Questions, comments? JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Katie Hayek was a standout basketball player for Lancaster Catholic. She scored more than 1,500 points for the Crusaders before heading to the University of Miami (Fla.) on a basketball scholarship. While she forged a very nice career on the hardwood, Hayek’s first love was always acting. The Crusaders’ former standout […]
Entries from June 2007
Former Lancaster Catholic standout Katie Hayek ready to make her big-screen debut
June 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Basketball
New coach is same as the old coach: Mike Garman returns to coach Ephrata’s girls’ program
June 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Welcome back, Mike Garman.
The 1999-2000 Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ basketball Coach of the Year, who resigned his post with Ephrata after the 2000-01 season, will be back on the bench coaching the Mountaineers this season, the New Era has learned.
Garman, who spent the last three seasons as a volunteer assistant for the Ephrata boys’ varsity team […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Basketball
Whew!
June 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Portland (which has now officially traded half of its team) just took McRoberts, so breath easy Sixers’ fans … you don’t have to deal with the former Dookie.
And with the 38th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select (the suspense is killing me) … Kyrylo Fesenko from Ukraine.
I will never, ever watch another […]
Tags: Basketball
Huh?
June 28th, 2007 · No Comments
I try not to step out of the Lancaster-Lebanon League box very often, but after sitting here watching the NBA Draft for the last three-plus hours (Dick Vitale is brutal to watch, by the way), I had to comment on the Philadelphia 76ers’ selections:
Quick: Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Thaddeus Young, Jason Smith […]
Tags: Basketball
RIP, Harry DeFrank
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments
The local girls’ basketball scene lost a legend this week, when longtime Trinity coach Harry DeFrank passed away. Lancaster Catholic coach Lamar Kauffman was one of Harry’s best friends. He will be missed.
Tags: Girls Sports · Basketball
Lancaster-Lebanon League football 2007: a very, very, very early sneak peek
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Questions, comments? JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It’s never too early for Lancaster-Lebanon League football chat, so I thought I’d put together caps on each team as we head into summer.
I recently compiled the L-L League schedule for this fall, and I stumbled across some interesting factoids and tidbits.
<You can find the complete 2007 schedule on the top […]
Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Touchdown! Tommy Long, former Lebanon Catholic standout, is Ephrata’s new athletic director
June 26th, 2007 · No Comments
A decade ago, Tommy Long made a name for himself in the Lancaster-Lebanon League as a football and baseball star.
Now the former Lebanon Catholic standout is back with the league — as an athletic director.
Long has been hired to run the athletic program at Ephrata, the school district announced Monday.
He replaces Merv Witmer, who retired […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League
Longtime Lancaster Mennonite soccer coach Vernon Rice is retiring
June 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Questions, comments? JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Vernon Rice, who just a few weeks ago earned the first New Era/L-L League Coaches girls’ soccer Coach of the Year award, is retiring. He’s spent the last 35 years coaching soccer and baseball at Mennonite, and the numbers he’s compiled (particularly on the soccer pitch) are simply staggering. His fast […]
Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Soccer
A sort of homecoming: Township grad Clay Scovill leaves Penn State, will play for F&M
June 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Clay Scovill, who was last seen in these parts scoring in droves for Manheim Township while leading the Blue Streaks into the state playoffs, has left Penn State and will play for legendary coach Glenn Robinson at Franklin & Marshall. Here is my story on Scovill’s decision to leave Happy Valley and come back home from […]
Tags: Penn State football · Franklin & Marshall · Penn State · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Basketball
Coaching news: Craig Coletti takes over Lebanon boys’ program
June 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment
There are still several coaching openings in L-L League basketball circles.
One of them was recently filled, when Lebanon hired former standout Craig Coletti to take over the boys’ program, replacing Paul Blackburn, who resigned earlier this spring.
That leaves vacancies at Donegal (boys), Elco (boys), Ephrata (girls) and Cocalico (girls).
