The Hagerstown baseball team lost its regional championship to Heritage Christian at Plainfield on Saturday, June 6. Both teams collected 15 hits in the game, but the trend was set on the first two plays. Conner Benson, the lead-off batter for the Eagles, hit a routine ground ball but the Tigers made a defensive error […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Devils fall to top-ranked Center Grove in regional
The Richmond baseball team, after winning a sectional title for the first time in 15 years, had the unenviable task of traveling to Center Grove High School on Saturday, June 6, to face the top-ranked Trojans for the regional. The Trojans scored in every inning, gradually pulling away to a 12-0 win, in a game that […]
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Lady Knights fall to Eastern Hancock
The Northeastern softball team fell to visiting Eastern Hancock on Tuesday, June 2, before an overflow crowd with a trip to semi-state on the line. The Lady Royals program has previously played in eight regionals and won four of them. The Lady Knights’ only other regional appearance in softball came in 2017. The comfort level […]
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Lindahl makes state podium
The duo of senior Jacob Lindahl and junior Cale Newton from Richmond High School represented Wayne County in the state track and field meet on Saturday, June 6. Newton placed 23rd in the 3200-meter race. Lindahl, who fouled three times, did not have a good day by his standards, but he still placed ninth in […]
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Tinkle falls in singles regional
Sophia Tinkle from Hagerstown High School, the only freshman in the elite field of 16 players, won the South Regional semifinal but lost the championship match June 6. Tinkle defeated Marin Paris from Franklin Central High School in the semifinal match 6-1, 7-5. But Ava Muckerheide from Shelbyville High School defeated Tinkle in the championship match […]
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Seton junior places 16th in state 400
Seton Catholic junior Sara Swinney, running in the 400-meter race at the state track and field meet, finished 16th out of 30 runners in a time of 58.61 seconds. She was the lone athlete representing a Wayne County high school to participate in the state track and field meet for girls. Carmel High School won […]
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Union County takes top sectional prize
Tri-Eastern Conference champion Union County added more hardware to its trophy case on Thursday, June 4, when it won the golf sectional. Richmond freshman Wyatt Carter was the medalist, posting a score of 72. The Patriots, playing on their home course, Liberty Country Club, posted a score of 328, five strokes better than Richmond and […]
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Red Devils stun Arabians to capture sectional title
The Richmond baseball team has had an up-and-down baseball season, but there have been times when they have displayed how good they could be. On Monday, June 1, everything fell in place and the Red Devils defeated heavily favored Pendleton Heights in the sectional championship 4-3. Zander Juday pitched the complete game for Richmond to […]
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Hagerstown run-rule Centerville for sectional title
After surviving hard-fought semifinal games hours earlier, Hagerstown and Centerville squared off in the sectional championship game played Monday, June 1, on the Bulldogs’ home field. Hagerstown, ranked eighth in the final 2A poll, held a 2-0 lead after three innings before scoring five runs in the top of the fourth inning and four runs […]
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2 advance to boys state meet
Two Wayne County boys advanced to state finals after placing in the track and field regional held Thursday, May 28, at Greenfield-Central High School. Jacob Lindahl from Richmond won the shot put with a toss of 56’7.25,” and Cale Newton was fourth in the 3200 meter in a time of 9:27.77 but advanced to the […]