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 […]
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Lady Tigers defeat Indians to close regular season
The Hagerstown Lady Tigers hosted Union City on Friday, Jan. 30, to close out the regular season for both teams. The Lady Tigers got off to a fast start, taking a 21-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. They pushed their advantage to 37-16 by halftime and never allowed the Lady Indians to […]
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Academic team has 4 Bulldogs, 1 Tiger
The Indiana Football Coaches Association recently released its selections for All-Academic All-State for the 2025 season. Shea Hollendonner, Johnny McGinty, Ed Parker and Ethan Vecera from Centerville and Isaac Schmitz from Hagerstown were named to the honor squad from Wayne County schools. Schmitz was the only player named from a Wayne County school who is […]
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Projects prepare for funding possibilities
Wayne County stands ready when an opportunity to grow or improve quality of life presents itself after development of a 32-project Countywide Strategic Investment Plan. Cambridge City, Centerville, Dublin, Economy, East Germantown, Fountain City, Greens Fork, Hagerstown, Milton, Richmond and Wayne County proactively prepared their wants and needs for the next seven years to capitalize […]
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Building a barn? Flood plain changes will help
Wayne County residents planning to build an accessory structure — a garage, barn, gazebo or greenhouse, for example — in a flood plain likely will soon face less regulation. The county’s Advisory Plan Commission on Jan. 15 voted to favorably recommend to the county commissioners a new flood plain ordinance. If approved by commissioners, it […]