The Northeastern Knights, a 20-game winner last season, served notice on Tuesday, March 26, that they will be a team to contend with again this season, by run-ruling a good Tri-Village team 11-1 in five innings. Three Knight pitchers combined to strike out 11 Patriots, while the Knight offense slowly built a 3-1 advantage before […]
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Heather Crull wins junior national title
Northeastern High School junior Heather Crull (Northeastern Wrestling Club) won by decision over Makenzie Smith (Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club) 7-2 in the 105-pound finals of the junior girls division at the 2024 Air Force Special Warfare 16U and Junior Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Sunday, March 17, to win the national championship. […]
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Wolves` big third quarter sinks Knights
The Northeastern Knights traveled to Martinsville on Saturday, March 9, to face the Parke Heritage Wolves for the regional championship. The game was a rematch of last season’s regional won by the Wolves 58-48. The Wolves returned with their team intact while the Knights have an entirely different lineup. Both teams are known for playing […]
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Knights survive furious Patriot rally
Northeastern defended its sectional championship on Saturday, March 2, with a hard-fought 43-41 win over Union County. The Knights built an early lead and expanded it to 17 points in the third quarter before going into the fourth quarter with what appeared to be a comfortable 35-22 lead. The Patriots dug down, battled back and […]
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District joins suit against social media firms
Northeastern Wayne School Corp. is joining a class action lawsuit that maintains social media sites are a cause of mental health issues among students. At the recommendation of Superintendent Matthew Hicks, the Northeastern Wayne schools board agreed on Feb. 21 to join one of many lawsuits against social media companies. According to the Education Week […]
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Shhh: Listen for the new buses
As a new yellow bus started forward, one of the half-dozen school staff on board hollered out from her seat in the back, “Oh my gosh! We’re moving.” Two days later, a post on the Northeastern Wayne School Corp. website gave the reason: “Listen carefully; they are quiet,” wrote Kelly Plank, the district’s director of […]
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Knight junior earns 2nd state finals trip
Heather Crull, wrestling in the 106-pound weight class, was the only Wayne County wrestler to advance to the state finals from the New Castle semi-state on Saturday, Feb. 10. The state finals will be held at the Ford Center in Evansville on Friday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, Feb. 17. Crull, a junior, also qualified for […]
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Northeastern dream season ends
The Northeastern Lady Knights traveled to Southwestern High School in Shelbyville on Saturday, Feb. 10, to face the Sheridan Lady Blackhawks for the regional championship. Both teams entered the game with 19 wins looking for number 20, and with it a trip to the semi-state. For Sheridan it was their first time to reach the […]
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Northeastern Middle School gets new principal
A veteran teacher with expertise in how teens think is the new Northeastern Middle School principal. Clayton Smith is currently the Northeastern High School assistant principal. He is transitioning to middle school after his approval by the school board on Jan. 24. “Clayton comes to us with a great deal of experience. He has had […]
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Tigers’ coach to retire at season’s end
It was a bittersweet evening on Friday, Jan. 26, when the Hagerstown Lady Tigers hosted Union City in their final regular-season game. At the conclusion of the contest, it was announced that Lady Tigers head coach Chris Oliger has resigned effective at the end of the current season. The current Hagerstown team will enter its […]