The Northeastern Knights hosted Union County on Thursday, April 16, in an important Tri-Eastern Conference game. The game was a pitcher’s duel between Union County flame thrower Cole Cheatham and never-nervous Riley Isaacs for the Knights. The teams battled to a scoreless tie through five complete innings. Cheatham used his 90-mph fastball to record 11 […]
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Knights defeat Lady Wildcats
The Northeastern softball team hosted Franklin County on Friday, April 10, in a nonconference game. The Lady Knights never trailed in the game en route to a 9-3 victory. Hailey Elsrod was the winning pitcher, turning in a complete game performance and striking out nine. Elsrod also collected two base hits. Karri Gammon led the […]
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Knights defeat New Haven in opener
The Northeastern baseball team opened regular-season play at New Haven on Tuesday, March 31, with a 12-1 win. The 3A Bulldogs, runners-up for the state championship in basketball, were no match for the Knights. The game was halted after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. The Bulldogs, which are members of the Northeast […]
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Red Devil less than an inch from state title
After weeks of qualifying meets around the state, Richmond senior Jacob Lindahl was the lone representative for Wayne County schools in the large-school division at the Hoosier State Relays Indoor Track and Field meet. The meet, which culminates the indoor track season, was held at the Indiana State Fairground Pavilion on Saturday, March 28. Lindahl […]
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Coaches announce Academic All-State honorees
The Indiana High School Basketball Coaches Association recently announced their selections for All-Academic All-State for the 2025-26 season. Four players and two teams from Wayne County schools were recognized. Landyn Keiser, Centerville High School, was named to the boys first team; Ben Bates, Lincoln HS, and Logan Seal, Northeastern HS, earned honorable mention. Jayden Johnson, […]
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Raiders knock out Knights, advance to title game
The Northeastern Knights and the Shenandoah Raiders played the second semifinal game on Friday, March 6, at the Hagerstown sectional for the right to advance to the championship game. The two schools, which will be in the same conference next season, last met on Dec. 19 when the Raiders took a four-point win. There was […]
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Knights avenge loss to Falcons, advance to semi-finals
On Feb. 20, the Northeastern Knight basketball team traveled to play the Winchester Golden Falcons, which prevailed 49-47 in a hard-fought game. The Knights flipped the script in the March 3 opening-round sectional match, handing the Falcons a 64-46 loss to advance to a semi-final matchup with state-ranked Shenandoah. The Knights led at the end […]
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Falcons defeat Knights 49-47
The Northeastern Knights basketball team traveled to Winchester on Friday, Feb. 20, for a Tri-Eastern game with the Falcons played in the historic Winchester Fieldhouse. It was a Tri-Eastern Conference game between two of the three schools who remained tied for second place in the conference standings. The Falcons built a 32-25 halftime lead and […]
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Furniture business receives OK to add office shed
A Williamsburg man who builds furniture is now able to build an office shed where customers can order and pick up his custom pieces. Last October, Ivan Glick received a variance of use from the Wayne County Board of Zoning Appeals to operate his furniture business at 6567 Flatley Road southeast of Williamsburg. He returned […]
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2 township candidates withdraw
While the filing deadline passed for Wayne County Republicans and Democrats, primary voters will see a few differences from the list of candidates shared by Western Wayne News in our Feb. 11 edition. 2 townships Republican voters in Center Township will now have just one choice, incumbent Vicki Chasteen, in the May primary to serve […]