The Northeastern softball team defeated Union County 7-3 on Wednesday, April 17, at Liberty. The Tri-Eastern Conference loss snapped a 35-game Patriot conference win streak. The Patriots’ last conference loss came on May 4, 2018. To make the win even sweeter, first year Northeastern head coach Tara Williams played for Union County, and it was […]
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Crull repeats as national champion
Northeastern High School junior Heather Crull was one of 10 weight class winners crowned in the U23 division of the USMC women’s national championship on Saturday, April 13, in Spokane, Washington. Crull defeated Sterling Dias from Nevada for the 50 kg championship by winning the first two matches in a best of three format. At […]
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Preschool, kindergarten registration underway
In order to adequately prepare, Wayne County’s public school districts want to have nearly accurate counts for fall preschool and kindergarten enrollment before school lets out for summer. Thus, many are organizing enrollment events to help kids and parents get acquainted with the building and turn in necessary paperwork. Although each district handles its own […]
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Strong pitching, patience boost Knights
The Northeastern Knights, a 20-game winner last season, served notice on Tuesday, March 26, that they will be a team to contend with again this season, by run-ruling a good Tri-Village team 11-1 in five innings. Three Knight pitchers combined to strike out 11 Patriots, while the Knight offense slowly built a 3-1 advantage before […]
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Brick work at Northeastern will wait
Masonry at Northeastern Middle/High School will continue leaking and flaking a while longer. Repair bids came in at almost double the expected cost, so the school board rejected them on March 20. “The board will gather information on how to re-engineer the project and will consider if it needs to sell a bond to do […]
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Artist comes to Knight’s rescue
Michelle Wise and generous donors are now the knights in shining armor for the knight she painted nearly 50 years ago. The 1976 Northeastern High School graduate was inspired to paint a mural of her school mascot in the gym during the summer between her junior and senior year. However, the knight’s future was in […]
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Northeastern’s assistant AD promoted
Northeastern Wayne Schools has named Ryan Halloran as its new athletic director for the 2024-2025 school year. Current athletic director Gerry Keesling is retiring. In addition to teaching biology and coaching at Northeastern, Halloran also has served as an assistant athletic director for the past three years. He has more than two decades of experience […]
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Heather Crull wins junior national title
Northeastern High School junior Heather Crull (Northeastern Wrestling Club) won by decision over Makenzie Smith (Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club) 7-2 in the 105-pound finals of the junior girls division at the 2024 Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Sunday, March 17, to win the national championship. […]
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2 local schools earn wins at academic meet
Academic teams from Wayne and Henry counties are among those earning top finishes at the Eastern Indiana Academic League Invitational. Seventeen schools’ teams competed Feb. 26 in subjects including science, fine arts, social studies, math and English during the conference meet. Area competitors were Centerville, Connersville, Lincoln, Northeastern, Randolph Southern, Richmond, Tri and Union (Modoc). […]
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Knights qualify for national archery tourney
Sirens screaming through Fountain City announced what many in town already knew: Northeastern’s archery teams had qualified for the national tournament. Again. One team from Northeastern High School and one from Northeastern Middle School will be shooting in the US Eastern National Tournament of the National Archery in the Schools Program on May 9-11 in […]