The Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles, the only Wayne County school to advance to the sectional championship game in baseball, saw their season end on Monday, May 27. The Indians, ranked sixth in the 1A state poll, lived up to their lofty ranking. In a rematch of their regular season Tri-Eastern Conference game that Union City […]
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Regular-season champs win TEC tourney
The Hagerstown Tigers, the undefeated regular season Tri-Eastern Conference champions, backed it up by winning the TEC tournament by eight strokes over their nearest competitor on Saturday, May 18, at the Memorial Park Golf Course in New Castle. In a golf match, five players compete for each team and the four lowest scores are used […]
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Bulldogs win 14th consecutive league title
After competition of the preliminary rounds played on the Lincoln courts on Saturday, May 11, the final round matches for the Tri-Eastern Conference championships to be played Monday, May 13, were set. Regular-season champions Centerville led the tournament, entering the championship round with 32 points and qualifying Makenna Hartman at No. 1 singles, Kylar Marshall at […]
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Archers aiming to cover costs
All 22 Northeastern High School students who qualified for the national archery championship in Florida are planning to compete with their team. That means fundraising is now beginning in earnest for the June 6-8 event in Daytona Beach, Florida. Coach Brian Richmond said the team will learn its competition schedule this week and then can […]
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Red Devils win boys track sectional title
Richmond has won the Connersville track sectional for the first time since 2010. On Thursday, May 16, the Red Devils racked up 161.5 points and won eight events to outdistance the field. Wayne County athletes won several events, and several athletes advanced to the regional. Antonio West from Richmond was a double winner, capturing first […]
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Bulldogs defeat Richmond 5-1 at McBride Stadium
The Centerville Bulldogs picked up a 5-1 win over Richmond in a game played at McBride Stadium on Thursday, May 16. The Bulldogs scored five runs in the top of the fourth inning and held on to win 5-1. The Bulldogs’ pitchers turned in strong performances. Chase Clark started, only surrendering four hits and one […]
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Host Spartans run away with girls sectional track title
Sophomore Ahniyah Bennett broke two meet records and won four events to help lift the Connersville Lady Spartans to the sectional title, ran on the Connersville track on Wednesday, May 15. Bennett won the 100-meter, establishing a new sectional record time of 12.22, and she won the 200-meter, also establishing a new sectional record with […]
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Bulldogs capture 3rd straight championship
Centerville won the Richmond tennis sectional on Friday, May 17, defeating Northeastern 3-2 in a hard-fought match. The Bulldogs won at No. 2 singles, No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles. The Bulldogs advanced as a team to the Mount Vernon (Fortville) regional. Northeastern has been eliminated from postseason play as a team, but Lauren […]
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Knight archers hit their target
Northeastern High School archers performed so well at the U.S. Eastern Nationals competition that they again have the opportunity to compete in the championship tournament. The Knights’ high school team shot 3,220 on Friday, May 9, in the National Archery in the Schools Program. The Eastern Nationals took place at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. […]
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Red Devils compile top 5 finishes at conference meet
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 […]