JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Just wrapped up another 50-minute session on the treadmill. Been passing the time watching the Hogan’s Heroes box set.
I know nothing … nothing!
These summertime workouts are even more grueling because our laundry room is like a sauna. Whew!
But the workouts are paying off, because after a trip to the bathroom to step on the […]

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Former Pioneers’ standout was Marauders’ interim coach; he’s been promoted
Got this press release about MU naming Jon Shehan its new head baseball coach:
Millersville Names Shehan Head Baseball Coach
 July 31, 2008
 Millersville, Pa. – Jon Shehan led the Millersville baseball team to a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division title as the interim head coach in 2008, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

He’s not the biggest dude in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
But Joe Strangarity, all 5-10, 195 pounds of him, might have the biggest ticker.
Garden Spot’s inside linebacker makes plays. His motor is always going, and it seems like he’s always got a full tank of gas.
If you’ve been to a lot of Spartans’ games over […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Lady Blue Mountain, a girls’ basketball team featuring several Lancaster-Lebanon League standouts, went 3-0 and won the Scholastic Girls’ Basketball gold medal at the Keystone State Games in York recently.
The team, coached by Charles Simpson, included Warwick twins Carmen and Ana Cruz, Lampeter-Strasburg’s Lisa Boyer, Penn Manor’s Dani Busansky, Bianca Ygarza and Ryane […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
CONESTOGA VALLEY GRAD CRAIG ESBENSHADE IS SET TO REPLACE LONGTIME COACH AL KOFROTH ON CV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL BENCH
The post-Al Kofroth volleyball era at Conestoga Valley is underway.
Craig Esbenshade, a former assistant coach under Kofroth for seven seasons, will be the Buckskins’ next varsity girls’ coach, pending school board approval, the New Era has learned.
Esbenshade, a […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Pop quiz:
Which Lancaster-Lebanon League football team went further than anyone last season?
No peeking.
Come on, now. Did you have to think this long?
If you said Lampeter-Strasburg, take a little extra out of petty cash.
One L-L League team brought home a District 3 championship last fall – the Pioneers, who put together a magical run, […]

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Our boys’ basketball beat writer, Jason Guarente, filed this story on the passing of Penn Manor teacher and boys’ basketball coach Jeff Churchill:
Penn Manor School District is grieving the loss of a popular teacher and basketball coach.
Jeff Churchill, who worked in the special education department and was the varsity boys basketball coach at the high […]

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LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE COMMUNITY MOURNING THE LOSS OF PENN MANOR TEACHER AND BOYS’ BASKETBALL COACH JEFF CHURCHILL
Heard about this Monday night, and my jaw dropped. Just incredibly sad news. This is from Tuesday’s daily papers:
Jeffrey S. Churchill
Jeffrey S. Churchill, 31, of Willow Street, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Lancaster General Hospital.
Born in San […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

If you know me, and if you’re a regular reader of this blog or of my stories in the New Era, then you know I’m a numbers geek.
I love statistics.
So let me drop some stats on you here, right off the bat:
A completion rate of 64 percent – that’s 155 completions in 242 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

The names, even now, are still fresh in your memory. Mine, anyway.
Preston Faith. Jordan Hallman. Nate Koach. Sean McMullen. Travis Leber. Andrew Weller.
How much fun was Elizabethtown’s football team last fall? Seriously.
The Bears captured everyone’s heart in and around E-town, and had one incredible run. If they weren’t the feel-good team in the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Manheim Central’s Jenna Proffitt, Katie Baldonieri and Kayla Cook, Donegal’s Whitney Breneman and Nicky Hess and Hempfield’s Brittany Hammer make the list.
Six Lancaster County softball players have earned First-Team All-Star honors, voted on by committee members from each district across the state.
Leading the way is a trio of Manheim Central players, who were […]

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Hempfield’s Jon Moser and Brett Houseal and Lancaster Catholic’s Travis Jankowski are honored by Pennsylvania Baseball Coaches Association
Three Lancaster County prep baseball players have been rewarded handsomely for their success on the diamond earlier this spring.
Hempfield teammates Jon Moser and Brett Houseal and Lancaster Catholic’s Travis Jankowski have been named to the Pennsylvania High School […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
According to this story on ESPN.com, Penn State’s Joe Paterno was asked about a gazillion different times – and ways – how much longer he’ll coach the Nittany Lions on Thursday at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago.
Paterno didn’t give any definite answers. What, you were expecting one?
But he had some real zinger […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I wanted to post results from my diet on my blog for one big reason:
To keep myself honest.
I figured that if I posted how much weight I lost (or even gained), it would motivate me to keep on chugging … to keep on walking … to keep on drinking water.
And I have continued […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Here’s a trivia question for you:
Who is the only returning Lancaster-Lebanon League football player this season who was a two-way, first-team all-star last season?
If you said Lancaster Catholic’s Nick Schmalhofer, stand up and take a bow.
The Crusaders’ two-way terror earned Section 3 first-team honors last season on offense (tackle) and defense (interior lineman), […]

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There is a boys’ basketball coaching vacancy in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Our boys’ basketball beat writer, Jason Guarente, is reporting that Chris Sherwood has resigned his post at Manheim Central.
He is leaving to take a job at Penn State-Harrisburg, where he’ll join another former L-L League coach.
Here are the details …
Chris Sherwood is moving into the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
FORMER MANHEIM CENTRAL STAR SEVERS TIES WITH THE STEELERS, SIGNS TO PLAY FULLBACK FOR ST. LOUIS; HE’LL HEAD TO TRAINING CAMP THIS WEEK
According to this story in the online version of the St. Louis Dispatch, former Manheim Central standout and longtime Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Dan Kreider has signed a free agent deal with the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

The numbers – and there are plenty of eye-popping ones – keep coming at you in waves.
Receiving yards – 1,029.
Kick-return yards – 875.
Rushing yards – 451.
Punt-return yards – 86.
Passing yards – 35.
After a trip to the drawer to find my trusty calculator, and after punching in those numbers, it spit out 2,476.
That’s 2,476 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Are you an Ephrata High School alum?
Did you play on the boys’ soccer team during your days with the Mountaineers?
Then listen up:
There will be an Ephrata High School Boys’ Soccer Alumni Game, to be played at War Memorial Field in Ephrata, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ephrata’s boys’ soccer program.
The game will be […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Warwick had an unforgettable football season in 2007 – the Warriors went 9-1 in the regular season, finished a game behind Manheim Township in the hot-and-heavy Section 1 race, and knocked off perennial Section 1 heavyweight Wilson (on the road, no less) before going to the District 3 Quad-A playoffs for the second […]

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