SHIPPENSBURG – Was going through the Flip Cam videos from Friday’s District 3 track and field finals one last time, and wanted to share this one. Lancaster Mennonite senior Jared Schatz has already had one unforgettable finish-line moment this school year, when he edged out Penn Manor’s Harrison Schettler at the tape back in the...
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SHIPPENSBURG – Several items to pass along after the first day of the District 3 track and field finals at Shippensburg University. Read on … BLAZING HELGESON: Hempfield soph Sarah Helgeson, the L-L League’s reigning 100, 200 and 400 champ, clocked in at 24.66 in the “AAA” girls’ prelims and again hit 24.66 in...
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SHIPPENSBURG – Safe to say Jared Schatz will never, ever forget his senior season. Lancaster Mennonite’s distance specialist got his year started by going undefeated through league competition in cross country last fall. That included a photo-finish victory in the L-L League championship. Then came a runner-up appearance in the District 3 “AA” cross...
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SHIPPENSBURG – Kyle Felpel continues to shine in the shot put. Fresh off a fantastic winter season and a spring dual-meet season that saw him throw a PR 63-3, the Alabama recruit uncorked a 60-7 on Friday to win the gold medal in the boys’ “AAA” final at Shippensburg University. Felpel’s friendly L-L League...
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SHIPPENSBURG – Chrissy Rickert was the No. 1 seed in the javelin heading into the L-L League meet last weekend. She threw her season best – a 131-1 – but didn’t win. That served as motivation for Hempfield’s multi-sport athlete, and she used that to her advantage on Friday afternoon. Rickert uncorked a 128-4...
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SHIPPENSBURG – He didn’t hit the magical 200 mark (like he has twice before), but he did tie a record. Hempfield senior Kyle Long successfully defended his District 3 “AAA” boys’ discus championship Friday afternoon on the first day of the track and field finals at Shippensburg University. His winning heave: a 199-1. And...
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SHIPPENSBURG – Greetings from the press tent in the middle of Seth Grove Stadium at Shippensburg University. It’s Day 1 of the District 3 track and field championships, and I must say it’s a lovely day for it. Not too hot. A slight breeze. Picture perfect. Some teams are starting to gather and meet...
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LANCASTER – One big track and field meet down and two to go. Up next, the District 3 championship, set for Friday and Saturday in and around Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium. And there will be 21 L-L League athletes – 20 individuals and a relay team - with a No. 1 seed. Most individual No....
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LANCASTER – Safe to say Conestoga Valley’s spring sport athletes will never, ever forget Saturday, May 12, 2012. It began bright and early at 10 a.m. at Garrett Field in Willow Street, where the Buckskins’ softball team, fresh off a second-place finish in the Section 2 race, was making its first appearance in an L-L...
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LANDISVILLE – One of the big question marks coming into the L-L League track and field championships was whether or not Hempfield soph Sarah Helgeson could live up to the hype and win all three sprint events as the No. 1 seed in all three. Helgeson hit the trifeca on her home track Saturday: She...
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