Some leftover news and notes from the first full weekend of L-L League football …
STREAK BUSTER – When Eastern York topped Columbia 20-14 on Friday night, it was the first win in the river border series for the Golden Knights. The Crimson Tide led the all-time series 14-0-1 heading into this season, with the tie […]

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It’s back – Reinhart’s 3 Stars … my top three performers from each week in L-L League football.
Several clutch performances from Week 1 of the new season last Friday, so I had to put my thinking cap on right out of the chute.
I could have gone several different ways. But after making my final list […]

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Welcome back to another season of Reinhart’s Rankings … my weekly top-five poll in L-L League football.
I wanted to do a preseason poll, but I flat ran out of time before all the Week 1 games. Sorry.
But now that everyone has a game under their belts, I thought I better debut the rankings – which […]

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Rainy night in Denver, where Cocalico bumped off reigning District 3 Triple-A champ Lampeter-Strasburg 35-21 in the season opener for both teams Friday. Since I won’t be filing too many stories for the print editions anymore, my main gig Friday nights will be blogging live from games. And I hope you were able to check […]

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WEEK 1 FINALS
Cocalico 35, L-S 21
Hempfield 41, Conestoga Valley 13
Eastern York 20, Columbia 14
Manheim Township 53, Ephrata 0
Garden Spot 17, Warwick 14
Penn Manor 14, Solanco 13
Manheim Central 32, Susquehannock 10
Trinity 20, Lancaster Catholic 0
Daniel Boone 40, Donegal 0
Upper Dauphin 41, Pequea Valley 20
Wilson 35, Governor Mifflin 14
Lebanon 39, Cedar Crest 7
Elco 21, Hamburg 20
Annville-Cleona 27, […]

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It’s finally here!
L-L League Insider made its debut this morning at lancsports.com
I hope you drop by — early and often. And be sure to bookmark that site; I have a feeling you’ll love it.
Everything and anything L-L League football is up and running at L-L League Insider … all of my season preview stuff, the […]

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Seventeen (17) big games on tap for Week 1 … here are my fearless, sure-fire picks: 
Cedar Crest @ Lebanon – Cedar Bowl is here and the Lebanon bologna will be flowing. Two words: “Air Raid”. See James Capello in the shotgun. See James Capello drop back. See James Capello pass. See Jordan Clentimack score. I’ll […]

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Back, by popular demand, my weekly preview capsule package, featuring news, notes and quotes from every L-L League football game on the docket. And here we are in Week 1. My goal is to have these suckers posted by Wednesday night every week — here, and at our new page, the L-L League Insider at […]

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It’s back … your weekly Lancaster-Lebanon League football preview Podcast.
Week 1 is here, and I’m here to offer up quick hitters on each of the 17 opening-night games.
Hated like crazy to rush, but I had to keep this Podcast on the short side … so you’ll get about 35 minutes of my observations, down from […]

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MARAUDERS SET TO KICK-OFF GREG COLBY ERA WITH TRIP TO MASSACHUSETTS

AUDIO PODCAST INTERVIEW ABOVE: See that cool ‘play’ button at the top of this post? It looks awfully inviting, doesn’t it? That, football fans, is an interview with 2005 Cedar Crest grad Nick Kyper, who earned the job as Millersville’s starting center. In that interview, […]

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Lancaster Catholic-Trinity, Cocalico-L-S in the spotlight in season openers on Friday
This Friday, when L-L League Insider goes live to the universe, we’ll be debuting our LIVE BLOG feature.
Every week, online sports editor Keith Schweigert and I will be blogging live from the top two games of the week.
We have selected our Week 1 games:
Keith will […]

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It won’t be long … L-L League Insider is about to launch.
Our new Lancaster-Lebanon League Web page is almost ready to go. We’re just tweaking a few things and adding some bells and whistles.
If you’re an L-L League sports fan, you will absolutely, positively love our new site, which will go live Friday, August 29, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
For your reading pleasure, my L-L League Section 1 preview capsules, featuring everything you want to know — and more — about your favorite Section 1 football teams … listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
WILSON BULLDOGS
COACH: Doug Dahms (3rd season; 20-6 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Quad-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Governor Mifflin, Manheim Central, @ Downingtown East, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
You better sit down for this one; it might take a while. For you, my L-L League Section 2 football team preview capsules, listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
MANHEIM CENTRAL BARONS
ONLINE: baronsfootball.com
COACH: Mike Williams (28th season; 276-56-3 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Triple-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Susquehannock, @ Wilson, Lancaster Catholic, @ Cocalico, Solanco, @ Ephrata, Conestoga […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Pull up a chair and get cozy … it’s my L-L League Section 3 preview capsules — everything and anything you need to know about your favorite Section 3 football teams, in capsule form, listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
LANCASTER CATHOLIC CRUSADERS
ONLINE: crusaderfootball.vicid.com
COACH: Bruce Harbach (7th season; 50-20 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Double-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Trinity, […]

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Kier Blevins, a 2008 Penn Manor grad, was selected to play in the 2008 U.S. Lacrosse National Senior Showcase at Benedictine University in Chicago, June 20-21st.
The U.S. Lacrosse National Senior Showcase features the top senior high school players in competition representing the North, South, East and West regions of the country.
After defeating the West All-Stars […]

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Ooooh, yeah. The Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 football predictions.
Trying to rank the big boys is never easy. And it won’t be again this year.
Had to flip a few coins to make the following projections, which are for entertainment purposes, by the way.
L-L League Section 1, in predicted order of finish:
1. Wilson – The Bulldogs are […]

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She was a dominating middle hitter a year ago, when she helped her team win the section championship, advance to the Lancaster-Lebanon League championship match, reach the District 3 Triple-A semifinals, and go all the way to the PIAA Triple-A title match.
And she will be an even stronger force this season – her final season […]

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