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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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 […]

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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!

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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