JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: Purdue (3-2 Big Ten, 7-2 overall) @ Penn State (3-3 Big Ten, 6-3 overall), Saturday, Noon, Beaver Stadium, University Park.
ON THE TUBE: ESPN will do the honors, with Dave Pasch and Andre Ware in the booth and Erin Andrews on the sideline. I swear she does every game on ESPN. She’ll […]
Entries from October 2007
Purdue @ Penn State: A capsule preview
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Penn State football · Penn State · Collegiate · Football
Week 10 Podcast … coming Thursday
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Due to technical difficulties (probably more like user error), I wasn’t able to upload my Week 10 Podcast on Wednesday.
All apologies for that.
I need to re-record some things and send it through the editing process, and I hope to do that Thursday morning.
So please check back here, oh, early Thursday afternoon or so […]
Tags: L-L Football Podcast · L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Reinhart’s Week 10 capsule preview
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Week 10. The finale. Not sure where the last nine weeks of my life went, but we have arrived at the last game of the regular season. I actually got my basketball stuff out the other day. Ugh. Here’s my Week 10 preview. Again, I was a bit pressed for time this week […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
7 for 1,000
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Seven (7) L-L League backs have already surpassed the magic 1,000-yard rushing mark.
Take a bow guys:
Ben Guiles, Columbia … 169 carries for 1,354 yards, 8.0 avg, 17 TD.
Blaine Miller, Donegal … 156 carries for 1,156 yards, 7.4 avg, 13 TD.
Travis Dresch, N. Lebanon … 160 carries for 1,098 yards, 6.9 avg, 12 TD.
Kyle […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L football: Section 1 individual stat packs heading into Week 10
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-L League Section 1 individual leaders:
RUSHING
Carl Christmas, Penn Manor – 207 carries, 999 yards, 4.8 avg, 7 TD.
Eric Resch, Warwick – 198 carries, 918 yards, 4.6 avg, 13 TD.
Dan Wertz, Manheim Township – 167 carries, 885 yards, 5.3 avg, 7 TD.
Malcolm Williams, Reading – 100 carries, 811 yards, 8.1 avg, 11 TD.
Fruquan Gaston, […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L football: Section 2 individual stat packs heading into Week 10
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-L League Section 2 individual leaders:
RUSHING
Kyle Keller, Cocalico – 213 carries, 1,087 yards, 5.1 avg, 5 TD.
Blake Crowther, Ephrata – 197 carries, 1,058 yards, 5.4 avg, 16 TD.
Kyle Fisher, Cocalico – 111 carries, 1,034 yards, 9.3 avg, 18 TD.
Jordan Hallman, E-town – 95 carries, 1,017 yards, 10.7 avg, 11 TD.
Kevin Kelley, CV – […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L football: Section 3 individual stat packs heading into Week 10
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-L League Section 3 individual leaders:
RUSHING
Ben Guiles, Columbia – 169 carries, 1,354 yards, 8.0 avg, 17 TD.
Blaine Miller, Donegal – 156 carries, 1,156 yards, 7.4 avg, 13 TD.
Travis Dresch, N. Lebanon – 160 carries, 1,098 yards, 6.9 avg, 12 TD.
Justin Taylor, L-S – 60 carries, 886 yards, 14.8 avg, 12 TD.
Matt Nolan, N. […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
District 3 volleyball pool sharks: Hempfield, Garden Spot, Penn Manor roar into quarterfinals
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I was at Hempfield on Tuesday night for district volleyball action, where the host Black Knights ripped through Pool A like a hot knife through butter (love the cliches). Also Tuesday, Garden Spot won Pool D, and in a bit of an upset, Penn Manor won Pool B, as all three teams advanced […]
Tags: Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports · Volleyball
For Penn Manor field hockey, next stop: District 3 Triple-A title game
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Jason Guarente was in Chocolatetown on Tuesday (that’s Hershey, by the way) for Penn Manor’s District 3 Triple-A semifinal match, won the Comets in thrilling fashion: in overtime. Here’s Jason’s story from Wednesday’s New Era:
HERSHEY — Kristi Shepps’ personality changes as soon as she steps on the field.
That’s when her smile fades and the competition […]
Tags: Field Hockey · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports
Lancaster Mennonite field hockey works OT, reaches District 3 Double-A title game
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Our very own Dave Byrne was in Berks County (my home base) on Tuesday for Lancaster Mennonite’s semifinal showdown against postseason rival Oley Valley. The Blazers, fresh off winning the L-L League title last week, kept on keeping on, downing the Lynx (great nickname, eh?) in OT to advance to the district finals. Here’s Dave’s […]
Tags: Field Hockey · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports
New Era Player of the Week: Elizabethtown’s Jordan Hallman
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It was one of the most clutch performances in one of the biggest games in the history of Elizabethtown’s football program.
