Author: Lee Goodwin

WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity wrestling team began a grueling three-day stretch with a dual meet against Chambersburg on Wednesday. The Indians led early, 15-14 but the Trojans, already receiving forfeiture wins at 107 and 114 pounds (that’s 12 team points), won the final seven bouts to win going away 50-18. “We gave up those points, but we didn’t wrestle hard enough against Chambersburg,” said Waynesboro head coach David Swink. “They came and they out-wrestled us. We were both at the same tournament (Spring Grove Duals) this past weekend, and we were both 1-4. There were…

WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Indians varsity basketball team played a pair of games this past weekend as they hosted the second annual Franklin County vs. Everyone Tip-Off Tournament. On Friday, Waynesboro battled all game long before coming up short 34-31 to Bishop McDevitt On Saturday, Warwick had a much easier time as it came away with a 62-31 victory. The 0-3 Indians will host West Perry in the Mid-Penn Colonial Division opener and will have no time to think about three losses to start the 2023-24 season. Waynesboro showed resilience in the tip-off opener against the Crusaders. The Tribe trailed…

WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro boys and girls swim teams have left themselves a tough act to follow. The 2022-23 season were the teams’ first as a fully-sanctioned PIAA winter sport and a membership in a league (Mid-Penn Colonial Division). But head coach Sharon McIlquham, whose girls squad lost only two competitors from last season (Emily Swanson and Brenna Nadeo) and won the Mid-Penn Colonial Division championship after winning all dual meets en route to an 11-0 record. Meanwhile, the boys team, whose roster was lined with first-year swimmers who gelled nicely with the experienced ones, was 8-2 during the season.…

WAYNESBORO – The growing pains have begun for the Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity boys’ basketball team. On Tuesday, the Indians tipped off the 2023-24 season at home against an old conference opponent. As if this weekend’s Franklin County vs. Everyone isn’t going to be challenging enough with games against Bishop McDevitt and Warwick, the veteran-laden New Oxford Colonials played rude guests in the tuneup as they headed back to Adams County with a 68-51 triumph. “They’re a really good team,” said Waynesboro head coach Tom Hoffman, who started his 24th season as the top coach. He is surrounded…

WAYNESBORO – It might be difficult not to think about the last two seasons if you’ve followed the Waynesboro Indians varsity basketball team. Two 20-plus win seasons. An undefeated Mid-Penn Colonial Division season. Two District 3-6A tournament appearances. A trip to the PIAA tournament in 2023. Nearly 40 wins in two seasons. But time means players graduate, and it’s time for new memories. And, after all five starting players (Jaylon Bean, Ryan Shaffer, Tanyon Shaull, Michael Young and Cooper Hough) were lost to graduation, it’s time to restock the shelves with players who can continue a proud tradition under head…

WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity wrestling team gets its 2023-24 season underway next weekend at the annual Buckskin Duals hosted by Conestoga Valley High School. After that, it’s a combination of dual meets (including duals tourneys) and invitationals, including the annual Trojan Wars at Chambersburg High School. David Swink enters his sixth season as head coach. Former head coach Eric Mowen is his assistant coach. Volunteer coaches are Casey Glunt, Jesse Mowen and Mike Lazich. The home opener is Dec. 13 against Chambersburg in a non-league matchup, The next day, the Indians travel to Greencastle-Antrim for…

Haven King will continue playing volleyball in college. A dominating outside hitter for the Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity girls’ volleyball team all four years on the team, King will attend University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg. Pitt-Greensburg competes on the NCAA Division III level and is a member of the Alletheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. “I’ve been a part of the varsity team for all four years, and it has definitely shaped me into the person I am today,” said King, who earned All-Colonial Division First Team honors as well as team MVP distinction in 2023. “I don’t think without this team…

WAYNESBORO – Waynesboro High School’s baseball history is now a click away. Entitled “Waynesboro Indians Baseball,” the site chronicles the school’s history from its inception in 1962 and even includes biographies of past great Max Bishop, whose life and career are the stuff of movies (and legends). Nicknamed “Camera Eye” due to his uncanny ability to draw bases on balls, Born in Waynesboro, Bishop played in a bygone era long before high school baseball existed in Waynesboro. He batted leadoff for the Philadelphia Athletics and was a teammate to three future Hall of Fames (Al Simmons, Jimmie Fox and Mickey…

Seven years ago, Randy Hood ventured on to the campus of Penn State Mont Alto as head coach of the women’s volleyball team. His expectation was to build a culture. In order for that to succeed, and for the culture to produce wins, the current and future players would have to buy into the program. “This is my seventh year here, and I’ve been working on building a culture from day one,” said Hood, whose team just won its second straight USCAA Division II national championship at Penn State Fayette. “It took three years to get it on its way.…

Now seems like a good time to cobble together a story on Penn State football. For starters, firing offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich was a good move. A late one, but a good one. If the failed fourth-down play with around five minutes to play in the fourth quarter was his doing, or it was a team decision, it was one of the most bone-headed decisions in Penn State football history. Not as bad as the fourth-down play at the Alabama one-yard line in the 1979 Sugar Bowl, but not a good one at all. Yurcich, who has been Penn State’s…