Author: Lee Goodwin

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…

Waynesboro’s Garrett Blount (42) and Bodie Rouzer (15) collaborate on a tackle against Greencastle-Antrim on Friday, Oct. 1 in Waynesboro. The Indians won their Homecoming Game, 28-14. SUBMITTED PHOTO WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Indians varsity football team was rewarded with a fifth seed in the District 3-5A playoffs and will host Daniel Boone (5-3), Friday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. Now comes the really hard part – advancing. The Indians (8-2) are 0-4 in first-round playoff games, including a home loss to Solanco in 2018. Waynesboro lost to Governor Mifflin in 2016 and Manheim Central in 2017 and 2019. Two years…

WAYNESBORO -The Waynesboro Indians varsity football team will host Daniel Boone on Friday night, Nov. 5, in a District 3-5A first-round playoff game. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. at Buchanan Auto Park Stadium. All tickets are $6 and no parent passes will be honored. Kindergarten through eighth-grade students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Daniel Boone is 5-3 and competes in the Berks Inter-County Division I. “These kids are battle tested,” said Waynesboro head coach Josh Sprenkle, whose team won its final five games and finished the regular season with an 8-2 record and second in the…

And so begins another go-round in sports writing for me—with an ironic twist. In my many years writing for The Record Herald, I developed a portfolio of all my writings—game stories, feature stories and, of course, columns. I separated them based on each category and into a folder they went. To me, the printed word was THE word. My, oh my, has the world changed! It’s an irony that as I begin another chapter in the field of writing, it will be in the digital realm, and not on the printed page. It’s also symbolic in some way and, not…