Sophia Tinkle from Hagerstown High School, the only freshman in the elite field of 16 players, won the South Regional semifinal but lost the championship match June 6. Tinkle defeated Marin Paris from Franklin Central High School in the semifinal match 6-1, 7-5. But Ava Muckerheide from Shelbyville High School defeated Tinkle in the championship match […]
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Seton junior places 16th in state 400
Seton Catholic junior Sara Swinney, running in the 400-meter race at the state track and field meet, finished 16th out of 30 runners in a time of 58.61 seconds. She was the lone athlete representing a Wayne County high school to participate in the state track and field meet for girls. Carmel High School won […]
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Union County takes top sectional prize
Tri-Eastern Conference champion Union County added more hardware to its trophy case on Thursday, June 4, when it won the golf sectional. Richmond freshman Wyatt Carter was the medalist, posting a score of 72. The Patriots, playing on their home course, Liberty Country Club, posted a score of 328, five strokes better than Richmond and […]
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Red Devils stun Arabians to capture sectional title
The Richmond baseball team has had an up-and-down baseball season, but there have been times when they have displayed how good they could be. On Monday, June 1, everything fell in place and the Red Devils defeated heavily favored Pendleton Heights in the sectional championship 4-3. Zander Juday pitched the complete game for Richmond to […]
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Hagerstown run-rule Centerville for sectional title
After surviving hard-fought semifinal games hours earlier, Hagerstown and Centerville squared off in the sectional championship game played Monday, June 1, on the Bulldogs’ home field. Hagerstown, ranked eighth in the final 2A poll, held a 2-0 lead after three innings before scoring five runs in the top of the fourth inning and four runs […]
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2 advance to boys state meet
Two Wayne County boys advanced to state finals after placing in the track and field regional held Thursday, May 28, at Greenfield-Central High School. Jacob Lindahl from Richmond won the shot put with a toss of 56’7.25,” and Cale Newton was fourth in the 3200 meter in a time of 9:27.77 but advanced to the […]
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Seton athlete advances to state
Sara Swinney, from Seton Catholic, was the only local qualifier from the Greenfield-Central High School track and field regional Tuesday, May 26. Swinney finished fourth in the 400 meters, breaking her own school record with a time of 57.66. Only those who finished in the top eight in each event scored points in the meet. […]
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Tiger claims singles title
On Tuesday, May 26, Hagerstown freshman phenom Sophia Tinkle took the first step toward the state championship by winning the Mount Vernon (Fortville) individual sectional championship. Tinkle qualified to participate in the Indiana High School Athletic Association individual state championship tournament when she finished play during the Richmond tennis team championship without a loss at […]
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Knights capture 2nd crown
The Northeastern softball team defeated Centerville 5-2 in the championship game of the Winchester softball sectional on Thursday, May 28. It was the first time since 2017 that the Northeastern softball program has won a sectional championship in softball — only the second time in school history. After upsetting 2A second-ranked Hagerstown two days prior, […]
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Lincoln’s Garcia, Waddell lose in doubles championship match
The Lincoln High School doubles team of Luna Garcia and Alyssa Waddell lost 6-1, 6-0 to Avery Koon and Ivy Zhu from Mount Vernon in the sectional finals of the Individual state tennis tournament, which was held at Mount Vernon (Fortville) High School on Thursday, May 28. Garcia and Waddell qualified for the individual tournament […]