Author: Lee Goodwin

For those who think Penn State stands a snowball’s chance in Cuba, well, you never know. I don’t know if it’s ever snowed in Cuba, but it has snowed in Miami. However, the odds are better for snow in June in Waynesboro than for Penn State’s football team to advance to the national championship game. It’s not that the Nittany Lions are not a good team. They’re better than good. But they’re not in the same league as Ohio State, Georgia, Oregon, Texas, et al. There were a lot of people elated when the College Football Playoff expanded from four…

WAYNESBORO – And just like that another high school varsity football season has ended. What began as a promising 2024 campaign ended on a sour note, as the Waynesboro Indians lost on Senior Night, 35-31 against Hershey at Buchanan Automotive Stadium on Friday, Oct. 25. Waynesboro, 4-1 after a 47-14 win over Palmyra on Sept. 20, lost its final five games to finish 4-6. The skid began with a 30-27 loss to Northern York on Homecoming, followed by losses against Mifflin County (20-14), Mechanicsburg (35-13), and Lower Dauphin (31-0). The game couldn’t have gotten off to a better start for…

HERSHEY – Homecoming 2024 was a good night to be a Lower Dauphin Falcon. And Gerald Sanders, who was crowned Homecoming king at halftime at Hersheypark Stadium, earned the limelight as Lower Dauphin won its third consecutive game in a 31-0 romp over a lackluster Waynesboro Indians team on Friday, Oct. 18. Waynesboro will finally come home when the Indians host Hershey in the regular season finale on Friday, Oct. 25 and a chance to salvage a 5-5 season after playoff hopes were dashed following consecutive losses. It might as well have been Friday the 13th for the Tribe, which…

WAYNESBORO – Give Waynesboro Area Senior High School senior Tyler Fortney a round of applause. Although he didn’t qualify beyond the PIAA District 3-AAA tournament held last week at Honey Run Golf Course, the senior golfer was ultra-consistent during the regular season and came very close to winning the Mid-Penn Conference championship at Dauphin Highlands in Harrisburg. Fortney was the alpha golfer during the Mid-Penn Colonial Division meets. He finished first overall in six of seven meets. He placed second behind Northern’s Logan White with a 75 in the third match. He started the season with a 77, good enough…

LEWISTOWN – When the Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity football team studies the film of its 20-14 Mid-Penn Keystone Division loss to Mifflin County High School, they’ll point out multiple missed opportunities, the same story as the Indians’ 30-27 defeat against Northern York High School. But thinking too much about back-so-back losses won’t be good for the soul, leaving the team and the coaching staff (with two sets of brothers serving as assistant coaches) to learn from mistakes so Waynesboro doesn’t slip up this week against a very competitive Mechanicsburg High School team on Friday in Mechanicsburg. The Wildcats…

WAYNESBORO – After defeating Palmyra a week ago, Waynesboro knew what was coming on Friday against varsity football rival Northern York. “Stop the run,” said ‘Boro linebacker Tank Benedict and head coach Mark Saunders. They were both right. But the Indians, try as they did, didn’t have a defensive scheme to stop the tandem of running back Gabe Johnson and quarterback Grady Bonin. Johnson rushed for 146 yards and Bonin made his way for 125 yards as the Polar Bears edged a determined Waynesboro 30-27 in a Mid-Penn Keystone Division on Homecoming at Buchanan Automotive Stadium on a drizzly Friday…

PALMYRA – At a glance, it wouldn’t seem like a 47-14 final score qualifies as a rally. But it was. Waynesboro trailed Palmyra 14-12 early in the second quarter, leaving the Indians in another déjà vu moment. The previous week, Waynesboro fell behind Red Land 7-0 but kicked into a different gear and left with a 23-13 win. The potential for a slippery slope scenario against a team the Tribe should have won did not manifest itself. For the second week in a row, head coach Mark Saunders’ team got out of its own way and scored the final 35…

CAMP HILL – It took a while for Waynesboro to shake itself out of an early-game slumber, but when Red Land’s Brady Seyler rambled 65 yards for the game’s first touchdown, the Indians took notice that the Patriots might have entered the game with an 0-3 record. Still, they wouldn’t lay down without a fight. Waynesboro had an answer for Red Land’s touchdown. Alex Torbica kicked a 29-yard field goal to give the Tribe a 10-7 lead at halftime, and Waynesboro pushed across two more scores to come away with a 23-13 varsity football victory. Quarterback Rayshawn Frazer-Hewitt and running…

CHAMBERSBURG – The Northern Polar Bears ran its record to 33-3 on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Chambersburg Country Club, finishing the 18-hole Mid-Penn Colonial Division varsity golf meet with a 323. The win gives Northern a five-match lead over second-place Shippensburg (28-8), which scored a 333. Greencastle-Antrim was third with 343, edging James Buchanan in a tiebreaker. Waynesboro (20-16) placed fifth with 348. Gettysburg and Big Spring closed out the scoring. Waynesboro’s Tyler Fortney has been the standard among league golfers. While the team is having a challenging season under long-time coach Ryan Henderson, Fortney (a senior) was again the…

CARLISLE – Scores were high from top to bottom in the most recent Mid-Penn Colonial Division varsity golf match held at Eagles Crossing. And, as has been the case for the entire season, Waynesboro’s Tyler Fortney entered the clubhouse with the best overall score. Fortney, the anchor for head coach Ryan Henderson’s squad, is turning in a memorable senior season. He shot 73 to lead Waynesboro to a 5-1 record on Wednesday, Sept. 4. It’s taking a while for the other three scorers to establish the needed consistency to translate into a run at a division championship. Northern continues to…