LANCASTER – Jackpot. Messiah College’s men’s cross country and track programs have landed three of the top L-L League distance runners in this recruiting class. Reigning L-L League champ Jared Schatz from Lancaster Mennonite, Solanco’s John Ausel and Ephrata’s Tyler Sensenig have all committed to Messiah and they’ll run for the Falcons. Dale Fogelsanger...
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STATE COLLEGE – Dr. Robert Lombardi will succeed Brad Cashman as the PIAA executive director. Rodfrisco.com first reported the news from the PIAA board of directors meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn on Friday morning. Lombardi, with the PIAA since 1988, was approved unanimously. According to Rodfrisco.com, the other finalist was Dennis Helsel, the...
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LANCASTER – Couple of items to share … IT’S OFFICIAL: Told you this a few backs - Ephrata has hired Scott Shelley as its head football coach. He received school board approval on Monday night, so he’s got the keys to the Mountaineers’ program. Ephrata shifts from Section 1 to Section 2 for the...
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LANCASTER – A quick flashback for you. October 18 last fall at Ephrata Middle School. And Lancaster Mennonite’s Jared Schatz and Penn Manor’s Harrison Schettler are neck-and-neck, coming down the final stretch in the L-L League boys’ cross country championship meet. Schatz was undefeated in league competition up to that point, including a victory...
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LANCASTER – Feels (and looks) kinda odd typing in the years 2013 and 2014. But the PIAA has updated its list of sport-by-sport classifications (“A” through “AAAA”) for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years. So if you’re wondering which classification your favorite L-L League teams will be in for those cycles, keep reading …...
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HERSHEY – Greetings from Hersheypark Stadium. Perched high above the field for Day 1 of the PIAA football finals. I will be posting updates from all four games, starting at 1 p.m. Friday when Clairton takes on Southern Columbia in the “A” title game. While all the PIAA folks are in town for the...
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LANCASTER – In case you missed it (and there are an awful lot of posts on the page, so you might not have seen everything) here is a round-up of all of the Lancaster-Lebanon League fall sports All-Stars, wrapped up in one nice, neat post for your viewing and mouse-clicking pleasure … GIRLS’ TENNIS...
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LANCASTER – Longtime Conestoga Valley cross country and track and field coach Mike Craighead, a successful runner during his prep days at McCaskey and one of the most well-known runners in these parts since his high school days with the Red Tornado, has resigned his post as the Buckskins’ cross country coach, and he’ll resign...
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LANCASTER – Former Solanco standout Taylor Ludman, a sophomore distance runner for Dickinson College, is the reigning Centennial Conference champ. And she added to that haul by being named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Mideast Region Women’s Athlete of the Year. More about Ludman’s accomplishments, including her...
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LANCASTER – Do you believe in angels? Rachel Anderson sure does. And one of the firemen that saved her life. Rachel was 3. She was upstairs, in her playpen, sleeping. Suddenly, a power surge shook the house and a simple desk fan fell to the floor in front of her. The blades continued to...
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