Just wanted to pass along a correction … hey, we all make mistakes.
I reported here and in Wednesday’s New Era that Lancaster Country Day was making its first trip to a District 3 championship game.
Um, false.
When LCD takes on Lebanon Catholic on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the Giant Center, it will mark LCD’s second […]

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Alrighty … I’ve been under the weather the last couple of days, so I haven’t been my usual chipper self. All apologies for that, but sometimes you just have to let yourself be sick, right?
 
Moving on …
A tip of the cap to Lancaster Country Day and to Lebanon Catholic.
Thanks to their exploits, we’ll have plenty […]

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Lancaster Country Day stormed into the District 3 Single-A championship game Tuesday night after a thrilling 2-point victory over Scotland. Here’s my story on that game, plus info on Lebanon Catholic’s upset win over Reading Central Catholic, and Lebanon clinching a spot in States from Wednesday’s New Era …
MECHANICSBURG – Kaitlyn Lukehart only hit one […]

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Here’s my story from Tuesday’s New Era about McCaskey-Cedar Crest V (this time with a trip to States on the line), plus some info on Hempfield winning (and earning a trip to States) …
ENOLA – Different venue.
 
Different circumstances.
Same result.
McCaskey’s girls’ basketball team lost to Cedar Crest for the fifth agonizing time this season Monday night, […]

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Lite night in the winner’s brackets in the District 3 girls’ basketball playoffs.
Just one set of semifinal games Monday, and I’m happy to report that I completely nailed the Double-A games, going 2-for-2 in my picks.
Of course, I went way out on the limb and picked the two top-ranked Double-A teams in the state to […]

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Northern Lebanon girls’ basketball coach Ken Barlett has tendered his resignation, effective Monday, the New Era has learned.
Sorry to see you go, Ken.
Barlett, a mainstay in Lebanon County coaching circles, said he will continue to coach his AAU team later this summer, and that he’d like to stay in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, perhaps as an assistant […]

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No true Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ basketball fan should be without the following information.
Here it is, a complete history of the league playoffs, with section champs, championship results, and a complete list of league champs with how many titles they’ve won.
If I’m missing anything, please let me know.
I’ve been lugging this list around for quite a few […]

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COCALICO Eagles
Coach: Abbie Houck (Just completed her 6th season and is 91-70 overall).
 
League: 3-13 (6th in Section 2).
Overall: 5-18.
 
Winning streak: 2 (Jan. 16 to Jan. 19).
Losing streak: 12 (Dec. 6 to Jan. 12).
 
Points for: 950 (41.3 per game).
Team 3-pointers: 31.
Individual 3-pointers: Rachel Hurst (18).
Points against: 1,189 (51.7 per game).
 Leading scorers:
CariBeth Shappell (211 points, 9.2 per […]

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The first two rounds of the District 3 basketball playoffs are in the books … and the semifinal/playback rounds might get pushed back a day or so if we get the snow/ice storm we’re all hearing about. Stay tuned.
 
Just scouring Saturday’s girls’ results (sorry to report I didn’t cover any games on Saturday …it was […]

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A short but sweet post:
CONGRATS to Lancaster Catholic coach Lamar Kauffman, who earned his 600th career victory on Saturday when his Crusaders topped Shippensburg 58-45 in a District 3 Triple-A quarterfinal game.
Nice going, Coach.

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So how are those predictions coming along now, you ask?
 
Just dandy; thanks for asking.
 
If the District 3 Quad-A girls’ bracket were one of my NCAA Tournament pool sheets (one of my 12 pool sheets, ha), it would be in the garbage.
I completely flubbed up that bracket – in the quarterfinals, I had Red Lion over […]

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I wrote a Local Sports Special column for Friday’s New Era about a couple of Hempfield’s girls’ swimmers, and why the Black Knights have a legit shot at winning the D3 team title. Here is that story for your reading pleasure …
The regular season and the Lancaster-Lebanon League Meet are in the books.
Now it’s time […]

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Here is my story from Friday’s New Era about local swimmers who earned top seeds in the upcoming District 3 Meet …
What do Joe Kinderwater, Kevin Brazitis and Brandon Siemasko have in common?
 
Those three Lancaster County swimmers earned No. 1 seeds in the upcoming District 3 championship meet, and they’ll be favorites to win their […]

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Here is a recap of Wednesday’s District 3 Triple-A action from my story in Thursday’s New Era. Go buy a copy!
No Amy Pickard?
 
No problem.
 
With its leading scorer still in street clothes while serving a school-imposed suspension, Lancaster Catholic put the pedal down and motored past Delone Catholic 53-40 in a much-anticipated District 3 Triple-A first-round […]

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Here’s a recap of last night’s local District 3 Single-A action from my story which appeared in Thursday’s New Era. Go buy a copy!
One team is looking to get back to the district championship game for the second year in a row.
 
The other team is looking to get back to the district championship for the […]

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Oh what a night …
Before I get into my prediction results (and I know you just can’t wait to read those), I have this note for you:
Red Lion, the No. 1 seed in Quad-A, was bumped off by No. 17 Central Dauphin East on Tuesday.
I sent out an APB to find out the last time […]

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The District 3 swimming psych sheets are out.
You can find them here.
Enjoy.
(And how sweet is this layout, by the way?)

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Some news and notes for you …
McCaskey senior guard Sasha Williams became the third Lancaster-Lebanon League player to join the 1,000-career-point club this season on Tuesday, when she hit a driving layup with 3:18 to go in the third quarter in the Red Tornado’s 65-42 win over Conestoga Valley in the first round of the […]

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I’m sure you can’t wait to see how I did in the prediction department after the first night of the District 3 girls’ basketball playoffs.
I got a ton of hits on my predition column, and I appreciate that. Thanks, as always, for reading.
Had a so-so night with my picks, going 11-5 in first-round Quad-A and […]

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This column is so good, I decided not to junk it up with photos. Ha. 
OK, I haven’t made any bold predictions in a while (not since I picked the Colts to beat the Bears in the Super Bowl, and that was hardly going out on a limb), so what the heck:
I’m going to predict […]

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