A hazardous railway might prompt Hagerstown council to pursue legal action against a railroad company. Town attorney Jon Madison offered to research options during council’s May 4 meeting. For more than a year, the council has tried to get Norfolk Southern Railway to assist in repairs at a south-side crossing, but a dispute on ownership […]
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Educators celebrate 20 years of Indy Mini
In 2007, Peggy Muller and Julie Arnold introduced Hagerstown students to the Indy Minimarathon. After pausing for the pandemic, they hope to revive the tradition, marking its 20th anniversary. Muller, a fourth grade teacher, and Arnold, a high school counselor, were frequent minimarathon participants. One year, they noticed a group of students at the race. […]
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Tigers run-rule Knightstown, hold on to share of TEC lead
The Hagerstown baseball team got a strong pitching performance from sophomore left-hander Nolan Cheeseman, played excellent defense, and collected nine hits to defeat the visiting Knightstown Panthers 11-1 in a May 7 conference game. The Panthers, ranked 11th in the 1A state poll, needed a win to stay in the race to win the conference. […]
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Tigers tied atop TEC
The 2A 3rd-ranked Hagerstown softball team methodically pulled away to a 13-1 win at Knightstown on Thursday, May 7, in a Tri-Eastern game. The game was tied at 1-1 after two innings but was eventually halted after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Mackenzee Johnson collected three hits for Hagerstown, Aaliyah Anderson and […]
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Tigers win extra-inning thriller
The history of the intense rivalry between Hagerstown and Union County in baseball is legendary. Hard-fought, close and extra-inning games are the norm. Thursday, April 30, the Hagerstown baseball team traveled to renew their rivalry and the teams wrote another exciting chapter in a game that had huge implications in the Tri-Eastern Conference race. For […]
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Tigers knock Centerville off TEC top rung
Already leading 1-0 after the first inning against visiting Centerville, 2A fourth-ranked Hagerstown scored five runs in the second inning of their April 29 Tri-Eastern Conference game. Hagerstown went on to a 10-0 win in a game that was halted after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. The matchup between the two teams […]
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Tigers overpower Lady Raiders
The 2A fifth-ranked Hagerstown softball team hosted Shenandoah on Saturday, April 25, in a rematch of the two teams that played in the sectional championship game last season. The Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Raiders 20-3 in a game halted after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Hagerstown broke up a close game […]
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Hagerstown run-rules Batesville
The 2A fifth-ranked Hagerstown softball team defeated Batesville 13-2 on its home field Friday, April 24. Mackenzee Johnson collected four hits for the second straight game to lead the Lady Tigers offense to the blowout win. Harper Fisher added three hits. The Lady Tigers exploded for nine runs in the second inning to take control […]
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Tigers beat Falcons, move to 4-0 in TEC
The 2A eighth-ranked Tigers, who entered the game riding an 11-game conference regular season winning streak over two seasons, pushed their streak to 12 games with an 8-0 victory over Winchester in an important conference win on April 23. The Falcons sent Huntington commit Landen Porfidio to the mound to face the Tigers; the Tigers […]
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Tigers rally, stay unbeaten
The Hagerstown baseball team’s game with visitors Monroe Central was originally scheduled as a double-header at 10 a.m. April 18, but it was changed to a single game at 1 p.m. and later to 3 p.m. because of rain. Many games were rescheduled that day, but the teams wanted to play, if at all possible, […]