag-rockbridge-county-high-school","tag-rockbridge-county-wildcats","tag-travis-roadcap","tag-wildcats"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116935848627239639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}