The Northeastern girls basketball team opened its season on Thursday, Nov. 6, with a road trip to play the Adams Central Lady Jets. Northeastern, winners of 24 games last season and ranked eighth in the 2A preseason poll, picked up a 70-53 win. Ady Kircher kick-started the Knight offense by scoring the first seven points […]
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Tigers end Knight season in blowout
The Northeastern football team traveled to Fairland, Indiana, on Friday, Oct. 31, for a sectional semifinal game with the Triton Central Tigers. The game, played at scenic Mendenhall Stadium, was the first meeting of the two schools in football. Both schools entered the contest with identical 9-1 records and both were conference champions. Triton Central, […]
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Triton Central ends Northeastern’s season
The Northeastern volleyball team traveled to Morristown on Saturday, Oct. 25, for the regional championship against the Triton Central Tigers. The Tigers, members of the Hoosier Legends Conference, played aggressively to sweep the Knights 3-0. The Tigers led wire-to-wire in the first set behind 10 kills, including five consecutively, from 5-foot-10 Lilly May to take […]
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Knights avenge, advance with victory
The Northeastern football team traveled to Middletown on Friday, Oct. 24, to open postseason play against the Shenandoah Raiders. It was a rematch of an Oct. 3 regular-season game when the Raiders scored in the final seconds to give the Knights their only loss of the year in a high-scoring 50-43 shootout. The Knights avenged […]
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Knights clinch TEC title with big 2nd half
The Northeastern Knights hosted Hagerstown on Friday, Oct. 17, on its senior night. The outright Tri-Eastern Conference championship was on the line for the Knights, who were heavy favorites. For the first half, and for nearly eight minutes into the third quarter, the young Tigers surprised the Knights by battling them to a 14-14 tie. Back-to-back […]
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Knights hoist 2A sectional trophy
When Northeastern and Hagerstown volleyball teams took the floor for the sectional championship on Saturday, Oct. 18, the atmosphere was electric. Two neighboring schools, both led by outstanding coaches and loaded with talent, were there to fight it out for the trophy. Both schools advanced to the sectional final without losing a set during their […]
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2 shops at homes get BZA approval
Two men received zoning permission to begin businesses at their residences. During its Oct. 9 meeting, the Wayne County Board of Zoning Appeals approved variances that enable Elam Zook Jr. to repair construction and small equipment and Ivan Glick to build custom hardwood furniture on agriculturally zoned properties. Zook’s business will be on Charles Road […]
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Knights repeat as TEC champs
The Northeastern football team traveled to Knightstown on Friday, Oct. 10, with a chance to clinch at least a tie for the Tri-Eastern Conference championship. Knightstown’s Panthers entered the game with only one league loss and a chance to force a tie at the top of the standings with a win, but the Knights were […]
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Knights lose to Raiders 50-43
Northeastern hosted the Shenandoah Raiders on Friday, Oct. 3, in their only nonconference game of the season. The game was a high-scoring shootout that was not determined until the final minute of the game. The Knights held a 14-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Raiders led 28-21 at the half. […]
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Knight makes 100th PAT
Northeastern senior standout Marshall Phillips completed the 100th successful PAT kick of his career in the Knights’ 62-0 win over Union City on Friday, Sept. 19. The versatile Marshall has been selected as the Player of the Game by the Northeastern coaching staff 13 times. He was selected four times during the 2023 season, five […]