Northeastern hosted the Shenandoah Raiders on Friday, Oct. 3, in their only nonconference game of the season. The game was a high-scoring shootout that was not determined until the final minute of the game. The Knights held a 14-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Raiders led 28-21 at the half. […]
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Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News.
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Lady Tigers win 5-set thriller over Lady Knights
The Hagerstown volleyball team traveled to Fountain City on Thursday, Oct. 2, for a Tri-Eastern Conference match with the Northeastern Lady Knights. The atmosphere at match time was electric and further charged by the fact that it was senior night for Northeastern. The two rivals battled toe-to-toe through five sets, and neither team blinked. The […]
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Knights capture wooden bucket
The annual Wayne County volleyball tournament was held in Hagerstown on Saturday, Oct. 4. The opening-round matches went as expected to set up a championship match between Hagerstown and Northeastern. Match 1: Hagerstown 3, Centerville 0 The Hagerstown Tigers were the aggressors from the opening serve. The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the first […]
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Bulldogs wins team sectional
The Centerville tennis team defeated Northeastern 5-0 in the sectional final match played Friday, Oct. 3, on the Richmond courts. The Bulldogs will now advance to the regional round against Hamilton Southeastern to be played on Tuesday, Oct. 7, on the courts at Mount Vernon (Fortville). Hagerstown freshman Alex Tinkle, playing at No. 1 singles, […]
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TEC will survive, but might change
Some schools in the Tri-Eastern Conference are discussing making changes, but so far, it’s just a discussion. I have been following TEC sports for decades, and a version of the same discussion has been happening the entire time. The conference has seen many highs and lows. I have watched TEC teams compete in semistate games, […]
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Knight makes 100th PAT
Northeastern senior standout Marshall Phillips completed the 100th successful PAT kick of his career in the Knights’ 62-0 win over Union City on Friday, Sept. 19. The versatile Marshall has been selected as the Player of the Game by the Northeastern coaching staff 13 times. He was selected four times during the 2023 season, five […]
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Perfect-score Red Devils win Spartan invite
The Richmond cross country teams traveled to Connersville on Saturday, Sept. 27, to participate in the Spartan Invitational. The Richmond boys won the event. Richmond captured the first five places to record a perfect team score. Cale Newton won the boys race in a time of 17:30.71. Team scores for boys: Richmond 15, East Central […]
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Knights win boys, girls races
The Centerville cross country teams hosted their annual Bulldog Memorial races on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Northeastern Knights won first place in the boys race, paced by the first-place individual finish of sophomore Dash Thacker in a time of 16:09.1. The Lady Knights won the girls race, paced by the first-place individual finish of freshman […]
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Tiger boys win; Tiger girls 2nd
The Hagerstown cross country teams traveled to Charlottesville on Saturday, Sept. 20, to participate in the annual Gary Powers Memorial Cross Country Invitational hosted by Eastern Hancock. The Tigers captured five of the top eight spots to easily capture the boys race while the Lady Tigers finished second in the girls race. Individual finishes for […]
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Knights take control of the TEC
The Northeastern football team traveled to Centerville on Friday, Sept. 26, for a critical Tri-Eastern Conference game with a lot riding on the outcome. A Northeastern win would put the defending TEC champions in a position to control their own destiny with two league games remaining and extend their TEC win streak to 14 games. […]