The rain delay Monday did nothing to dampen the resolve of Team Indiana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, and as usual, it was a complete team effort. The purple gang defeated Team Kentucky by the final score of 3-1. Marshal Mastin (KY) and Kaden Hall (IN) hooked up in a pitchers’ duel. Mastin only surrendered one […]
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Team Indiana hands Team Michigan a 6-2 loss
UPDATE: Monday’s play in the Little League Great Lakes Regional was interrupted by rain. Scheduling for the remainder of the tourney was being developed Tuesday morning. Team Michigan had to know that Team Indiana was from a small town, but they had no way of knowing that half of the population of that small town […]
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Hagerstown = TEAM INDIANA
When the Hagerstown 11-12 Majors Little League team stepped on the field last Wednesday to face Decatur Central for the state championship, they carried the hopes and dreams of their community. When the game ended with Hagerstown winning 3-1, they became Team Indiana and will carry the hopes and dreams of Indiana into the Great […]
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Ballots set for Hagerstown, Fountain City council
CC council member resigns; 1 files so far for school boards The town council ballot has been set for Hagerstown and Fountain City; Cambridge City now has a mid-year council vacancy; and one candidate has filed to run for a local school board seat. Fountain City voters will see the names of three candidates who […]
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Hagerstown wins state Little League title
When the Hagerstown 11-12 Little League stepped on the field Wednesday, July 27, they were carrying the hopes and dreams of their community. When the game ended, they became Team Indiana and will now carry the hopes and dreams of all of the communities in the state. HAGERSTOWN=TEAM INDIANA Hagerstown defeated Decatur Central 3-1 and […]
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Driver, wife escape from burning semi
Couple uninjured; I-70 damage being repaired A truck driver had to wake his wife, who was in the sleeper unit of their newly purchased semi on Sunday afternoon, because he saw flames in his rearview mirror. Fortunately, the Florida couple was able to escape uninjured from their semi near mile marker 137, along Interstate 70, […]
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Hagerstown defeats Jasper to stay in state tourney winners’ bracket
Hagerstown advanced to the semi-final round of state tournament play Sunday with an 11-4 win over Jasper. The boys in purple, who never trailed, took control of the game in the top of the first inning. Hagerstown scored four runs in their first at-bat. The last two of the four runs came from stealing home […]
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Hagerstown Little League Majors win District 6
There is an old saying that water seeks its own level. The same holds true in sports. Hagerstown fell behind 3-0 to a good New Castle team Tuesday evening. The boys from Hagerstown shook it off and roared back to score the next 13 runs and claim the District 6 Little League Majors Championship, punching […]
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Lions Club dives in to start swim program; nearly 80 sign up
A long-held hope that the swimming pool at Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School could be used more by the community has come to pass. Nearly 80 children and young people signed up for swimming lessons that started in June, the result of planning and fund-raising by the Nettle Creek Lions Club, according to Paige Gray, the […]
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Hagerstown vacates part of alley
After a public hearing during which only one person spoke about their concerns, the Hagerstown Town Council agreed to vacate a portion of an alley in the 100 block of East Main Street. The only portion of the alley to be vacated is that adjacent to the business property owned by Chris Conwell at 110 […]