LANCASTER – The L-L League softball races are getting mighty interesting as the stretch run approaches and the postseason inches closer and closer. The Section 2 race in particular looks destined to go right down to the wire to produce a champ and a runner-up to send to the league playoffs. Solanco is in...
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PHILADELPHIA – For the second time in three years, Elizabethtown’s Sarah Fairbanks competed in the discus at the Penn Relays. And after failing to make the finals in her sophomore season, the Bears’ senior St. Joe’s basketball recruit was in the finals this time around, and she had an eighth-place finish at the University of Pennsylvania...
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PHILADEPHIA – Hello from the Penn Relays on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. After finally finding the press parking lot and surviving the shuttle-bus ride to Franklin Field, I’ve set up shop at the throwing area for the afternoon. Two L-L League girls’ individual competitors here today. First up, Hempfield senior Chrissy...
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LANCASTER – Several L-L League items to share, so pull up a chair … TORNADO’S DAVIS PICKS SHIPP – McCaskey senior multi-purpose threat Quashaun Davis will continue his scholastic and football careers at Shippensburg University, a Division II program that competes in the PSAC. A shifty wideout/d-back/special teams performer, Davis caught 20 passes for...
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LANCASTER – A half dozen L-L League track and field standouts have qualified for the Penn Relays, set for April 26-28 in and around the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field. Four L-L League boys and a pair of L-L League girls will be making the trip and will compete in the high school division....
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LANCASTER – It was the third time McCaskey and Elizabethtown got together for a boys’ basketball game this winter – the second time this postseason. And it was a win-or-go-home scenario. District 3 “AAAA” playoffs. Seventh-place game. Winner advances to States, where District 1 winner – and reigning state champ – Chester would be...
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LANCASTER – Getting you set for Thursday’s L-L League boys’ basketball semifinal showdowns … THE GAME: Section 1 champ Manheim Township (19-3) vs. Section 4 champ Lancaster Catholic (18-5) at Penn Manor, 7 p.m. HOW THEY GOT HERE: Manheim Township rode a balanced effort on the stat sheet – Billy Vaughan-Geib scored 14 points...
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LANCASTER – Lancaster Catholic punched its ticket to the L-L League girls’ basketball semifinals on Monday night with a hard-fought 56-47 victory over Section 2 runner-up Elizabethtown, which gave the Section 4 champ Crusaders all they could handle. But in the end, Lancaster Catholic closed the game with a 9-0 burst and Porscha Speller...
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LANCASTER – Elizabethtown senior Owen Bradley will continue his wrestling career at Lycoming College, where he’ll wrestle for legendary coach Roger Crebs. Lycoming is a Division III program that competes in the Eastern Collegiate Wrestling Conference. Bradley, a 126-pounder, is currently on the sidelines nursing a wrist injury. But he hopes to return to...
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ELIZABETHTOWN – Billy Vaughan-Geib … have a night. Manheim Township’s 6-5 senior forward owned the glass Monday, pumping in a game-high 22 points and snagging a career-high 20 rebounds, helping the Blue Streaks to a 73-62 crossover win over Elizabethtown in a battle of section leaders. “That’s pretty impressive,” Manheim Township coach Jim...
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