The Northeastern Lady Knights defeated Union County 54-31 for the 2A sectional championship in a game played on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Robert E. Clark Gymnasium in Hagerstown. The early going was marked by turnovers and tentative play. There were two lead changes and three ties before Ady Kircher delivered a pass to Ava Mikesell […]
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Fountain City volunteers plan for 2025
Fountain City residents are invited to learn about 2025 opportunities and reflect on 2024 projects for their community. Fountain City Forward is planning a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Lions Club’s building, 600 W. Main St. Upcoming events and volunteer opportunities include stewardship of new concrete planters placed throughout town […]
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Most local grad rates between 90-100%
Nearly all Wayne County high schools neared or exceeded a 90% graduation rate for the Class of 2024. Three local schools surpassed Indiana’s average of 90.23%, which is the highest graduation rate since state officials began publishing data. Indiana’s rate was 88.98% in 2023. Centerville Senior High School Principal Brian Bellew said rates can vary widely […]
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Knights finish 8-0 TEC season
The Northeastern Lady Knights traveled to Cambridge City on Friday, Jan. 31, for a Tri-Eastern Conference game with the Lincoln Lady Eagles. The game was the final regular season game for both schools. The game was a mismatch. The 2A state-ranked Lady Knights rolled to a 70-11 win to complete their Tri-Eastern Conference schedule with […]
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Northeastern keeps share of TEC lead
When the Northeastern Knights basketball team traveled to Cambridge City on Thursday, Jan. 30, for a game with the Lincoln Golden Eagles, a share of the conference lead was on the line. Entering the contest, the two teams were tied with Winchester at the top of the Tri-Eastern Conference standings as the only teams without […]
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Lady Knights claim first outright TEC title since 1989
Because of cancellations related to COVID-19, the Tri-Eastern Conference girls basketball teams did not play a complete schedule during the 2020-21 season. At season’s end, Northeastern and Winchester were declared co-champions even though they did not play the same number of games and did not play each other. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, when Northeastern hosted […]
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Northeastern school board eager for new reading texts
Inspired by a presentation by two Northeastern Wayne educators, school board members enthusiastically expanded the purchase of new reading textbooks to an additional grade level. During the board’s Jan. 22 meeting, Tierney Stevenson, elementary principal, and Teresa Ervin, literacy coach, requested a purchase of textbooks for kindergarten through second grades for next fall and expanding […]
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Northeastern picks up 20th victory
Northeastern, fifth-ranked in the 2A poll, traveled to Liberty on Wednesday, Jan. 22, for an important Tri-Eastern Conference game with potential sectional opponent Union County. The Lady Patriots tried to slow the game’s pace to negate the high-powered Northeastern offense. The strategy was initially effective. The score at the end of the first quarter was […]
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Knights return to win column at Franklin Co.
After losing their first game of the season the day before, the Northeastern boys basketball team traveled to Brookville on Saturday, Jan. 25, and defeated Franklin County by the final score of 66-45. The Knights led wire to wire and were never threatened. Noah Payne and Tre Vanlandingham each scored 18 points for the Knights, […]
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Knights defeat Knightstown on senior night
The Northeastern Lady Knights tightened their grip on the Tri-Eastern Conference championship when they hosted Knightstown in a conference game on Friday, Jan. 17. It was senior night, and after honoring their seniors before the game, the Lady Knights easily defeated the Lady Panthers by the score of 62-26 to improve to 5-0 in league […]