Playing before a large, vocal crowd on Thursday, July 10, at Mike Beeson Field in Hagerstown, New Castle and Hagerstown met for the District 6 Little League Championship, with the winner advancing to the state tournament. The two teams split previous games during the current district tournament, with Hagerstown defeating New Castle 9-8 in a […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Tiger grad pitches in North-South series
Kaagen Kendall, a Vincennes University commit and 2025 Hagerstown graduate, closed out his high school baseball career as a member of the South team in the 50th annual Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association North-South All-Star series. The three-game series, played at Loeb Stadium in Lafayette, consisted of two nine-inning games played on Saturday, June […]
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Summer solstice: Longest day for golf
June 20 was the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the summer solstice. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, resulting in more hours of daylight. Hagerstown golf enthusiasts Fred Dill and Camden Rhoades used the longest day as a personal challenge to see how many holes of golf they […]
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Tiger trio leads South sweep
Allison Stinson and Rylan Young, 2025 Hagerstown High School graduates, and Hagerstown head coach Bruce Charles were a part of the 2025 North-South All-Star softball games played on June 21 at Andy Mohr Field on the campus of Indiana University. Stinson and Young were selected to the South All-Star team as players, and Charles was […]
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Bane traded to Orlando
Richmond native Desmond Bane, a 2015 Seton Catholic High School graduate, is on the move. Bane was traded from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Orlando Magic on Sunday, June 15, in a multi-player swap. In exchange for Bane, the Magic sent roster players Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony to the Grizzlies as well as four […]
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Hagerstown honors its spring athletes
The Hagerstown sports award ceremony was recently held in the high school auditorium. In addition to the individual award winners, 65 athletes were honored for achieving academic all-conference status. Individual award winners: Griffin Doerstler — Boys Track, Mental Attitude Award Noah Searcy — Boys Golf, MVP & Lowest Scoring Average Award Collin Werking — Boys […]
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Recapping spring high school sports season
High school sports coverage is very intense during the school year. There is only a small window between when one school year ends and the next school year begins. The Western Wayne News sports department will be taking a short break before summer and fall sports kick in. Before we do, we will recap some […]
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Season ends at regional for Wayne County golfers
The qualifying teams and individuals from the Franklin Community, Richmond, Greensburg, Madison and Providence sectionals traveled to Henryville on Thursday, June 12, to play at Champions Pointe Golf Club for the right to advance to the state finals. The top three teams and the top three individuals not on a qualifying team advanced to the […]
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Lincoln presents spring awards
The Cambridge City Lincoln athletic department held a spring sports award ceremony June 9 to honor their scholastic award, mental attitude award and most valuable player award winners for the spring sports season. Scholastic award winners were: (L-R) Aubrey Trent, Addyson Pitcock, Luke Cottrell, Hannah Bogue, Ben Bates and Josiah Berry. Mental award winners were: […]
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Coach leaves Seton program
There will be a new face on the sidelines coaching the 2025-26 Seton Catholic boys basketball team for the first time in 15 years. Josh Jurgens will no longer be the coach after 14 years at the helm. During his tenure, coaching one of the state’s smallest enrollment schools, his program was a model of […]