The Richmond golf team played host to potential sectional opponents Centerville and Northeastern on Thursday, Aug. 14, in a match played at the Richmond Elks Country Club. Kyla Rogan and Hannah Stearley both broke 40, and the Lady Red Devils posted their lowest nine-hole score of the season to capture first place. Centerville’s individual scores […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Cardinals win twice
Seton Catholic, a semi-state team a season ago, opened its current season with a road trip to Modoc on Saturday, Aug. 16. Union (Modoc) hosted a three-team match with the International School (Indianapolis) and Seton Catholic. The Lady Cardinals swept both matches. Against International, the Lady Cardinals won 25-8, 25-17 and 25-15. Against Union (Modoc), the […]
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Starfires steal the show at Centerville round robin
The Centerville Lady Bulldogs opened their volleyball season on Saturday, Aug. 16, by hosting a round-robin match involving Centerville, Franklin County, Richmond and South Adams. The event was well attended, and fans got their first glance at two-time defending Wayne County Champion Centerville and the Richmond Red Devils with their new coach. South Adams was […]
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Jurgens to head RHS boys basketball
Richmond High School could have initiated a search of the state or the nation to find a replacement for Billy Wright, but instead, they found the coach they were seeking in their own back yard. Richmond Athletic Director Robert Lee announced on Thursday, Aug. 14, that the RCS board approved Josh Jurgens as the new […]
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Bulldogs, Knights chase TEC title
1A Cambridge City Lincoln Head Coach: Jeremy Bane, entering second year at Lincoln Record last season: 1-9 Cambridge City Lincoln is in serious rebuilding mode. The Eagles’ roster last year listed 21 players. Ten graduated and another was injured in an off-season accident and will not be able to play this season. Their starting quarterback […]
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RHS shows great improvement, places 2nd
Richmond head coach Kyle Ingram said after the Richmond Invitational on Monday, that he was looking for steady improvement. He found what he was looking for the next day. The Richmond golf team traveled to the Liberty Country Club on Tuesday, Aug. 5, to join the field in the Union County Invitational. The Lady Red […]
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Red Devils win invite to open season
Six golf teams traveled to Richmond on Monday, Aug. 4, to kick off the fall sports season by participating in the Richmond Golf Invitational played at the Elks Country Club. East Central junior Rowan Pies, who finished in a tie for seventh place in last year’s state finals, fired a three-under-par 67 to capture medalist […]
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Cardinals favored to repeat 1A sectional;’ Class 2A sectional up for grabs
The 2025 volleyball season has the potential to be an exciting one for Wayne County fans in what is increasingly becoming a hotbed area for high-quality volleyball. In 1A, Seton Catholic, a semi-state qualifier a season ago, graduated two all-state players, but they return enough talent to recapture the Union (Modoc) sectional and make another […]
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Experienced sectional runners set pace
Cross country practice started Monday, Aug. 4, for both the boys and girls programs at the six Wayne County schools. Last season, five of the six Wayne County schools placed in the top 10 in the Rushville girls sectional: Seton Catholic (fourth), Richmond (fifth), Centerville (sixth), Hagerstown (eighth) and Northeastern (ninth). Richmond (fourth), Hagerstown (fifth), […]
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Girls golf to open fall sports season
Girls golf teams from Centerville, Hagerstown, Lincoln, Northeastern and Richmond will hit the ground running in the next two weeks to kick off the high school fall sports season. The Richmond Lady Red Devils will likely have Wayne County’s best team. The Devils return every member of their North Central Conference championship and sectional runner-up […]