The Richmond volleyball team hosted an eight-team invitational on Saturday, Oct. 5. The tournament was divided into two pools of four teams. Richmond opened pool play in the north division by defeating Borden 2-1 with set scores of 25-13, 23-25 and 15-11. They then defeated Milan 2-0 with set scores of 25-18 and 26-24 before […]
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Red Wolves break school record
The IU East women’s golf team, under the direction of head coach Billy Mullin, established a new school record on Monday, Sept. 30 during the Battle of Stonehenge hosted by Grace College. In the 36-hole event, the Red Wolves opened with 323. In their second 18-hole round, the Red Wolves blistered the Stonehenge course with […]
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Bulldogs win sectional
The Centerville Bulldogs defeated the Northeastern Knights in the sectional championship match played on the Richmond courts on Saturday, Oct. 5, by the score of 3-2. It was a rematch of their recent regular season match that Centerville also won 3-2. The Northeastern flight wins came at number 2 singles and at number 2 doubles […]
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Knights stay unbeaten with Shenandoah win
The Northeastern Knights, alone at the top of the Tri-Eastern Conference standings, stepped out of conference play on Friday, Oct. 4, with a trip to Middletown to face the Shenandoah Raiders. The Raiders, members of the Mid-Eastern Conference, arrived on a two game win streak and got into a first quarter shootout with the Knights, […]
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Bulldogs repeat as county volleyball champs
The Wayne County Volleyball Tournament was played in Robert E. Clark Gymnasium in Hagerstown on Saturday, Oct. 5, before a large, vocal crowd. In the first match Northeastern avenged a regular season loss by defeating Hagerstown in a hard-fought match 3-1. In the second match Centerville fought off a strong effort from Lincoln, winning the […]
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Hagerstown loses TEC game 28-21 to Winchester
When the Winchester Golden Falcons came to Mark Childs Field on Friday, Oct. 4, it renewed a decades-old rivalry between the schools and reunited the two longest-serving head coaches in the Tri-Eastern Conference. The two programs have combined to win 39 conference titles in the TEC over the years. Scott Snodgrass, in his 14th year […]
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Lincoln’s TEC victory snaps 7-match losing streak
The Lincoln volleyball team lost the first set of its home Tri-Eastern Conference match against Knightstown on Thursday, Sept. 26. The Eagles intensified their defensive effort and fought back to win the next three sets to close out the match with a 3-1 win that snapped a seven-match losing streak. Tahlia Rastbichler led the defense […]
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Athletes claim gender discrimination
Some Richmond High School volleyball players say the school has shown a pattern of discrimination against girls sports teams there, and are asking school administrators, and possibly state officials, to take action. Richmond Community Schools officials are asking the community to avoid speculation until an investigation is complete. RHS student and girls varsity volleyball player […]
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Tigers drop home/road game to Raiders
It was a bizarre sequence of events over two days for the Hagerstown football team. The Tigers were scheduled to host Shenandoah in a non-conference game on Friday, Sept. 27. Storm damage from remnants of Hurricane Helene knocked out power shortly before game time. The Shenandoah bus was blocked in by fallen trees and utility […]
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Tigers race in Jim Murray Memorial invite
The Hagerstown cross county team traveled to Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday, Sept. 28, to participate in the Jim Murray Memorial Invitational, which featured hundreds of competitors primarily from schools in the Dayton and Springfield area. The course was slick because of recent weather so the times were slower than normal, but runners participating turned in […]