After competition of the preliminary rounds played on the Lincoln courts on Saturday, May 11, the final round matches for the Tri-Eastern Conference championships to be played Monday, May 13, were set. Regular-season champions Centerville led the tournament, entering the championship round with 32 points and qualifying Makenna Hartman at No. 1 singles, Kylar Marshall at […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Red Devils win boys track sectional title
Richmond has won the Connersville track sectional for the first time since 2010. On Thursday, May 16, the Red Devils racked up 161.5 points and won eight events to outdistance the field. Wayne County athletes won several events, and several athletes advanced to the regional. Antonio West from Richmond was a double winner, capturing first […]
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Bulldogs defeat Richmond 5-1 at McBride Stadium
The Centerville Bulldogs picked up a 5-1 win over Richmond in a game played at McBride Stadium on Thursday, May 16. The Bulldogs scored five runs in the top of the fourth inning and held on to win 5-1. The Bulldogs’ pitchers turned in strong performances. Chase Clark started, only surrendering four hits and one […]
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Host Spartans run away with girls sectional track title
Sophomore Ahniyah Bennett broke two meet records and won four events to help lift the Connersville Lady Spartans to the sectional title, ran on the Connersville track on Wednesday, May 15. Bennett won the 100-meter, establishing a new sectional record time of 12.22, and she won the 200-meter, also establishing a new sectional record with […]
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Bulldogs capture 3rd straight championship
Centerville won the Richmond tennis sectional on Friday, May 17, defeating Northeastern 3-2 in a hard-fought match. The Bulldogs won at No. 2 singles, No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles. The Bulldogs advanced as a team to the Mount Vernon (Fortville) regional. Northeastern has been eliminated from postseason play as a team, but Lauren […]
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Red Devils compile top 5 finishes at conference meet
Richmond traveled to Marion on Friday, May 3, to participate in the North Central Conference meet. Top five finishers for the Richmond boys included: Antonio West fifth in both the 100-meter and the 200-meter, Alex Orihuela second in the 3200-meter and fifth in the 1600-meter, the 4 x 400-meter relay team finished fifth, and Masson […]
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Panthers pull Tigers back to TEC pack
2A top-ranked Hagerstown saw its 16-game win streak snapped on Thursday, May 2, by the Knightstown Panthers. The Tigers twice overcame Panther leads to tie the score, but the Panthers scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 7-5 lead and the Tigers could not answer. Both teams hit the […]
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Hagerstown wins Wayne County Golf Tournament
The Hagerstown Tigers fired off a team score of 338 to win the Wayne County Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 4, in a match played at Highland Lake Golf Course. Every scoring golfer for Hagerstown broke 90, led by Noah Searcy and Drew Williamson with a pair of 83s. Brady Moore from Centerville was the […]
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Hosts again rule Tiger Booster meet
One of the oldest and most well attended track meets in the state of Indiana took place on Friday, May 3, at the athletics complex at Hagerstown High School. Eleven teams traveled from as far as Indianapolis to take part. The field of participants included teams from Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Northeastern and Hagerstown. In […]
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Cardinals show strength at PAAC meet
The Seton Catholic Cardinals participated in the Pioneer Academic and Athletic Conference track meet on Saturday, May 4, at Ball State University. Park Tudor won the girls event with 125 points; Seton Catholic was second with 110 points. Park Tudor also won the boys event with 105 points; Seton Catholic was fifth with 55 points. […]