Mason Romack runs wild for Hagerstown football to highlight Wayne County sports

RICHMOND, Ind. — After sitting out the previous game, nobody could seem to tackle Mason Romack in Hagerstown’s 56-14 win over Union City Sept. 2. He only carried the ball seven times, but he still made it all the way to the end zone more times than he was tackled to the ground.

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Romack finished the game with 259 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Aiden Grover also had a solid game in the backfield, rushing for 82 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries. His performance would be the highlight of the offense on most days, but Romack’s 37 yards per carry made Grover’s 11.7 — still quite efficient — look elementary.

The Tigers’ rushing game was so unstoppable that they only passed the ball one time, and even that was perfect. Quarterback Kayne Ervin finished the game 1-for-1 with a 16-yard scoring pass to Collin Beaty. That duo combined for another 108 rushing yards and a touchdown

Romack, Ervin and Beaty each intercepted a pass on defense as well. Peyton Meyer led the defensive charge with 18 tackles and a forced fumble.

Here’s more on area football teams as well as all Wayne County boys’ high school sports results from Aug. 30-Sept. 3:

Football

Northeastern pass game too much for Winchester

Just as Hagerstown dominated with its rushing attack, Northeastern did the same with its passing game last Friday. Carson Terrell completed 13 passes for 312 yards and four touchdowns against Winchester. Noah Ammerman was Terrell’s favorite target, racking up 180 receiving yards and a pair of scores. Ammerman also found the end zone with a rushing touchdown. Eli Hemmelgarn had two touchdowns on the day, one rushing and one receiving. Logan White was the third receiver to benefit from one of Terrell’s scoring passes.

Dylan Isaacs and Calvin Berhalter led the way defensively with 13 tackles apiece. Berhalter also forced the team’s only fumble. Ethan Neeley wasn’t far behind with 11 tackles, and Blayne Bry added 10. Isaacs, Caleb Harmon and Ty Killen each recorded one sack.

Centerville finally drops a regular season game

For the first time since Sept. 4, 2020, the Bulldogs have lost a regular season game. Their 47-21 loss to Park Tudor was just their third loss since then, all of them to non-conference opponents.

Despite the new blemish on the record, Jake Tinkle passed for 131 yards and two touchdowns, one to Kollyn Peed and one to Eddie Parker. Aiden Hoelscher rushed for 92 yards on 19 carries, and Collin Clark had a rushing touchdown.

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On the defensive side of the ball, Grady Blake and Owen Boyd each had one interception. Landrey Brown recorded a sack, Ethan Vecera forced a fumble and Wade Lambright blocked a punt.

Lincoln, Richmond held scoreless again

The Golden Eagles and Red Devils are now both 0-3 on the season after losing by a combined score of 98-0 last Friday. Lincoln picked up 188 passing yards but still fell 70-0 to Tri. Richmond lost 28-0 to Anderson after only trailing by seven at halftime.

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Soccer

Seton has exciting week with overtime loss, big win

In the Cardinals’ first game of the season Aug. 20, Ryan Murray tied the school record of six goals in one game. He was back at it last week, scoring a total of seven goals in two games.

Seton fell 3-2 in double overtime against Liberty Christian Aug. 30, and Murray scored both goals. Three days later, the Cardinals bested Daleville 10-1, and Murray accounted for half of the balls in the back of the net. Elijah Falcone was right behind him with four goals, and Mason Burkhardt added one.

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Richmond, Centerville fare differently against Rushville

The Red Devils and Bulldogs both played Rushville last week, and while the scores were similar, the outcomes were opposite.

Richmond got the first crack at the Lions Aug. 30 and fell 2-1. Centerville took its turn Sept. 1 and came away with a 2-0 victory. Drew Wright and Kotaro Kaneda scored for the Bulldogs.

Cross country

Northeastern, Richmond place high at Marion Invite

The Knights finished first in their division of the Marion Invite Sept. 3, and the Red Devils finished as runners-up in their division.

Northeastern placed five runners in the top 35:

Chase Cates — 4^th — 16:41.40

Logan Smith — 8^th — 17:14.41

Mason Mull — 12^th — 17:19.09

Nolan Drake — 20^th — 17:57.50

Grant Luebbe — 26^th — 18:15.00

Richmond placed four runners in the top 35:

Alex Orihuela — 12^th — 17:29.2

Ethan Miller — 18^th — 17:46.5

Greyson Farmer — 20^th — 17:51.6

Ivan Orihuela — 29^th — 18:00.7

Centerville, Lincoln, Seton compete at Union City

The Bulldogs finished in fourth place at the Union City Invite Sept. 3, and the Golden Eagles were sixth. The Cardinals’ lone runner, Jack Martin (19:00.53), placed eighth in his division.

Centerville placed four runners in the top 35:

Alec Erbse — 16^th — 19:22.39

Grayson Hawkins — 20^th — 19:48.49

Tate Chasteen — 21^st — 19:48.63

Kyle Sheard — 26^th — 20:06.34

Lincoln placed three runners in the top 35:

Luke Williams — 5^th — 18:35.82

Gavin Newton — 27^th — 20:11.92

Brody Puckett — 34^th — 20:37.03

Hagerstown has successful two-meet week

The Tigers’ first meet of the week came Aug. 30 against Cowan and Monroe Central. Hagerstown finished between the two with three top-10 runners:

Quaid Mull — 2^nd — 18:29.59

Carter Jenkins — 4^th — 18:43.38

Kaden Young — 6^th — 18:54.75

Hagerstown then competed in the East Central Invite Sept. 3. The Tigers won their division and had five runners in the top 20:

Quaid Mull — 1^st — 18:15.2

Kaden Young — 3^rd — 19:03.9

Carter Jenkins — 4^th — 19:13.1

Brock Creech — 13^th — 20:23.8

Bryce Tinkle — 16^th — 20:47.0

Tennis

Lincoln tops Richmond to start week

The Golden Eagles beat the Red Devils 4-1 Aug. 30. Elijah Berry and Christian Davis won their singles matches for Lincoln, and Jaden Hollingsworth won his singles match for Richmond. Both of Lincoln’s doubles teams — Austin Brooks and Joe Davis and Carson Hawk and Braydon Munchel — also won.

The Golden Eagles went on to take another 4-1 win the next day over Tri with the same winners as the day before. They ended the week Sept. 1 with a 5-0 loss to Knightstown.

The Red Devils won their match Sept. 1 4-1 over Muncie Central. Hollingsworth, Ethan Farrar and Ethan Couch all won their singles matches, and Jackson Cornett and Lukin Uhte won their doubles match. They finished their week Sept. 3 hosting the Richmond Invite, but it was cut short due to weather. Hollingsworth and Farrar were each 1-1 on the day, as was the doubles team of Cornett and Uhte.

Northeastern picks up two wins, Centerville takes two losses

The Knights’ first win of the week was a close one, 3-2 over Shenandoah Aug. 30. Conner Burk and Canyon Johnting won their singles matches. Karsen Scarrette and Treydon York won their doubles match.

Northeastern then topped Hagerstown 5-0 Sept. 1. Along with Burk and Johnting, Colton Coyle won his singles match. Scarrette and York were victorious again in doubles play, as were Landon Scarrette and Kaiden White.

The Bulldogs’ first loss was 4-1 to Knightstown Aug. 30. Jayden Saylor was the lone winner for Centerville in singles play.

Centerville then lost an even closer match the next day, 3-2 to Union City. Saylor won his match again, and the doubles team of Brady Moore and Joe Martin was victorious.

Zach Piatt reports on sports and education for The Palladium-Item. Contact him at zpiatt@gannett.com or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.

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