LANCASTER – Tip of the cap to longtime Annville-Cleona baseball coach Mike Capriotti, who managed his final game for the Little Dutchmen on Wednesday. Capriotti told his team this past week that he was stepping down after this season – his 31st in Annville-Cleona’s dugout. Capriotti is also retiring as a teacher in the...
Read more »
LANCASTER – Couple of L-L League notes that just popped up on my radar … HAYES STAYS HOME, PICKS LVC: Annville-Cleona senior quarterback Tyson Hayes has joined an impressive list of L-L League players that have committed to Lebanon Valley College and will play football for coach Jim Monos and the Dutchmen. Hayes completed...
Read more »
LANCASTER – Lebanon Daily News has weighed in with its L-L League boys’ basketball All-Star list. A trio of league players made First-Team, a trio of league players made Second-Team and seven league players were named Honorable Mention. Just about done with All-Star lists for this past season. The Pennsylvania Sports Writers’ boys’ and girls’ All-Star...
Read more »
LANCASTER – Lebanon Daily News has weighed in with its girls’ basketball All-Star Team, and the L-L League is well represented on the list. Three players earned First-Team honors, four players earned Second-Team honors and five players earned Honorable Mention honors. Here’s a closer look … FIRST-TEAM Emily Brandt, Northern Lebanon – Sleek junior...
Read more »
LANCASTER – Annville-Cleona senior sharpshooter Alec Wizar, who led the L-L League with 75 3-pointers this season, will continue his basketball career at Wilkes University, a Division III program that competes in the Freedom Conference. The Colonels went 9-5 in league games and 17-10 overall this past season under coach Jerry Rickrode. Wilkes fell to Alvernia...
Read more »
LANCASTER – It took a little longer than she was hoping. That’ll happen when you break a finger on your shooting hand and miss four and a half games. But Annville-Cleona senior Victoria Siebecker finally hit a milestone number on Tuesday night at Lancaster Catholic. When the Little Dutchmen’s guard beat the third-quarter buzzer with an off-balance...
Read more »
LANCASTER – Bobby DePietro, who helped Lancaster Catholic win its second PIAA “AA” state championship in the last three years this past season, and Annville-Cleona slugger fullback Freddie Hess are heading to the Patriot League. DePietro and Hess, both all-star linebackers this past season, have committed to Lafayette College, an FCS program. DePietro joins classmate...
Read more »
ANNVILLE – The balloons and flowers were on standby and there was a guy in the gym holding up a homemade point countdown chart. And there were plenty of handy cams and point-and-click cameras at the ready. But alas, Annville-Cleona senior Victoria Siebecker came up 4 points shy of joining the 1,000-career-point club on Friday...
Read more »
COLUMBIA – Some good news and some bad news for Annville-Cleona senior Victoria Siebecker on Tuesday night. First, the good news: The Little Dutchmen topped Columbia 36-28 in an L-L League Section 4 game on the hill. The bad news: Siebecker, who needed 21 points against the Crimson Tide to join the 1,000-career-point club,...
Read more »
LANCASTER – Two L-L League girls’ basketball players are poised to join the 1,000-career-point club. And Lancaster Mennonite’s Jess Rheinheimer and Annville-Cleona’s Victoria Siebecker could do it as early as their next game. On Friday, Rheinheimer scored 11 points in the Blazers’ 51-32 victory over Columbia, giving her 979 career points. And Siebecker scored...
Read more »
