Allison Stinson and Rylan Young, 2025 Hagerstown High School graduates, and Hagerstown head coach Bruce Charles were a part of the 2025 North-South All-Star softball games played on June 21 at Andy Mohr Field on the campus of Indiana University. Stinson and Young were selected to the South All-Star team as players, and Charles was […]
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Rural Urban Dinner scheduled for July 17
Organizers of the 65th annual Rural Urban Dinner are requesting reservations for the upcoming gathering in Hagerstown. Economy Lions Club will give the Good Friend and Neighbor Award during the banquet on Thursday, July 17, at Willie & Red’s, 40 E. Main, Hagerstown. Reservations may be made through July 14 by calling the restaurant at […]
Hagerstown honors its spring athletes
The Hagerstown sports award ceremony was recently held in the high school auditorium. In addition to the individual award winners, 65 athletes were honored for achieving academic all-conference status. Individual award winners: Griffin Doerstler — Boys Track, Mental Attitude Award Noah Searcy — Boys Golf, MVP & Lowest Scoring Average Award Collin Werking — Boys […]
Queen’s 4-H Fair reign begins
Josephine Daniel of Centerville was crowned Wayne County 4-H Fair queen June 14 during a competition at Centerville Senior High School’s auditorium. Daniel won the honor over five other queen candidates who were judged on their public speaking, ability to converse, poise and personality. Havanna Harris of Richmond was named first alternate, and Josie Retz […]
Greens Fork business receives zoning variance
A Greens Fork man whose business tears down old houses and barns received permission to store the reusable lumber at his residence. The Wayne County Board of Zoning Appeals approved Amos King’s variance of use request to operate the wholesale construction salvage business at 3699 N. Mineral Springs Road, which is zoned agricultural. King has […]
Regional loss ends Tiger season
Triton Central hosted Hagerstown in a meeting of Lady Tigers on Tuesday, June 3, in the 2A regional championship game. Mackenzee Johnson led off the game with a double to left field and moved to third base on a grounder from Allison Stinson. But Johnson was thrown out at home plate when she tried to […]
Raider revenge ends Tiger season
When Hagerstown and Shenandoah met for the 2A No. 44 sectional title on Monday, June 2, it was a battle between heavyweight programs. The Shenandoah Raiders entered the game ranked seventh and the three-time defending Mid-Eastern Conference champion. Hagerstown came in ranked 14th and the two-time defending Tri-Eastern Conference champion. Tiger senior left-hander Kaagen Kendall, […]
Hagerstown stops Knights in semis
Tri-Eastern Conference rivals Hagerstown and Northeastern met in the semifinal round of the Centerville 2A No. 44 softball sectional on Tuesday, May 27, to play for the right to advance to the sectional championship. For Northeastern, it was an opportunity lost. For Hagerstown, it was deja vu. Hard-throwing Lady Knight sophomore Mackenzie Johnson and veteran […]
Lady Tigers survive, advance
Centerville and Hagerstown, two rivals loaded with talent, opened postseason play in the 2A Centerville softball sectional on Monday, May 27. Playing before a large, vocal crowd in cool, windy weather, the two teams battled to a scoreless tie through three innings. Centerville sophomore Madi Yount and Hagerstown senior Rylan Young overpowered the hitters. Yount […]
Hagerstown advances to championship game
When the Hagerstown baseball team arrived at Winchester on Saturday, May 31, for their semifinal sectional game against Union County, head coach Jay Hale had a decision to make. Hale had to decide between sending in senior Indiana South All-Star pitcher Kaagen Kendall or try to save him for the championship game and give the […]