Already leading 8-0 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, the Hagerstown Tigers used solo home runs from Aiden Grover and Collin Beaty to nail down a 10-0 win over Union County the night of Thursday, April 27 in a game stopped because of the 10-run mercy rule. The Patriots gave the Tigers an […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Centerville tennis team sweeps past Eagles
Two unbeaten tennis teams, Centerville and Winchester Community, played a hard-fought tennis match Monday, April 24 on the Winchester courts, with the Lady Bulldogs winning by the score of 3-2. The cold temperatures did nothing to diminish the quality of play. Results: No. 1 singles – Gracie Helms (C) defeated Raegen Staggs (WC) 6-0, 6-0 […]
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Golf teams face loaded field at Winchester
Noblesville and Westfield moved their battle for state golf supremacy to Randolph County the morning of Saturday, April 29, joining the field at the Winchester Golf Invitational. Area teams from Richmond, Hagerstown, Northeastern and Lincoln posted respectable scores, but Noblesville blistered the course with a score of 296—three strokes better than Westfield, and 24 strokes […]
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Bulldogs end 1 Tiger track streak
The Hagerstown boys track and field team won the Wayne County Championship for the 13th consecutive time Tuesday, April 25, but the Centerville girls halted the Hagerstown girls title streak at 12. Each of the four schools had at least one blue ribbon winner in the boys meet. Centerville, Hagerstown and Northeastern each collected at […]
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Bulldog golfers push Tigers to the edge
The match could not have been closer. Centerville and Hagerstown played an exciting back-and-forth golf match Tuesday, April 18 at Highland Lakes golf course. The final score was 173-174, and arguably the difference was the play of Braden Tedder, the No. 2 golfer for the ‘Dawgs. Tedder posted a round of 37 to earn medalist […]
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Centerville splits with Winchester
The Centerville track and field teams played host to Winchester Wednesday, April 19, with the Centerville boys defeating the Falcons 69-54 and the Lady Bulldogs losing by the score of 80-43. First-place finishers for the Bulldog boys included Brayden Ross in the 100-meter; Connor Miller in the 200-meter; Timmy Wright in the 400-meter; Kyle Sheard […]
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Richmond duo wins state fishing title
Richmond High School seniors Henry Vincent and Ross Peacock are state champions. Western Wayne News ran an article in our March 22nd issue announcing the signing of Vincent to attend Adrian College in Michigan on a fishing scholarship. Last weekend Vincent, with his fishing partner and classmate Ross Peacock, validated Adrian College’s decision by winning […]
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Unbeaten Centerville sweeps Hagerstown
The Centerville tennis team improved to 6-0 overall, and 2-0 in Tri-Eastern conference play, with a 5-0 win over Hagerstown the evening of Thursday, April 20 in a match played on the Centerville courts. Winners by match: No. 1 singles – Gracie Helms (C) No. 2 singles – Gabby Duke (C) No. 3 singles – […]
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Tigers win pitchers` duel
When you are a league leader, other conference teams try to find a way to bring you back to the pack; even more so when you have won your last 11 TEC games. Winchester Community traveled to Lloyd Michael Field Thursday, April 20 to face Hagerstown. Falcon ace Jace Allen slowed the normally high-scoring […]
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Richmond ends season-opening losing streak
The Richmond softball team ended their season-opening, nine-game losing streak the night of Wednesday, April 19 by run-ruling visiting Winchester Community 10-0 in five innings. Macie Ferguson led off the bottom of the first inning with a triple and the Lady Red Devils never slowed down. Richmond went on to score three runs in the […]