You can read the Lebanon Daily News […]
Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Basketball
New Era Female Athlete of the Year: Lancaster Mennonite’s LINDSEY SHERTZER
June 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments
Lancaster Mennonite’s Lindsey Shertzer is the New Era’s Female Athlete of the Year. She had an incredible senior year on the cross country fields and tracks across the area. And from the sounds of it, she’s going to have a pretty incredible six months coming up. Read on, from my story in Thursday’s New Era:
For someone […]
Tags: Cross Country · Track and Field · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports
New Era Male Athlete of the Year: Penn Manor’s JORDAN GIBBS
June 20th, 2007 · No Comments
The New Era is happy to report that Penn Manor senior Jordan Gibbs is the Male Athlete of the Year. The story, written by sports editor Keith Schweigert, appears in Wednesday’s editions. Our girls’ athlete of the year will be revealed on Thursday. Here is Keith’s story:
Standing 6-foot-7 and weighing over 300 pounds, Jordan Gibbs […]
Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Basketball · Football
Q & A
June 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Have any questions about the past Lancaster-Lebanon League sports season? From last fall and winter to this spring? Did you miss something? If so, please leave your question in this post and I’ll try and respond ASAP. It’s a tad slow around these parts right now, so I have time to answer any questions. So […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League
So long, Abbie: Houck steps down as Cocalico’s girls’ hoops coach
June 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
According to a published report, Cocalico girls’ basketball coach Abbie Houck has resigned her post with the Eagles. The former Cocalico and Elizabethtown College star recently had her first child. Hopefully it won’t be very long before Abbie is back in the coaching ranks. This leaves two coaching openings in the L-L League girls’ ranks: […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Basketball
** VACATION alert! **
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Yeah, yeah, I really do take some time off every now and again! After excellent L-L League winter and spring sports seasons, it’s time for me to take a breather. I will be on vacation until Monday, June 18. My desk drawers are locked. My notebooks are tucked away. My tape recorder, which needs new batteries, is […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League
New Era’s All-Star special tab edition will hit the streets on Tuesday, June 5
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Just a friendly reminder: Our first ever New Era All-Star tab, featuring all-league players from every Lancaster-Lebanon League spring sport, will hit the streets on Tuesday, June 5.
BE SURE TO PICK UP A COPY!
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League
District 3 Quad-A girls’ softball championship: Lower Dauphin 5, Warwick 0
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments
I was at Muhlenberg High School on Thursday night for the District 3 Quad-A softball championship. Warwick, the No. 1 seed and an L-L League semifinalist, couldn’t solve Lower Dauphin righty Lauren Alcorn. Here’s my report from Friday’s New Era:
LAURELDALE — Jess Brown took a peek at her silver medal and managed a smile.
“I think […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Softball
District 3 Triple-A girls’ softball championship: L-S 4, Donegal 3
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Phil Glatfelter was at Brightbill Park on Thursday night for the latest Lampeter-Strasburg/Donegal softball war — this time with the District 3 Triple-A championship on the line. It was another incredible game by the L-L League rivals. Here’s Phil’s report from Friday’s New Era:
COLONIAL PARK — The prospects appeared bleak.
Lampeter-Strasburg faced long odds as it began […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Softball
District 3 Quad-A baseball championship: Solanco 3, Cumberland Valley 2
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Harold Zeigler was a busy guy Thursday. He was in Hershey for the District 3 baseball championships. In the Quad-A title game, Solanco topped Cumberland Valley. Here’s his story from Friday’s New Era:
HERSHEY — Solanco looked like it had met its Waterloo Thursday night in the District 3 championship game.
Up 2-0, the Lancaster-Lebanon League champs […]
Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Baseball
District 3 Triple-A baseball championship: Donegal 4, Elco 3
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Our very own Harold Zeigler was in Hershey on Thursday for the District 3 Triple-A baseball championship game, won by … Donegal. Here’s the story from Friday’s New Era.
HERSHEY — With one swing of the bat Thursday night, Devin Gorski might have made Donegal forget his older more well-known brother.
Darin Gorski went 14-6 over the […]
Tags: Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Baseball









