Manheim Central’s football team will remain in Section 2 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Because of realignment numbers, Central was supposed to drop to Section 3 and Lampeter-Strasburg was supposed to bump up to Section 2 at the start of the 2008-09 fall sports season. 
But Central athletic director George Derbyshire petitioned L-L League football chairman Tom Jordan […]

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It will be an all-Lancaster County final in the Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association district championship game.
No. 1 seed Manheim Township improved to 25-0, holding off rival Hempfield 12-9 in one semifinal game on Wednesday, while Warwick, the No. 8 seed, topped sixth-seeded Cumberland Valley 8-5, meaning the Blue Streaks and the Warriors will square […]

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The record is so close, you can practically smell it. Manheim Township senior Tim Stratton moved within seven points of breaking the U.S. career scoring record on Wednesday, netting four goals and getting three assists in the Blue Streaks’ victory over Hempfield in the CPSLA district semifinals. Stratton needs six points to tie and seven […]

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Pending school board approval, McCaskey defensive coordinator Todd Mealy will succeed Bob Forgrave as Penn Manor’s varsity football coach, the New Era has learned.
Forgrave recently left Penn Manor for Hempfield, where he took over for Tom Getz, who resigned earlier this spring.
According to three sources close to the negotiations, Mealy edged out former Conestoga Valley […]

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I was at Wilson on Tuesday night for the first round of the PIAA Triple-A boys’ volleyball playoffs, and Hempfield took care of business, blanking Council Rock North to advance to state quarterfinal pool play on Friday in Penn State’s Rec Hall. In the Double-A bracket, Lancaster Mennonite and Conestoga Valley also advanced to Penn […]

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When the day started on Tuesday, five Lancaster County girls’ soccer teams were in line to win a state championship.
By sunset, only two were left standing.
Lancaster-Lebanon League runner-up Penn Manor and Section 3 champ Lancaster Mennonite won first-round games Tuesday night.
But L-L League champ Conestoga Valley, league semifinalist Hempfield and upstart Lancaster Country Day were […]

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New Era baseball writer Harold Zeigler was in Ephrata on Tuesday for a District 3 playoff double-dip featuring a pair of Lancaster County teams. In Quad-A, Solanco continued its playoff push by advancing to the title game. But Lancaster Catholic saw its season coming to a halt in a Double-A game. Here’s a recap:
Another game, […]

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If you had the No. 12 seed taking on the No. 19 seed for the District 3 Triple-A baseball championship, take a bow.
Donegal, seeded 12th in the bracket, grabbed an early 3-0 lead, and senior righty Tyler Persun scattered six hits and pitched a complete game to lead the Indians past top-seeded Bishop McDevitt 3-2 […]

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Our man Phil Glatfelter was at Garrett Park in Willow Street on Tuesday to see if Donegal could get back to the District 3 Triple-A girls’ softball title game for the second year in a row. The Indians did. And they’ll meet a very familiar face in the finals. Here’s Phil’s story from Wednesday’s New […]

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New Era correspondent Dave Byrne was in Newville on Tuesday for a District 3 Triple-A semifinal game featuring two-time defending L-L League champ Lampeter-Strasburg. The Pioneers won and set up a showdown against their rivals, Donegal, in the district title game. Here’s Dave’s report from Wednesday’s New Era:
NEWVILLE — When you reach this level of […]

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The all-Lancaster County District 3 Quad-A girls’ softball championship matchup did not materialize, but one of the two local teams still in the mix did advance on Tuesday.
It took eight innings, but Warwick, the No. 1 seed, outlasted fourth-seeded South Western 4-3 in a semifinal game at Brightbill Park near Harrisburg.
Warwick (20-3 overall) also locked […]

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PIAA BOYS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
WHEN: Tuesday (first-round games at neutral sites), Friday (quarterfinal pool play in Penn State’s Rec Hall), Saturday (semifinals, championships in Penn State’s Rec Hall).
LOCAL TEAMS IN THE FIELD: In Triple-A, defending state champ Hempfield, and in Double-A, L-L League semifinalists Conestoga Valley and Lancaster Mennonite. This is the first year the state […]

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Former Conestoga Valley football and basketball standout Zac Kraft is coming home.
Pending school board approval, Kraft will succeed Kent Reigner as CV’s athletic director.
Reigner is retiring at the end of the school year after 35 years on the job.
Kraft, who went on to have a successful football career at Franklin & Marshall College, is a […]

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Solanco grad Priscilla Jennings finished in ninth place in the 1,500 meter run at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Johnson C. Smith University.
Jennings posted a time of 4:38.61 in the final heat of the 1,500 meter run. She missed earning All-America status by 0.15 seconds.
Jennings is the Pennsylvania State Athletic […]

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I was at Central York for the third time in five nights on Friday (I should have pitched a tent) for the District 3 Triple-A boys’ volleyball finals. After topping host Central York in the semifinals, Hempfield rallied from an 0-1 deficit and crunched Cumberland Valley for its 11th district title. Here is my recap […]

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Dave Byrne was at Dallastown High School on Friday night for the District 3 Double-A volleyball playoffs, where a pair of local teams (Lancaster Mennonite and Conestoga Valley) came up just a bit short. Here is Dave’s story:
DALLASTOWN — The result might have had something to do with bragging rights. Or maybe a little bit […]

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There are four teams still alive in the Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association boys district playoffs.
Three of them call the Lancaster Area Lacrosse League home.
The beat went on for a trio of Lancaster County teams Friday, when reigning league champ Manheim Township, league runner-up Hempfield and upstart Warwick advanced to the CPSLA semifinals.
Warwick pulled off […]

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Congrats to Eprhata grad Elysia Current, who won the national singles championship last week. She helped Wichita State win the national team title earier this spring. I wrote a story about that, and you can read it here. Cocalico grad Jason Weaver, who bowls for Penn State, also had a strong showing at the national […]

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Manheim Township senior Tim Stratton was up to his old tricks on Friday, contributing eight points in the Blue Streaks’ 17-1 laugher over Palmyra in the CPSLA quarterfinals. Stratton is fast approaching the top of the career scoring mark. Here’s another update for you:
Last game: Friday vs. Palmyra in the CPSLA quarterfinals.
Goals: 2.
Assists: 6.
Career points: […]

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