The Seton Catholic Cardinal basketball team hosted the Northeastern Knights at Earlham College on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in the season opener for both schools. Senior Grant Semler scored back-to-back to send the Cardinals to an early 5-0 lead, but the Knights battled back to tie the game at 9-9 on a Landon Scarrette field goal. […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Bulldogs slip by Cardinals
The Centerville Bulldogs improved to 2-0 on Saturday, Nov. 30, with a 63-60 win over Seton Catholic in a game played on the Earlham College campus. The Cardinals took a 17-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and continued to hold leads at halftime and at the end of three quarters. The Bulldogs […]
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Knights win in the Spartan Bowl
The Northeastern Lady Knight basketball team remained unbeaten on the season, handing the 4A Lady Spartans their first home loss of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the Spartan Bowl. The 2A ninth-ranked Knights jumped out to an early lead and never trailed. The Knights were led in scoring by Ava Mikesell with a […]
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Knights overwhelm Lady Indians 65-24
The Northeastern Lady Knight basketball team traveled to Anderson on Tuesday, Nov. 19, for a nonconference game against the 4A Anderson Indians. The 2A 12th-ranked Lady Knights dominated the game from the opening tip, racing to a 19-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and expanding their lead to 38-11 by halftime. The […]
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Lady Bulldogs defeat two Lady Tiger teams in wrestling matches
The Centerville Lady Bulldog wrestling team traveled to Alexandria on Tuesday, Nov. 19, for a double dual match with Alexandria-Monroe and Hagerstown. The Lady Bulldogs won a hard-fought match with Alexandria-Monroe by a single point, 37-36, and defeated Hagerstown 30-18. Centerville results: Hagerstown results:
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Knights open TEC with blowout victory
The 2A 12th-ranked Northeastern Lady Knights hosted Union City on Friday, Nov. 22 in the Tri-Eastern Conference opener for both schools. The visiting Lady Indians were missing three starters because of illness and injury and found themselves trailing by the score of 59-2 at halftime. Union City only scored one field goal in the game. […]
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Teams count on experience
The six Wayne County basketball teams will all be guided by established coaches, and most will return experienced players to their rosters. Centerville will start the season without their leading scorer from the last two seasons, Shea Hollendonner, who is rehabbing from an injury suffered in football. When the talented junior is able to return […]
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Hagerstown announces football award winners
The Hagerstown football coaches announced their award winners for the recently completed season at a ceremony held at the high school on Thursday, Nov. 14. Award winners included:
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Lady Knights run past Yorktown 56-37 at home
When the Northeastern Lady Knights took the floor on Thursday, Nov. 14, to host the Yorktown Lady Tigers it brought back unpleasant memories. When the two teams played a year ago, Northeastern squandered a double-figure lead and lost 49-47 on a last-second shot. The Knights, who were focused from the opening tip, were looking to […]
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Centerville, Northeastern cheer squads 3rd in state
The Indiana Association of School Principals hosted the Indiana Cheer Championship State Finals on Saturday, Nov. 9, at New Castle Fieldhouse. Centerville placed third in the traditional routine category and Northeastern finished third in the time-out routine category.