LANCASTER – Couple of overflowing pages in the notebook, so here are a few L-L League items for you … MANHEIM TOWNSHIP FOOTBALL COACH UPDATE: As L-L League News told you first last week, Jim Cantafio took his name off the list of potential football coaches at Manheim Township when the school board failed to...
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LANCASTER – It was the mother of all comebacks. Solanco jumped out to leads of 11-0 and 13-3 over Lancaster Catholic last Saturday in an L-L League quarterfinal baseball game at Ephrata’s War Memorial Field. But the Crusaders didn’t quit. Lancaster Catholic chipped away and chipped away, and then delivered a body blow to the Golden...
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LANCASTER – When he arrived at Solanco High School four years ago, Connor Moran didn’t set out to be No. 1 in his class or be a stud wrestler. Sure, grades were important – especially when your mom is a teacher. And yes, performing well on the mat was important – especially when your...
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LANCASTER - It took a couple of extra days, but the L-L League softball section races are under lock and key. On Wednesday, Solanco blanked Cocalico 4-0 and wrapped up the Section 2 title, and Pequea Valley beat Annville-Cleona 4-1 in the resumption of a suspended game and claimed the Section 4 crown. That...
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LANCASTER – Solanco’s Thomas Haines, who won his second PIAA wrestling championship in a row in March, has picked up a nice honor. The Golden Mules’ sophomore standout has been named to the InterMat High School All-American Team. InterMat ranked the top 20 wrestlers in each weight class, and those wrestlers earned All-American honors. Haines,...
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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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EPHRATA – Heck of a couple of weeks for Solanco junior Derek Rudy. And Tuesday, it just kept on getting better. Plenty of double-duty athletes out there these days. But how many powerlifter/sprinters do you know? “You don’t see that many of them,” Rudy said, smiling. Count Rudy among that select group; he can...
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LANCASTER – A couple of outstanding individual efforts by an L-L League baseball player and an L-L League softball pitcher on Wednesday. Ladies first … In Lancaster Catholic’s 14-0 victory over Lebanon at Stauffer Park in Lancaster, Crusaders’ senior Kiley Sharp cranked a perfect game against the Cedars. No runs. No hits. No walks....
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READING – End of the line for Solanco’s girls’ basketball team. St. Joe’s recruit Ciara Andrews pumped in 32 points and Cheltenham jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back as the Panthers sailed past the Golden Mares 65-36 in a PIAA “AAAA” second-round game in Reading High’s Geigle Complex on Tuesday...
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LANCASTER – Can’t make it to Reading High late this afternoon for PIAA hoops? I have you covered right here. Solanco, the L-L League Section 2 champ and District 3 fourth-place finisher, takes on District 1 seventh-place finisher Cheltenham in a PIAA “AAAA” girls’ second-round game in Reading High’s Geigle Complex. Always enjoy my trips...
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