Hagerstown property owners are being asked to remove items, vehicles and debris that might be blocking their electric meter so that installers of new meters can access them to replace them. The project to replace the town’s about 1,080 meters is scheduled to begin at the end of August and might take a month to […]
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Little League World Series Commemorative Issue now available
Don’t miss your chance to pick up the special Little League World Series Commemorative Issue of the Western Wayne News. The Aug. 31 issue is now available at these local locations until lunchtime Tuesday, Sept. 6: Cambridge City: Country Mark, Cambridge City Market, Dollar General, Lumpy’s Café, Speedway at 1 and 70. Centerville: Village Pantry, […]
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Parade planned Saturday to celebrate Little League team
The Hagerstown Little League All Stars World Series team will be welcomed by a hometown parade at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The parade will begin at Hagerstown Elementary School (299 N. Sycamore St.), continue west down Main Street and then all the way to the Little League park at 15940 Turnpike Road. Main Street […]
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The magic ride comes to an end
The improbable run by Team Great Lakes (Hagerstown, Indiana) came to an end Tuesday afternoon, with a 10-0 loss to Team Mid-Atlantic (Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania). The players and coaches will return to Hagerstown with their heads held high. They have forever placed their names in the record of outstanding athletic achievement in Wayne County, Indiana. They will return to […]
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Little League World Series Action
Lady Luck abandons Team Great Lakes in the sixth inning. Trailing 2-1, Team Great Lakes (Hagerstown, IN) had the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning and no outs, before Nolan Cheeseman delivered a single to tie the game at 2-2. With two outs, Clark Thornburg hit a flair that would have driven […]
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Monday’s Little League game to start at 5:20 p.m. on ESPN2, local radio
Team Great Lakes (based in Hagerstown, Indiana) captured an electrifying 8-7 walk off win over Team Midwest (Davenport, Iowa) in opening-round play Thursday in the Little League World Series. Preston Allred scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning in the David vs. Goliath matchup when an errant throw sailed over the […]
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Little League team heading to World Series
Team Indiana (Hagerstown) defeated Team Kentucky (London) Thursday in the championship game of the Great Lakes regional in an extra inning thriller. With the game tied at 3-3, in the bottom of seventh inning, Graham Vinson delivered a walk off single to drive Jake Troutwine across the plate for a 4-3 win. It is the […]
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Little League’s Team Indiana moves to Championship game!
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 […]