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Monroe Central's Gavin Smithson=Burciaga (5) and Joey Ullom (4) go for the interception.
Monroe Central's Joel Kennedy rushed for 67 yards and scored three touchdowns in just over one quarter.
Monroe Central's Tucker Burris took command midway through the race and pulled away to take top individual honors.
Winchester sophomore Caitlyn Campbell left her mark on the IHSAA State Track and Field state finals on Saturday with a ninth place overall finish in the 300-meter hurdles. There were a total of 27 state qualifiers from all across the state who competed in each event.
- Photo by Chad Williams
Charter member Ed Lockard (center) on Saturday presented a special plaque engraved with the original Hickory Hills scorecard to the Puckett family and the Griffith family before a choose-up tournament. Pictured are (front row, from left) Curt Puckett, Lockard and Roberta Puckett (Back row) S…
Winchester’s Morgan Lawrence takes the handoff from Paige Weatherhead on Tuesday at Hagerstown.
The WCHS Lady Falcon Softball team broke in their new softball field in style Monday by defeating Daleville 14 -4 in 6 innings. The Falcons are 1-0 on the season.
Alara Boyd, who wrestled for Yorktown this season and has strong ties to Winchester, was the 155-lb. champion over the weekend at the NCWWC in Tiffin, Ohio. Alara is now a qualifiers for the Olympic Team Trials in Fort Worth, Texas on April 2-3. The News-Gazette will have more coverage of Al…
High school basketball teams, like the Golden Falcons of Winchester Community, have battled through Covid and are ready to compete for a state championship. The tournament begins on Tuesday at both Elwood and Randolph Southern.
Monroe Central’s boys’ varsity basketball coach Justin Ullom became the winningest coach in the program’s history on Saturday after the Golden Bears defeated Frankton, 55-48. He is pictured here with Athletic Director Tilmon Clark. Ullom is 91-68 in his seventh year as the school’s sideline boss.
Monroe Central’s Jackson Ullom, pictured with athletic director Tilmon Clark, entered the 1,000-point club over the weekend.
Ella Baldwin (front center) was joined by a host of well-wishers Monday in the Winchester Community High School commons where she signed a letter of intent to attend and run track and cross country in the fall for Indiana Wesleyan. Pictured are (front, from left) Justin Baldwin, Ella, Kari B…
Winchester’s wrestling team won the Randolph County Wrestling Meet Saturday at Union City for the first time since 2017. The Falcons won all three matches and snapped Monroe Central’s string of three straight county titles.
Winchester’s Lady Falcons show their emotions Saturday at Monroe Central after they defeated the host Lady Bears and won the 2020-21 Randolph County championship. Later in the evening, the Winchester boys’ made it a clean sweep with a win over Union City in the title game.
The Pee Wee Golden Falcons celebrated a championship of the Tri-Eastern Conference league Saturday at Northeastern.
Randolph County’s volleyball teams will begin sectional play next week in the Class A Sectional at Blue River and the Class 2A sectional at Wapahani.
Winchester’s Reagan Riggin handles a serve receive in the Falcons’ recent match against Northeastern. The county’s volleyball teams will converge on the Winchester Fieldhouse starting tonight with a first-round match between Union City and Randolph Southern. The semifinals and finals are set…
- Photo by Scott McCoy
Members of the 2020 All-Randolph County Tennis Team who earned championships at their respective positions last week in the county meet at Randolph Southern are (from left) Jake Good of Randolph Southern at number one singles; Tyler Fink of Randolph Southern at number two singles; Cale Jeffe…
WestPoint Financial, with several local players, won the annual Labor Day Marathon Tournament at Goodrich Park in Winchester. Amongst the players with local ties on the championship team were Jordan (JP) Patterson, Brock Morrison, Drew Smith, Clay Norton, Travis Dale and Mike Kennedy, They a…
Winchester’s Nevaeh Lanter walks to her next shot on Thursday will participating in the Randolph County Golf Meet at Winchester Golf Club. Lanter’s Falcons won he meet as a team, while Monroe Central’s Bailey Jester was the low medalist.
