Wanting to preserve a cherished community space for generations to come, Economy residents are coming together to maintain and improve their historic gym. A community rummage sale is planned from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the gym, 325 Poplar St., just north of U.S. 35. In addition to donated items, hot […]
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4 players chosen All-State
Three boys basketball players from Centerville Senior High School, and one player from Hagerstown High School, have been granted All-State status by the Indiana High School Basketball Coaches Association for the 2025-26 season. Shea Hollendonner (Centerville) was named to the Senior Small School All-State team and Landyn Keiser (Centerville) was named All-State honorable mention. Centerville […]
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Red Devil less than an inch from state title
After weeks of qualifying meets around the state, Richmond senior Jacob Lindahl was the lone representative for Wayne County schools in the large-school division at the Hoosier State Relays Indoor Track and Field meet. The meet, which culminates the indoor track season, was held at the Indiana State Fairground Pavilion on Saturday, March 28. Lindahl […]
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Devils, Tigers compete in IWU track qualifier
The Richmond and Hagerstown track teams traveled to Marion on Saturday, March 14, for a Hoosier State Relays indoor track qualifier held on the Indiana Wesleyan University campus. Boys top 10 finishes 3200 meter: Cale Newton (Richmond), second Distance Medley relay: Newton, Julian Bowden, Trevin Crosby, Skylar Mullins (Richmond), first Long jump: Ty’ziah Stubbs (Richmond), […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Bulldog senior is lone state swim qualifier
Centerville senior Devon Whaley won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 54.96 seconds to earn a trip to the state meet. Teams from Centerville, Hagerstown and Richmond traveled to New Palestine High School on Thursday, Feb. 19. Divers who finished in the top four advanced to the diving regional to be held at Brownsburg […]
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Tigers pick up key TEC road victory
The Hagerstown Tigers traveled to Knightstown on Saturday, Feb. 21, for a Tri-Eastern Conference game against the Panthers. Centerville has already clinched the TEC championship, but there is a log jam to see which school will finish second and Hagerstown remains on the hunt. The game appeared to be a tossup on paper. Hagerstown entered […]
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Tigers’ Golliher loses to state runner-up
August “Gus” Golliher from Hagerstown High School, who entered the event with a season record of 40-9, wrestled Thomas Gibbs from Brownsburg High School in his opening State Finals match. Gibbs won the match over Golliher by pin and went on to finish state runner-up. Gibbs was the state champion in the 144-pound weight class […]
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Knights beat Tigers and law of averages
In the Tri-Eastern Conference, there is usually too much parity for one team to dominate the other for very long. The boys basketball matchup between Northeastern and Hagerstown has been an exception to the rule. When the Hagerstown Tigers hosted Northeastern on Thursday, Feb. 5, they were looking to end a string of futility. Between […]