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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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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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. […]
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Top-ranked Tigers win battle of TEC heavyweights
Hagerstown and Winchester Community, two of the best teams in east central Indiana, played an important Tri-Eastern Conference game on Thursday, April 18 on picturesque Falcon Field. Hagerstown entered the game ranked No. 1 in the latest 2A coaches’ poll. Winchester played in the semi-state last season and returned most of their team this season. […]
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Northeastern halts 35-game TEC Union County win streak
The Northeastern softball team defeated Union County 7-3 on Wednesday, April 17, at Liberty. The Tri-Eastern Conference loss snapped a 35-game Patriot conference win streak. The Patriots’ last conference loss came on May 4, 2018. To make the win even sweeter, first year Northeastern head coach Tara Williams played for Union County, and it was […]
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Lady Tigers storm county tournament
In the preseason, Hagerstown head softball coach Bruce Charles said that he saw great potential in his team, which had a mix of veteran players and talented freshmen. On Saturday, April 20 in the Wayne County tournament, played at Northeastern, the Tigers lived up to their coach’s preseason expectations. The Tigers run-ruled Northeastern 10-0 in […]
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Crull repeats as national champion
Northeastern High School junior Heather Crull was one of 10 weight class winners crowned in the U23 division of the USMC women’s national championship on Saturday, April 13, in Spokane, Washington. Crull defeated Sterling Dias from Nevada for the 50 kg championship by winning the first two matches in a best of three format. At […]
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Meet the coach night scheduled at Lincoln
The Western Wayne school corporation has a meet-the-coach night planned for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10 in the high school cafeteria to give the community the opportunity to meet Jeremy Bane, the new Lincoln varsity football coach. Bane will introduce his coaching staff and provide a program expectation overview. He will also discuss student […]