Winchester’s Aiden Moystner turned in a solid performance at Saturday’s Wapahani Invitational.
Union City’s Katie Elliott sets the ball to a frontline teammate in the Indians’ match against South Wells.
- Photo by Clinton Randall
Kate Hendrickson of Winchester Community High School will take her tennis talents to Huntington University in the fall. Hendrickson, a four-year player for the Falcons, signed a letter of intent Monday morning. She is pictured here with her parents Ben and Amy Hendrickson and her new coach R…
Winchester’s cheerleading squad earned a Tri-Eastern Conference championship Tuesday night in Cambridge City.
Randolph Southern senior Leah Keesling signed a letter of intent last week to attend and run cross country for Purdue University. One of Randolph County’s most accomplished distance runners, Keesling is pictured with her cross country coach Tyler Hostetler, her father Brad Keesling, her moth…
Harley Shinn, a senior at Randolph Southern, signed a letter of intent on Jan. 31 to attend and run cross country in the fall for the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne. Shinn was an all-Randolph County performer twice and all-Mid Eastern Conference performer. She will join 2017 Rando…
Randolph County’s 2020 wrestling champions who were crowned Saturday at Monroe Central are (front row, left to right) – Mark Brown of Union City, 106 lbs.; Trenton Ragon of Winchester at 113 lbs.; James Daniels of Monroe Central at 120 lbs.; Zach Bates of Winchester at 126 lbs.; Austin Webst…
- Rick Reed photo
Winchester’s Maddie Lawrence and the Lady Falcons look to defend their title and retains the traveling Key this week at the Randolph County Tournament held at Randoloph Southern. The Falcons opened up on Wednesday night against Union. The winner faces Union City on Friday at 6 p.m. with Monr…
Union City’s Antoni Velasquez is on the move Saturday against Mississinawa Valley.
- Photo by Clinton Randall
Skylie Lutz, shown here against Richmond, continued her scoring spree Saturday night at Randolph Southern by scoring 20 points in the Indians win over Randolph Southern.
- Clinton Randall photo
Winchester’s Cole Campbell rushed for 1,881 yards had one of the best seasons in Winchester football history in 2019. He has been named the MVP of the Tri-Eastern Conference team.
- Clinton Randall photo
Randolph Southern’s Emma Slick makes a move inside Daleville’s defense Saturday night at the season-opening Mid-Eastern Conference Jamboree.
- John Engle photo
Members of the 2019 Winchester Community High School championship tennis team are (from left) Mr Baker, Grant Wagner, Ross Culy, Alex Pegg, Nick Dunica, Drew Loyd, Beman Welch and Levi Slusher. The Falcons were Randolph County champions as well. They defeated Randolph Southern and Jay County…
Monroe Central’s boys’ cross country team won the Randolph County championship for the 11th straight year.
Members of the 2019 All-Randolph County Girls’ Cross Country team are (front row, right to left) Leah Keesling, Randolph Southern; Ella Baldwin, Winchester; Harley Shinn, Randolph Southern; Gabby Beckham, Monroe Central; and Karly Puckett, Monroe Central; (Back row, right to left): Faith Han…
Members of the 2019 All-Randolph County Boys’ Cross Country team are (front row, right to left) Tucker Burris, Monroe Central; Caden Shumaker, Monroe Central; Luke Richmond, Randolph Southern; Caden Landis, Monroe Central; Kyler Shumaker, Monroe Central; (Back row, from right) Gage Patterson…
Randolph County’s cross country teams merge at Union City on Tuesday for the annual Randolph County Meet. Monroe Central will be looking to defend its titles in both the boys and girls’ races.
Wick’s Pies earned its first Randolph County YMCA Corporate Challenge title this summer and also became the first to take possession of the new “Corporate Cup,” which will begin its travels each year to the event’s winning corporation. Pictured accepting the Cup are Wick’s Pies coordinator a…
