Cambridge City Lincoln High School has decided to cancel its 2026 softball season because the program does not have enough players to field a team. Lincoln softball has a rich history and is arguably the most successful program in school history. The Eagles have been sectional champions eight times, including the 2025 season — the […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Tigers, Knights, Devils will be area’s top teams
The baseball season kicks off next week, and all area teams have reason for optimism. Hagerstown graduated seven players from last year’s team, but it is loaded with young talent to replace them. Northeastern graduated two outstanding pitchers, but it still has a strong team led by five seniors and a deep pitching staff. Lincoln […]
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Coaches announce Academic All-State honorees
The Indiana High School Basketball Coaches Association recently announced their selections for All-Academic All-State for the 2025-26 season. Four players and two teams from Wayne County schools were recognized. Landyn Keiser, Centerville High School, was named to the boys first team; Ben Bates, Lincoln HS, and Logan Seal, Northeastern HS, earned honorable mention. Jayden Johnson, […]
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Bulldog senior named to North-South All-Star football game roster
For the second year in a row, a Centerville student-athlete has been selected by the Indiana High School Coaches Association to play in the annual North-South football all-star game. Ethan Vecera has been selected as a tight end for the South squad. Vecera is only the eighth player from a Wayne County school to be chosen […]
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Lincoln grad earns All-America status
Cambridge City Lincoln graduate Bailey Puckett, competing for Trine University, earned All-America status on Saturday, March 14, in the women’s mile run during the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship at Birmingham, Alabama. Puckett finished in seventh place with a time of 4:50.06. The top eight finishers earned All-America honors. Puckett was competing at […]
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Tigers solid; Bulldogs look for breakout year
There will be a trio of strong 2A softball teams in Wayne County, and all three will be assigned to the same sectional. Centerville, Hagerstown and Northeastern each return a strong nucleus from last season. Hagerstown is the two-time defending Tri-Eastern Conference champion and the defending sectional champion, but the Centerville Lady Bulldogs might have […]
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Devils, Tigers compete in IWU track qualifier
The Richmond and Hagerstown track teams traveled to Marion on Saturday, March 14, for a Hoosier State Relays indoor track qualifier held on the Indiana Wesleyan University campus. Boys top 10 finishes 3200 meter: Cale Newton (Richmond), second Distance Medley relay: Newton, Julian Bowden, Trevin Crosby, Skylar Mullins (Richmond), first Long jump: Ty’ziah Stubbs (Richmond), […]
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Bulldogs fall to Wolves to end season
In a rematch of the 2025 regional game, Centerville and Parke Heritage met for the regional title at Martinsville High School on Saturday, March 14, and with it the right to move on to the semi-state round. Parke Heritage controlled the game from early in the first quarter with the Wolves eventually taking a 66-46 […]
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TEC announces basketball All-Conference selections
The Tri-Eastern Conference boys basketball All-Conference selections for the 2025-26 season were recently announced. The selections follow in the order of finish in the final league standings. Centerville (8-0) All TEC: Shea Hollendonner, Ethan Vecera, Landyn Keiser, honorable mention: Jace Hollendonner Winchester Community (6-2) All TEC: Carter Campbell, Caleb Hummel, honorable mention: Cam Baldwin Hagerstown […]
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Bulldog beatdown for back-to-back titles
The March 7 championship between the Centerville Bulldogs and 19-game winners Shenandoah was expected to be close. The Raiders were overwhelmed from the opening tip to the final buzzer, and Centerville trounced them 66-36. The Bulldogs’ aggressive defensive pressure created offense, and they raced to a 10-2 lead less than four minutes into the game. […]