Author: Lee Goodwin

WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity wrestling team begins the 2021-22 season on Dec. 11 in a duals tournament at Spring Grove. The first home competition will be on Dec. 21 against James Buchanan in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division meet. Head coach David Swink, entering his fourth season after succeeding Eric Mowen as the top coach, will oversee a young team. “We have two freshmen, 21 sophomores, two juniors and three seniors,” said Swink. “This is, however, the hardest group of young men that we have had since our team from 2018-19 that made it into the…

It might be said that any effort is better than no effort. But in the case of the College Football Playoff, no effort would have been better than any effort. From the outset, when the big shakeup took place in the late 1970s that divided college football into Division I, Division I-A, Division II and Division III, only Division I was left to figure out its future when it came to a postseason. The other divisions devised a playoff system that, today, consists of 24 for Division I-A (it’s called Football Championship Subdivision now) and Division II; and 32 teams…

Four Waynesboro area youth football players were selected to play in the 6th annual BK Classic All-American game in York. Anthony Ausherman, Ryan Martin, Hunter Clark and Mick Torbica were selected to compete in this fall’s classic. Ausherman will play in the seventh grade game. Martin, Clark and Torbica will compete in the eighth grade contest. Ausherman, Clark and Martin play for the Quincy Panthers of the Keystone Youth Football League. Torbica plays for the Waynesboro Stallions of the CFA Youth League. “The BK Classic is about bringing some of the best talent from all over the country,” said Donnie…

In the space of one year, 11 months, Haley Devers has accomplished what it takes other competitive powerlifters years to do: win championships. Devers, 20, a Waynesboro Area Senior High School graduate and now a college student, has competed and placed in eight competitions in five federations: American Powerlifting Association (APA), USA Powerlifting (USAPL), United States Powerlifting Association (USPA), and Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate (RPS), International Powerlifting League (IPL). Her most recent event was the Drug Tested World Championship in Costa Mesa, California on Nov. 4-7. Devers entered in four divisions and placed first and second respectively in the three-event competition.…

WAYNESBORO—The Waynesboro Area Senior High School varsity golf team recently completed another fantastic season under coach Ryan Henderson. After finishing second fiddle to a dominant Chambersburg team for years, Waynesboro won its third consecutive Mid-Penn Colonial Division championship, “We advanced the most players into the postseason this year with five, and we represented our division at the Mid-Penn championships where we finished fourth out of eight teams,” said Henderson. Ella Lowry, Dylan Byers and Tyler Fortney all made it to the District 3 championships. Lowry then made it to the PIAA state championships. The first highlight of the season came…

SPRING GROVE – It was a game Waynesboro could have won. In the end, it was a game that got away. The Indians put together a stout defensive effort against the Spring Grove Rockets on Friday night in a District 3-5A quarterfinal playoff game at Papermaker Stadium. But the offense sputtered and couldn’t overcome late special teams’ mistakes, and the Rockets advanced to the semifinals with a 21-6 victory. “The season has to come to an end at some point,” said Waynesboro head coach, whose team’s wild ride that was the 2021 season came to an end. “This is the…

We live in a country that is mad about sports. In fact, some people get a little too mad about sports. If only they understood that a walk or two around the block is a sport, or catch in the backyard with the kids, maybe they’d lighten up a little when their favorite team lost last night. After all, they’re only games. Or, are they? Convincing people that professional sports aren’t as important as believed is a tough sell. People will fight for the honor of their teams. Just be a lamp post in a stadium parking lot after a…

WAYNESBORO – So far, the District 3-5A playoffs are proceeding according to seeding. That’s true for Friday night’s quarterfinal matchup between No. 5 Waynesboro and No. 4 Spring Grove at Papermaker Stadium in York County. The Rockets dispatched Twin Valley, 33-6, and the Indians overcame an early scare from Daniel Boone before outscoring the Blazers 42-6 in the final three quarters on their way to an impressive 42-20 win. The stakes are higher now. The game faces are more intense. The margin of error shrinks. One turnover, one bad penalty, one blown coverage, one missed block on a pass play,…

Waynesboro adds another game to 2021 season WAYNESBORO – As the first quarter of Friday’s District 3-5A playoff game wound down at Buchanan Automotive Stadium, Waynesboro found itself down 14-0 to visiting Daniel Boone. Were the ghosts of post-seasons past rising from the field turf? Was the Indians’ season destined to end in another first-round playoff disappointment? Was Daniel Boone’s hefty offensive line that weighed in at 295, 283 and 278 pounds at the interior positions ready to pounce and shake off the nearly two-hour plus drive from Birdsboro? Were the early-game jitters soon to spread out for four quarters?…

Waynesboro advances to District 3-5A quarterfinals Waynesboro’s Garrett Blount comes down with the catch on his way to a 43-yard gain in the second quarter. LEE GOOWIN WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Indians made football history on Friday night at Buchanan Automotive Stadium. Waynesboro overcame an early 14-0 deficit to Daniel Boone and steamrolled to a 42-20 victory in the first round of the PIAA District 3-5A playoffs. The Tribe (9-2) travels to York County next Friday for a rematch with Spring Grove (9-1) in a quarterfinal game. The Rockets edged the Indians, 25-20 on Aug. 28 in the regular season opener…