Entries from March 2007

One last swimming column

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Conestoga Valley’s boys’ swim team (all five of them) finished second in the state last week. Here’s one last look at the Buckskins’ super accomplishment …
Imagine finishing in second place in the baseball playoffs with just five guys on the diamond.
 
OK, now imagine finishing in second place in the football playoffs with just five guys […]

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Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Swimming

PIAA boys’ Triple-A final: General McLane 57, Greencastle-Antrim 55

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

UNIVERSITY PARK — Wow, what a finish to a great opening day of the PIAA basketball championships. It took four games, but the West finally picked up a win, when General McLane edged Greencastle-Antrim 57-55 on Drew Astorino’s jumper with 2.4 seconds to go. It was a thriller. It also capped Day 1, which featured […]

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Tags: Boys Sports · Basketball

PIAA girls’ Quad-A state final: Cheltenham 68, Council Rock North 54

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

UNIVERSITY PARK — Good evening from the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center, where the evening session of the first day of the PIAA basketball championships has got off to a roaring start. In the girls’ Quad-A game, Cheltenham, which knocked off Hempfield in the state quarterfinals, raced past Council Rock North 68-54 to win its […]

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Tags: Girls Sports · Basketball

PIAA boys’ Single-A final: Reading Central Catholic 58, DuBois Central Catholic 33

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

UNIVERSITY PARK – Greetings again from the floor in the Bryce Jordan Center, where District 3 made it 2-for-2 in the first two games of the state championships, as District 3 champ Reading Central Catholic drilled District 9 fourth-place finisher 58-33 in the Single-A boys’ finale. This is RCC’s second state title (1985). Another double-dip tonight: Quad-A girls […]

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Tags: Boys Sports · Basketball

PIAA girls’ Double-A final: York Catholic 58, Villa Maria 44

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

UNIVERSITY PARK – The first state championship game just ended, and York Catholic capped its undefeated season with a 58-44 win over Villa Maria here at the Bryce Jordan Center (I got a sweet seat, by the way — front row, down by the one basket). That’s 35-0 for York Catholic, which also won its 44th […]

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Tags: Girls Sports · Basketball