JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Just can’t get enough first-round state basketball playoff preview info? I put together these caps for Thursday’s paper, featuring the six teams from Lancaster County. FYI: Could get some snow Friday, so stay tuned for the status of the games. I know I will: I’m going to Tyrone for McCaskey vs. State College.
Six […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
The fun and games are over.
If you want to win medals – preferably gold ones – in the District 3 Swimming Championships, you better get serious and you better put in the time.
Colin Schouten certainly has.
Can’t find Warwick’s junior on a Tuesday or Thursday around 5:30 a.m.?
That’s because he’s over at the Lititz […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It took a little longer than expected, but Ephrata has finally filled its vacant football coaching position.
Former Hempfield varsity assistant coach and head junior varsity coach Jim Vieland, 34, got the thumbs up from Ephrata’s school board Monday night, and he will be the Mountaineers’ next head coach.
“He’s coming in to meet the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
My PIAA preview caps for the eight local teams still standing are posted … they are in order, starting directly under this post, from Quad-A, to Triple-A to Single-A first-round games.
Enjoy.

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 fifth-place finisher Hempfield (25-5 overall) vs. District 1 third-place finisher Spring-Ford (27-3 overall).
WHERE: Coatesville High School.
WHEN: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 11 champ Allentown Allen (23-5) or District 1 sixth-place finisher Abington (23-6).
ABOUT HEMPFIELD: L-L League champions were the No. 4 seed heading into Districts, but fell to Central […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 sixth-place finisher McCaskey (17-10 overall) vs. District 6 champ State College (22-4 overall).
WHERE: Tyrone Area Middle School.
WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 1 runner-up Methacton (28-1) or District 12 fourth-place finisher John Bartrum (12-8).
ABOUT McCASKEY: Did not make States a year ago. … 1982 Triple-A state champ. … Went […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 fourth-place finisher Cedar Crest (22-7 overall) vs. District 1 fourth-place finisher Norristown (21-8 overall).
WHERE: Coatesville High School.
WHEN: Friday, 6 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 2 champ Scranton (22-5) or District 11 runner-up Northampton (23-6).
ABOUT CEDAR CREST: L-L League Section 1 champs for second year in a row. … Entered District 3 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 champ Lancaster Mennonite (27-4 overall) vs. District 2 third-place finisher Wilkes-Barre Coughlin (18-8 overall).
WHERE: Hersheypark Arena.
WHEN: Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 1 runner-up Mount St. Joseph (25-3) or District 2 runner-up North Pocono (20-8).
ABOUT LANCASTER MENNONITE: The Blazers head to States fresh off their first district championship – a […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 fourth-place finisher Lampeter-Strasburg (23-5 overall) vs. District 11 runner-up Blue Mountain (23-4 overall).
WHERE: Martz Hall, Pottsville High School.
WHEN: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 1 champ Villa Maria (21-6) or District 3 sixth-place finisher Lancaster Catholic (21-10).
ABOUT L-S: L-L League Section 3 champ went into Districts as the No. 1 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 sixth-place finisher Lancaster Catholic (21-10 overall) vs. District 1 champ Villa Maria (21-6 overall).
WHERE: Norristown High School.
WHEN: Saturday 1 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 3 fourth-place finisher Lampeter-Strasburg (23-5) or District 11 runner-up Blue Mountain (23-4).
ABOUT LANCASTER CATHOLIC: The Crusaders have won three Triple-A state titles – 1974, 1989 and 1996 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 third-place finisher Lancaster Country Day (21-4 overall) vs. District 1 champ Sacred Heart (10-18 overall).
WHERE: Coatesville High School.
WHEN: Saturday, 1 p.m.
WINNER GETS: District 2 champ Old Forge (17-8) or District 4 runner-up Lourdes Regional (15-13).
ABOUT LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY: Bounced back after getting clipped by eventual champ Reading Central Catholic […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 runner-up Lebanon Catholic (14-13 overall) vs. District 1 runner-up Girard College (21-8 overall).
WHERE: Hersheypark Arena.
WHEN: Saturday, noon.
WINNER GETS: District 6 champ Bishop Guilfoyle (25-3) or District 5 third-place finisher Northern Bedford (22-5).
ABOUT LEBANON CATHOLIC: Beavers were denied a 15th District 3 Single-A championship, falling to Reading Central in the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Catching my breath and emptying out a notebook (or two) following two weeks of district basketball playoffs (and a really rotten cold) …
WEARING OUT A PATH: I should have just pitched a tent on 743 last week after three trips to Hershey’s Giant Center in four nights (probably would have been there Friday, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY – With just the kids coming back from last season on the roster, Lancaster Mennonite’s girls’ basketball team was going to be pretty good this year.
And then Erin LaVenice showed up.
The 6-0 sophomore center transferred from Hempfield to Mennonite last summer. And she turned out to be the last piece of the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
PIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
QUAD-A
Cedar Crest (District 3 fourth place, 22-7) vs. Norristown (District 1 fourth place, 19-8), Friday, 6 p.m. @ Coatesville HS.
Hempfield (District 3 fifth place, 25-5) vs. Spring-Ford (District 1 third place, 26-3), Friday, 7:30 p.m. @ Coatesville HS.
McCaskey (District 3 sixth place, 17-10) vs. State College (District 6 champ, 22-4), […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY — Happy Saturday morning from the Giant Center.
Lancaster Mennonite and Gettysburg are about to tip in the girls’ Triple-A title game.
I’ll pass along some updates. Stay tuned.
END OF FIRST QUARTER:
Mennonite leads 9-6. Nice running bank shot by Dani Zeamer with time running out in the first quarter put Blazers up 3. Gettysburg […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY – The Lancaster-Lebanon League’s longtime small-school lynchpin, Lebanon Catholic, appeared in its 17th District 3 Single-A girls’ championship game Thursday night.
And for just the third time, the Beavers walked away with silver medals.
“It’s certainly a different feeling,” said Lebanon Catholic coach Patti Hower, whose team owns a single-class-record 14 titles, but lost […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Colin Schouten will be a marked swimmer next week, when the District 3 championships commence at Cumberland Valley High School.
Warwick’s junior distance specialist earned a pair of No. 1 seeds in the Triple-A field. He’ll be the one to beat in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.58) and in the 500 free (4:44.18).
Schouten is just […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
DISTRICT 3 TRIPLE-A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Lancaster Mennonite (26-4) vs. Gettysburg (20-7)
WHERE: Hershey’s Giant Center.
WHEN: Saturday, 11:15 a.m.
ABOUT MENNONITE: The fourth-seeded Blazers will be making just their second trip to a district championship game and first since 1991, when Mennonite fell to Delone Catholic in the Double-A finale. … Blazers are coming off a 59-26 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
When Brian Groff heard Penn State was recruiting him for football, he didn’t believe it.
“Not at first,” Columbia’s senior lineman said. “I didn’t take the first call, my dad did. And when he told me who called, I thought he was lying.”
Turns out it was Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary on the […]

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