The Centerville football team fell to host Greensburg on Friday, Oct. 23, in its postseason play opener against the Pirates. The Bulldogs are members of the Eastern Crossroads Conference. The Pirates are members of the Eastern Indiana Conference (small school division). It was a back-and-forth game through three quarters but that changed in the fourth […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Lincoln advances to semis
The 27-game losing streak for Cambridge City Lincoln football is over. The Eagles were scheduled to play at Indianapolis Tindley on Friday, Oct. 23, but Tindley did not have enough players to play and forfeited the game. The official score assigned was 7-0. The Eagles will now open sectional play Friday, Oct. 30, when they […]
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Hagerstown rolls past Frankton
The 2A 10th-ranked Hagerstown football team, members of the Tri-Eastern Conference, defeated visiting Frankton, members of the Central Indiana Conference, Friday, Oct. 23, to open postseason play. The Tigers used a stifling defense, a record-setting kicking game, a breakout performance from a sophomore running back and a balanced offensive attack to subdue the Eagles. The […]
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Tinkle loses opening-round match
Hagerstown sophomore Alex Tinkle squared off against junior Casey Beckmann from Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, the top-ranked player in Indiana, on Saturday, Oct. 17, in the South regional. Beckmann won the match 6-1, 6-2. Beckmann entered the match with a record of 23-0, while Tinkle entered the match with a record of 21-0. Beckman went on […]
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Falcons fight off Tigers to capture sectional title
It was championship Saturday at Robert E. Clark Gymnasium in Hagerstown Oct. 17 with four teams still chasing their dream of a sectional championship. Winchester beat Union County and Hagerstown defeated Shenandoah in semifinal matches to set up the championship that Winchester eventually won. Semifinal Match 1: Winchester 3, Union County 0 Tri-Eastern Conference regular-season […]
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Bulldogs and Tigers qualify for regional
Centerville captured fourth and Hagerstown captured fifth during the Rushville sectional on Saturday, Oct. 17, to qualify to advance to the Franklin Community regional to be run on Saturday, Oct. 24. The top five teams and the top 15 runners not on a qualifying team qualified to advance to the regional round. Hayden Neagle, running […]
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Richmond repeats as boys champ
The Richmond boys cross country team repeated as the Rushville sectional cross country champions Saturday, Oct. 17. The Red Devils took the top three spots. Cale Newton won the race in a time of 15:49.18, Dash Thacker was second and Brady Newton finished third. The Red Devils scored 30 points to easily defeat 10 other […]
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Tigers complete undefeated season
The Tri-Eastern Conference champion Hagerstown football team finalized its undefeated season by knocking down visiting Northeastern Friday, Oct. 16, in the regular season finale for both programs. Northeastern won the Tri-Eastern Conference championship last season before making a decision to leave the TEC and join the Eastern Crossroads Conference. The Knights came to Hagerstown on […]
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Knights cross state line for last minute game
An originally unscheduled game that was the first meeting between the two schools ended in an entertaining shoot out with a Northeastern victory. Facing a fourth and 13 with only 25 seconds remaining in the game, Knight quarterback Jarrett Leitner connected with Trent Deloney on a long touchdown pass to lift the Knights to an […]
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Tinkle advances to regional, beats Harrick
Two tennis players from Wayne County battled it out on Wednesday, Oct. 7, with Hagerstown’s Alex Tinkle winning the right to advance to the regional round in the state tennis tournament for individuals at Mount Vernon High School in Fortville. Sophomores Xander Harrick from Richmond and Tinkle met in a rematch of the sectional final […]