JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY — Greetings from the stadium. Just got set up and plugged in. Is there anything in the world greater than wireless internet, I ask?
Gettysburg and L-S are on the field warming up. Not a lot of wind, but it’s chilly.
Stay tuned for more updates.
5:56 — Wow. One of Gettysburg’s assistant coaches is […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Can’t make it to Hersheypark Stadium tonight for the District 3 Triple-A title game, pitting L-S against Gettysburg?
No problem.
Bookmark this page and keep your trigger finger on the refresh button.
I’ll provide instant updates from the L-S game tonight from the press box.
Hey, this is the View from the Press Box, after all. Thank […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Here are 20 players to keep an eye on this season - which starts (gulp) on Friday night.
Holy cow!
Basketball season is upon us.
And here for you now are my preseason All-Section Teams.
Five players per section. Any grade. Any position.
These ladies all got game. And I’m expecting big things from them in the coming […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
ANNVILLE-CLEONA
COACH – Fred Siebecker (1st season).
LAST SEASON – 3-13 Section 4 (5th place), 5-19 overall.
SO LONG – F Samantha Longenecker (5.9 points a game last season), G Liz Smith (3.3) and coach Ed Geyer, who went 16-33 in three seasons with the Little Dutchmen.
WELCOME BACK – G Chelsea Bressler (Sr., 6.2), F Lindsey […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
WITH JUST ONE STARTER BACK IN THE MIX (SENIOR FORWARD BRITTANY RYDER), LANCASTER CATHOLIC IS NOT THE USUAL RUNAWAY FAVORITE IN THE SECTION RACE. BUT NEVER, EVER COUNT OUT THE CRUSADERS - ESPECIALLY WITH RYDER ON BOARD
When Brittany Ryder surveys the court, she doesn’t see too many familiar faces.
Lancaster Catholic’s senior forward is […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I’m not a political guy. Trust me.
I’m not big on endorsing candidates or smear campaigns or any of that junk.
But it’s time.
It’s time for a local high school to step up to the plate and hire Jim Cantafio as its head football coach.
You remember Cantafio.
Conestoga Valley. Wyoming Valley West. Wilson.
District championships. State-playoff appearances. […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
MOUNT GRETNA – John Manion didn’t have any big speeches prepared.
“I don’t have anything else to say,” Lampeter-Strasburg’s football coach said, “because I didn’t think I’d be back up here again tonight.”
Manion made a pair of trips to the winner’s podium Wednesday at the Timbers Restaurant.
The first was to accept a gold championship […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
DONEGAL
COACH – Cathy Koenig (5th season; 24-63 overall).
LAST SEASON – 5-11 Section 3 (5th place), 6-16 overall.
SO LONG – G Vanessa Frey (2.5), F Sami Houseal (4.7), F Emily McNiff (1.3), F Lauren Sadler (1.5).
WELCOME BACK – G Nicky Hess (Jr., 14.2, 49 3-pointers, Section 3 All-Star), F Morgan Kibler (Jr., 7.5), G […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
WITH FOUR STARTERS BACK IN THE FOLD (AND THEY’RE ALL JUNIORS), L-S IS THE TEAM TO BEAT IN SECTION 3
They were last season’s feel-good team of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Lampeter-Strasburg, with just one senior starter and four raw, wide-eyed sophomores in the lineup for their first extended varsity minutes, had next to no expectations […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Just back from the L-L League football banquet in beautiful Mount Gretna, where this season’s awards were handed out.
For the full list of section all-stars, please grab a New Era on Thursday.
Here were the big award-winners announced Wednesday night:
SECTION 1
COACH OF THE YEAR – Mike Melnyk, Manheim Township.
OFFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR – […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Lampeter-Strasburg’s Speed Rush defense has been stellar the last two weeks.
The Pioneers’ blitzing 4-3 front held Elizabethtown to just 40 rushing yards in the District 3 Triple-A quarterfinals, and then followed that gem up last Friday by holding Hershey to minus-6 rushing yards in the district semifinals.
L-S’s 4-3 front will definitely be tested […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
COCALICO
COACH – Shawn Martin (1st season).
LAST SEASON: 3-13 Section 2 (6th place), 5-18 overall.
SO LONG – G Xeni Barakos (3.7 points a game last season), F Jackie North (3.7), F Jes Zimmerman (6.4) and coach Abbie Houck, who resigned her post after going 91-70 in six seasons with the Eagles.
WELCOME BACK – F […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
CONESTOGA VALLEY IS OUT TO DEFEND ITS SECTION 2 TITLE - AND THE BUCKS WILL HAVE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE LEADING SCORER IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM
It is easily the most-asked question in Section 2 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
How will Conestoga Valley fare without four-year starter Caitlyn Dillard, who took her […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-S is the last L-L League team standing, and as promised, as long as there is an L-L League team, I’d upload a Podcast for you.
So here goes.
In this edition, I’ll break down L-S/Gettysburg, which is shaping up to be a real barnburner.
If L-S advances, I’ll post a PIAA Podcast next week.
To listen, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
CEDAR CREST
COACH – Gretchen Hall (2nd season; 28-5).
LAST SEASON – 15-2 Section 1 (champs, defeated McCaskey in one-game playoff for section title; L-L League champs, defeated McCaskey in title game), 28-5 overall (finished 5th in District 3 Quad-A playoffs; lost to Emmaus in second round of PIAA Quad-A playoffs).
SO LONG – G Allison […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
SPEEDY WARWICK TWINS ANA AND CARMEN CRUZ HOPE TO LEAD WARWICK TO THE TOP OF THE SECTION 1 CHARTS
Speed kills.
And Warwick’s girls’ basketball team is hoping a double shot of speed will cause major headaches for the Warriors’ Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 opponents in the coming weeks.
The speed will be supplied by Warwick’s […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 7 seed Lampeter-Strasburg (11-2 overall) vs. No. 4 seed Gettysburg (12-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m., Hersheypark Stadium.
WINNER GETS: District 1 champ Garnet Valley (11-1) or District 2 champ West Scranton (12-1) next weekend in the PIAA Triple-A Eastern final in Hersheypark Stadium. Garnet Valley plays West Scranton this Saturday at […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
(Catching my breath from the football coverage)
Basketball season starts Friday night?
Geez-o.
Glad to report that I’ll be putting together a Reinhart’s Rankings every week of the girls’ basketball season, which is now just four days away.
Our boys’ and girls’ previews will appear in the New Era starting Tuesday and running through Friday. Be sure […]

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Thought this was a really cool photo from Saturday’s New Era, with L-S’s Blair Stevens (54), Anthony Cintron (60) and Seth Rolko (82) celebrating the win over Hershey.

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY — Greetings from chilly Hersheypark Stadium. I’m here for L-S/Hershey D3 3-A semifinal.
*LIVE* updates:
END OF FIRST QUARTER:
L-S 0, Hershey 0 - Hershey missed a 25-yard field goal (wide left) and L-S has two turnovers (fumble, pick).
L-S 4 first downs, Hershey 0 first downs.
HALFTIME
L-S 0, Hershey 0 - L-S has turned the ball […]

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