It was a bizarre sequence of events over two days for the Hagerstown football team. The Tigers were scheduled to host Shenandoah in a non-conference game on Friday, Sept. 27. Storm damage from remnants of Hurricane Helene knocked out power shortly before game time. The Shenandoah bus was blocked in by fallen trees and utility […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Tigers race in Jim Murray Memorial invite
The Hagerstown cross county team traveled to Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday, Sept. 28, to participate in the Jim Murray Memorial Invitational, which featured hundreds of competitors primarily from schools in the Dayton and Springfield area. The course was slick because of recent weather so the times were slower than normal, but runners participating turned in […]
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Falcone wins PAAC girls title
The Seton Catholic cross country teams competed in the Pioneer Academic and Athletic Conference on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Park Tudor High School. Gwynie Falcone from Seton Catholic won the girls race in a season-best time of 20:42. Sara Swinney also turned in a season-best time to place seventh and Jackie Clemente captured eighth place. […]
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Tigers sweep host Shenandoah
The Hagerstown volleyball team traveled to Middletown on Thursday, Sept. 26, for a non-conference game with potential sectional opponent Shenandoah. The Raiders, members of the Mid-Eastern Conference, fell to the power game and solid defense of Hagerstown in straight sets. Five different Tigers had at least 12 digs, which is a rarity in a three-set […]
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Cardinals fall to tall Falcons in nonleague road matchup
The Seton Catholic volleyball team traveled to Winchester Community High School on Monday, Sept. 23, to play the 2A Falcons. The Falcons, who have four 6-footers in their lineup, used their size advantage to cause defensive problems at the net. The Falcons blocked 10 Cardinal kill attempts during the match en route to 3-1 win. […]
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Season ends at regional for Wayne County golfers
The Noblesville golf team posted a team score of 294, on Saturday, Sept. 28, to win the Lapel golf regional played at the Edgewood Golf Course by eight strokes over Hamilton Southeastern and by 40 strokes over third-place New Palestine. All three teams advanced to the state tournament. Josie Kelley from Noblesville was the match […]
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TEC unbeaten Panthers pound Eagles 54-0
The Lincoln Golden Eagle football team made the short trip west on Friday, Sept. 27, to face Tri-Eastern Conference co-leader Knightstown. The Panthers have artificial turf, so a muddy field was not an issue, but playing in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene made the playing conditions extremely difficult and the ball very slippery. After scoring […]
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Cardinals finish runner-up in PAAC
The Seton Catholic volleyball team competed in the Pioneer Academic/Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Park Tudor High School. The Cardinals defeated Indianapolis Shortridge 25-14, 25-15 and Greenwood Christian 25-22, 25-14 to advance to the Championship match. In the championship, the Cardinals fell to defending 2A state champion Muncie Burris by scores of 22-25 and […]
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Wet and wild
Playing in weather not fit for man nor beast, Northeastern hosted Centerville in a battle for Tri-Eastern Conference supremacy on Friday, Sept. 27. The Knights, 12th-ranked in latest AP 2A poll, and the Bulldogs, the 16th-ranked team in 2A, were forced by remnants of Hurricane Helene to deviate from their normal game plans and prioritize […]
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Red Devils lose shootout to Marion
If you like offense, and you were at Lyboult Field Friday, Sept. 20, you saw plenty of it. The Richmond Red Devils exploded for a season high of 44 points in their home North Central Conference game against the Marion Giants but still fell short. The two teams combined for nearly 1,000 total yards of […]