The Tri-Eastern Conference announced their All-Conference selections for football last week, as well as a summary of all fall sports selections. In boys and girls cross country and golf, all-conference selection is based on top ten finishes in their respective conference meets. In tennis, the All-Conference selections are the flight winners in the season-ending tournament. […]
Author Archives: Dan Harney
Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
Devils open season with road win
The Richmond Red Devils opened their regular season under first year head coach Gabrielle “Gabby” Smith on Tuesday, Nov. 5, with a 47-35 road win over the New Castle Trojans. The Trojans, mired in an 11-game losing streak entering the season, have gone to a youth movement to rebuild their program and do not have […]
Knights overpower Jets in opener
The Northeastern Lady Knights lived up to their preseason hype in their home opener on Tuesday, Nov. 5, by blasting Adams Central 71-21. The outcome of the game was never in doubt. The Knights used a high octane offense and a disruptive defense to race to a 22-8 first quarter lead and expanded it to […]
All TEC volleyball selections announced
League coaches announced the all Tri-Eastern Conference volleyball selections for the recently concluded season last week, and league champion Hagerstown had four first-team selections. Regional champion Winchester Community had three-first team selections. The long-standing practice of selecting a Player of the Year was discontinued for all TEC sports beginning with the 2024-25 school year. No. […]
Seton Catholic cancels girls basketball season
Cardinal Athletic Director Trent Tremain announced Nov. 7 that Seton Catholic High School’s plan to resurrect their girls basketball program after a five-year hiatus was halted because of insufficient roster numbers. The Cardinals will continue to field a junior high girls basketball team this season with continued plans to build toward having a varsity team […]
Knights expect banner year; RHS to improve
Four new head coaches will guide girls varsity basketball programs this winter at Wayne County high schools: Dylan Miller at Cambridge City Lincoln, Brad Catey at Hagerstown, Gabrielle Smith at Richmond and Troy Titus at Seton Catholic. Cody Dudley at Northeastern and Tyler Frame at Centerville, both starting their third year, are the most veteran […]
Lapel wins battle of the Bulldogs 21-0
When the Centerville football team traveled to Lapel on Friday, Nov. 1, to play for the right to advance to the sectional championship game the following Friday, it was a certainty that the Bulldogs would win. The only question was which pack of Bulldogs it would be. It was a difficult night for Centerville. They […]
Argylls too much for Tigers
The Madison-Grant Argylls, ranked fourth in the latest state poll, traveled to Hagerstown on Friday, Nov. 1, to play the Hagerstown Tigers for the right to advance to the sectional championship game on Nov. 8. The Tigers forced a fumble the first time the heavily favored Argylls carried the ball and played them on even […]
Cardinals’ state title dream ends
The Seton Catholic volleyball team saw their season come to an end Saturday, Nov. 2, at the hands of the second-ranked Faith Christian Eagles in the Frankfort semi-state opening round match. The Eagles, from Lafayette, who were the LaPorte regional champions, were the aggressor from the first serve. Taryn Tremain’s kill tied the first set […]
Remembering the 2015 Seton Catholic volleyball team
The 1A fifth-ranked Seton Catholic volleyball team is having a storybook year. Entering play in the Elwood Regional against Rossville on Saturday, Oct. 26, the Cardinals sported a 25-8 record. Their program is known statewide, but it would be easy to make the case that it was the 2015 Seton Catholic team who originally put […]