The Tri-Eastern Conference boys basketball All-Conference selections for the 2025-26 season were recently announced. The selections follow in the order of finish in the final league standings. Centerville (8-0) All TEC: Shea Hollendonner, Ethan Vecera, Landyn Keiser, honorable mention: Jace Hollendonner Winchester Community (6-2) All TEC: Carter Campbell, Caleb Hummel, honorable mention: Cam Baldwin Hagerstown […]
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Bulldog beatdown for back-to-back titles
The March 7 championship between the Centerville Bulldogs and 19-game winners Shenandoah was expected to be close. The Raiders were overwhelmed from the opening tip to the final buzzer, and Centerville trounced them 66-36. The Bulldogs’ aggressive defensive pressure created offense, and they raced to a 10-2 lead less than four minutes into the game. […]
Bulldogs defeat Tigers, move to the title game
There is an adage in sports that it’s hard to beat the same team three times in the same season. On Friday, March 6, Centerville faced Hagerstown in the opening sectional semifinal game. In both of the season’s earlier meetings, the Bulldogs pulled away in the fourth quarter to win. And Friday, Centerville won the […]
Raiders knock out Knights, advance to title game
The Northeastern Knights and the Shenandoah Raiders played the second semifinal game on Friday, March 6, at the Hagerstown sectional for the right to advance to the championship game. The two schools, which will be in the same conference next season, last met on Dec. 19 when the Raiders took a four-point win. There was […]
Tigers defeat Pats in opener
The Hagerstown Tigers and Union County Patriots opened play in the Hagerstown sectional on Tuesday, March 3. The game was a rematch of a regular-season match played in Liberty on Dec. 12 that Hagerstown won 66-43. Even though the leading scorer for the Tigers in that game, Jaykob Troutwine, has been out for the season […]
Knights avenge loss to Falcons, advance to semi-finals
On Feb. 20, the Northeastern Knight basketball team traveled to play the Winchester Golden Falcons, which prevailed 49-47 in a hard-fought game. The Knights flipped the script in the March 3 opening-round sectional match, handing the Falcons a 64-46 loss to advance to a semi-final matchup with state-ranked Shenandoah. The Knights led at the end […]
Bearcats eliminate Red Devils
The Richmond Red Devils and the Muncie Central Bearcats, two teams that are familiar with each other, opened play in the Greenfield-Central sectional on Tuesday, March 3. The two teams met on Jan. 16, during regular-season play, with the Red Devils taking a 66-64 win. But Tuesday, the Bearcats avenged the loss 56-47 and eliminated the […]
Tall Rebels eliminate Eagles
When heavily favored Randolph Southern took the floor on Wednesday, March 4, against Lincoln in the final opening-round game of the tournament, Eagle head coach Rodney Klein had a game plan that he thought would even the playing field. The plan was simple: push the Rebels out on the floor and make them shoot three-pointers. […]
Indians’ late comeback eliminates Cards
The Seton Catholic Cardinals and Union City Indians opened sectional play in Cambridge City on Tuesday, March 3, in a rematch of a regular-season game played on Feb. 5 that the Indians won 63-48. The game on Tuesday played out far differently, but the end result was the same. Union City came back from a […]
Bulldogs knock off 4A Arabians
The Centerville Bulldogs traveled to Pendleton on Wednesday, Feb. 25, for a game with Pendleton Heights. The Arabians, members of the Hoosier Heritage Conference, easily defeated Centerville last season but the Bulldogs turned the tables Wednesday with a 57-52 win. The game was close from the opening tip, but in the final minutes, it was […]
