The Centerville football team traveled to Liberty on Friday, Oct. 3, for a game with the Union County Patriots. The Bulldogs took a 35-0 lead after one quarter and pushed it to 49-0 at halftime to trigger a running clock in the second half. The Bulldogs shared the ball. Seven different Bulldogs scored touchdowns. Maddox […]
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Knights lose to Raiders 50-43
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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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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Centerville, Northeastern invited to join new conference
Two Wayne County schools are being invited to join a new conference for athletic and academic competitions, and two Henry County schools have already committed. The announcement about the new Eastern Crossroads Conference came Thursday, Oct. 2, from Eastern Hancock Schools athletic director Aaron Spaulding. New Castle, Shenandoah, Lapel and Eastern Hancock have committed to […]
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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 […]