The Indiana High School Athletic Association State Championship matches took place on Friday, Jan. 16, at Corteva Coliseum on the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The top 16 wrestlers in each weight class converged on the coliseum with dreams of winning a state championship. Three of the wrestlers in the elite field were from Wayne County high schools. […]
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Scooter races help students
Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce organized another scooter race to pit school superintendents and principals against each other during Wayne County’s annual basketball tournament featuring girls and boys teams from Lincoln, Centerville, Hagerstown and Northeastern. Northeastern High School Principal John Markward won the first race and Hagerstown Jr.-Sr. High School Principal Jordan McCaslin won […]
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3 girls advance to state finals
Wayne County sent 15 wrestlers from Centerville, Hagerstown and Richmond to the wrestling regional, and three qualified to advance to the state meet. Franklin Central won the event, Richmond placed ninth, Hagerstown placed 15th and Centerville placed 26th in the final team standings. The top four finishers in each weight class qualify to advance to the […]
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Bulldogs capture Wayne County championship
The Centerville Bulldogs boys basketball team faced Hagerstown in the championship game of the Wayne County tournament on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Robert E. Clark Gymnasium on the campus of Hagerstown High School. The game was played before a near-capacity crowd and with high intensity on the floor. Centerville, ranked fifth in the latest 2A […]
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Lady Knights are 7-peat champions
The Northeastern Lady Knights and the Hagerstown Lady Tigers squared off on Saturday, Jan. 10, for the Wayne County Championship in a game played at Robert E. Clark Gymnasium on the campus of Hagerstown High School. The talented and confident Lady Knights took an 11-6 lead after one quarter and increased it in each subsequent […]
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Tigers earn 4th in sectional, advance 4 to regional
The Hagerstown Lady Tigers were assigned to the Shenandoah wrestling sectional held on Friday, Jan. 2. The Lady Tigers finished fourth in the final team standings, and Brenna Walker was the weight class champion at 125 pounds. In addition to Walker, three other Lady Tigers advanced to the regional round to be held at Muncie Central […]
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Tigers blast Daleville
The Hagerstown Tigers hosted the Daleville Bronchos on Tuesday, Dec. 30, in a nonconference game. The Bronchos, members of the Mid-Eastern Conference, fell behind 19-11 at the end of the first quarter and trailed 39-24 at halftime. The Tigers clamped down defensively in the second half, holding the Bronchos to only 11 points while running […]
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Monroe Central edges Hagerstown in final minute
The Monroe Central Golden Bears, a semi-state team last season, traveled to Hagerstown on Saturday, Dec. 20, for a nonconference game with the Hagerstown Tigers in a tournament-type atmosphere. The teams traded the lead eight times and the game was tied eight times. The Tigers led 16-12 after the first quarter. The Bears led 34-28 […]
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Lady Tigers even season record with win over Lady Bulldogs
The Hagerstown Lady Tiger basketball team hosted the Centerville Lady Bulldogs in a Tri-Eastern Conference game on Friday, Dec. 19. The Lady Bulldogs took an early 13-12 lead at the end of the first quarter before the game took an incredible momentum turn in the second quarter. The Lady Tigers held Centerville to only three […]
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Knights undefeated in TEC with win over Hagerstown
The Northeastern Lady Knights basketball team hosted Hagerstown in a Tri-Eastern Conference game on Wednesday, Dec. 17. There was some concern before the game about how the Lady Knights would perform because they were playing for the first time in 12 days and had not been able to practice regularly because of inclement weather. The […]