When the Texas Rangers selected University of Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford with the fourth pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft Sunday evening, knowledgeable baseball fans around the country were not surprised. Langford, while a high school player at Trenton High School in Florida (a school with an enrollment of approximately 600 students) helped […]
Author Archives: Dan Harney
Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Official trades whistle for mic
One of the easiest things anyone can do is criticize others. That is especially true in the sports world. It seems that when fans purchase a ticket to a sporting event, they assume that the purchase price includes the right to criticize the officials. Most area sports fans are familiar with the name Jerry Middleton. […]
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Lincoln athletic director to retire on June 30
You don’t have to talk to Rob Bills for any length of time to determine that he loves his job. He has loved what he does from the day he accepted the position in 2005. Bills was a natural fit, even though his path to the position was somewhat unconventional. Bills is a Cambridge City […]
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National champion wrestler will test skills on world mats
Heather Crull, the daughter of Todd and Jill Crull, will be a junior at Northeastern High School this fall. She has a disarming smile, and she tends to be a little shy. If you did not know her background, you might view her as a typical teenager. But Crull’s tireless work ethic, determination, and athletic […]
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Tigers avenge regular season loss, advance to regional round
For five innings, the Hagerstown Tigers were scoreless and held to a single hit by the Shenandoah Raiders, the third ranked team in the state, in the sectional championship game played at Northeastern High School on Memorial Day. The Raiders defeated the Tigers 10-4 in April, and with flame thrower and Louisville commit Collin Osenbaugh […]
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Bulldogs are semi-state bound
Unlike most IHSAA sports, tennis is a single class sport. Enrollment size is not considered, so mega-enrollment schools can have a distinct advantage. The undefeated Centerville Lady Bulldog tennis team, and their head coach Randy Ecker, would not accept that they could not win, and were determined to make their case on the court. As […]
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Red Devils just miss track and field team title
Connersville won the boys track and field sectional title Thursday, May 18 for the third consecutive year, but it was by the slimmest of margins. The Spartans scored 144 points, a scant two more than Richmond, who finished second with 142. The Red Devils won the 4×400 relay in the last race of the meet, […]
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Track and field athletes move to regional
The powerful Connersville track and field team won the sectional title for the fifth consecutive year Tuesday evening, May 16, while the other schools in the field fought to advance as many athletes as possible to the regional. Centerville finished third in the team standings, Hagerstown finished fourth, Northeastern finished fifth, Richmond tied for sixth, […]
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For Knights, White twins rule the day
During the 2015 season the Wayne County athletic directors decided to implement a traveling trophy for all future Wayne County tournaments. In baseball, the traveling trophy is a wooden bat from the 1960s. Until Saturday, May 13, the only teams to capture the old bat were Centerville and Hagerstown. If you would like to see […]
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Bulldogs, Tigers capture TEC track titles
On a near perfect weather evening, the Tri-Eastern Conference track and field championships were held Thursday, May 11 at the Union City High School track. The Centerville girls rose to the occasion, fighting off a strong challenge from Winchester Community, to capture the title. In the boys meet, Hagerstown won the 4×800-meter relay to open […]