Jordan Hallman went crazy Monday night, and the Bears’ 6-0, 175-pound senior couldn’t have picked a better spot.
With a shot to clinch at least a tie for the Section 2 championship and improve […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L Quarterback Club players of the week
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Here are the L-L Quarterback Club players of the week for Week 9, which took four days to polish off.
SECTION 1 BACK:
Warwick senior QB Jon Resch completed 14-of-24 passes for 304 yards and tossed three touchdowns passes in the Warriors’ 38-19 win over Penn Manor.
SECTION 1 LINEMAN:
Warwick senior OL/DL Jason Griffith had a […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
District 3 football rankings
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Hot out of the oven: District 3 football rankings, heading into Week 10.
Let the projections begin …
QUAD-A
Harrisburg (7-1) 131
Manheim Township (8-1) 124
York High (8-1) 120
Governor Mifflin (8-1) 113
Altoona (7-2) 112
Bishop McDevitt (7-2) 110
Warwick (8-1) 105
Muhlenberg (8-1) 100
Cumberland Valley (6-3) 91
Central Dauphin (6-3) 86
Central York (6-3) 83
State College (6-3) 82
Wilson (6-3) 80
Red Lion (6-3) 77
Lower Dauphin (6-3) 76
Dallastown (5-4) 68
Central Mountain (5-4) 60
Central Dauphin East (4-5) 53
McCaskey (3-6) 40
Reading (3-6) 40
Hempfield (3-6) 38
Carlisle (2-7) 27
Waynesboro (3-6) 27
Cedar Crest […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Week 9 is finally in the books
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Rain, rain … go away already.
Week 9 was a complete mess, when the heavens opened and the rains came on Friday.
Four games got played Friday night, including Manheim Township locking up at least a tie for the Section 1 title with a 26-7 win over Wilson.
I was over at that game; man, it […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L football: Section 1 team stat packs through Week 9
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-L League Section 1 team stat packs heading into Week 10:
FIRST DOWNS
Warwick – 142.
Wilson – 131.
Penn Manor – 114.
Manheim Township – 113.
Reading – 110.
Cedar Crest – 100.
Hempfield – 93.
McCaskey – 81.
PUNTING
Cedar Crest – 39 punts, 37.5 avg.
Manheim Township – 28 punts, 37.4 avg.
Wilson – 20 punts, 34.5 avg.
Hempfield – 32 punts, 34.2 avg.
Penn […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L football: Section 2 team stat packs through Week 9
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Hot off the presses: L-L League Section 2 team stat packs heading into Week 10:
FIRST DOWNS
Elizabethtown – 139.
Ephrata – 138.
Cocalico – 128.
Manheim Central – 128.
Lebanon – 122.
Conestoga Valley – 118.
Garden Spot – 111.
Solanco – 107.
PUNTING
Elizabethtown – 17 punts, 47.4 avg.
Manheim Central – 30 punts, 38.2 avg.
Solanco – 38 punts, 34.9 avg.
Garden Spot – […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
L-L football: Section 3 team stat packs through Week 9
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
For you: L-L League Section 3 team stat packs heading into Week 10:
FIRST DOWNS
Lancaster Catholic – 149.
Lampeter-Strasburg – 147.
Donegal – 141.
Columbia – 133.
Northern Lebanon – 125.
Elco – 102.
Annville-Cleona – 88.
Pequea Valley – 86.
PUNTING
Lampeter-Strasburg – 16 punts, 37.0 avg.
Northern Lebanon – 24 punts, 36.8 avg.
Annville-Cleona – 32 punts, 34.3 avg.
Elco – 42 punts, 33.4 […]
Tags: L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Reinhart’s 3 Stars for Week 9
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
One of the toughest weeks yet for 3 Stars, with multiple choices.
Had to flip some quarters for this group, which includes:
*** Malcolm Williams, QB, Reading – Two weeks in a row on the big list for Mr. Williams, who torched Hempfield in the rain on Friday with 185 rushing yards and four touchdowns […]
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In their own words …
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Plenty of great quotes to go around from Week 9.
Here are a few of my favorites, as told to New Era sports reporters:
Lancaster Catholic coach Bruce Harbach on how his team prepared for Columbia: “Our kids watched so much film that their eyes were red. I was just hoping we could hold them […]
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Reinhart’s Rankings heading into Week 10
October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
That was the longest Week 9 in the history of Week 9’s.
Holy mackerel.
And when the rains ended, the fields dried and the games were finally in the books, there were ties clinched for titles in all three sections:
Manheim Township in Section 1.
Elizabethtown in Section 2.
Lancaster Catholic in Section 3.
Yeah, all three of those […]
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