Bob Forgrave, who led Penn Manor to the district playoffs last fall, is set to succeed Tom Getz as Hempfield’s next head football coach, the New Era has learned.
Getz resigned his post in March after 10 seasons at the helm of the Black Knights’ football program.
Three sources close to the situation confirmed over the weekend […]

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L-L LEAGUE GIRLS’ SOCCER STATS 
SECTION 1 
SCORING LEADERS 
Teresa, Rynier, Conestoga Valley: 11 goals, 7 assists, 29 points.
Morgan Gerz, Conestoga Valley: 5 goals, 4 assists, 14 points
Kellie Joline, Hempfield: 7 goals, 0 assists, 14 points.
Kristi Shepps, Penn Manor: 5 goals, 1 assist, 11 points.
Ruthie Rosenberger, Manheim Township: 4 goals, 2 assists, 10 points.
Sharee McCarty, Conestoga Valley: 3 […]

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Had an hour or so to kill on Saturday morning before hunkering down for the NFL Draft, so I thought I’d put a rant (or two) together.
Some random thoughts …
** Not sure how long I’ll be able to take Chris Berman and Mel Kiper Jr., but I will be watching. I’m so, so tired of […]

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Had a chance to visit with 3 members of the semi-pro Central Pennsylvania Vipers women’s football team on Friday night. The Vipers play in the National Women’s Football Association, which has 34 teams across the country. Here is their story, from my story in Saturday’s New Era:

HARRISBURG – It looked and sounded like any other […]

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I’ll bet you didn’t know Franklin & Marshall’s women’s lacrosse team is ranked No. 1 in the country. I ventured over to F&M on Thursday to get a glimpse of the Diplomats as they prepped for the Centennial Conference playoffs, on tap for this weekend at F&M. Nothing like home-advantage in the playoffs. The Diplomats […]

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