JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Wilson senior linebacker Colton Weaver, Cocalico senior running back Kyle Fisher and Lancaster Catholic junior quarterback Kyle Smith have been honored as the top players in their respective sections with the Frantz/Rider/Yohe Award, sponsored by the Columbia, Elizabethtown and Lititz Lions Clubs.
Weaver and Smith’s teams are still playing, and Fisher’s team also advanced […]

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Coaches from Penn Manor, Cocalico, Elco earn L-L Coach of the Year kudos
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
MOUNT GRETNA – The votes are in, and the Lancaster-Lebanon League football coaches have chosen a Coach of the Year in each of the league’s three sections.
Penn Manor’s Todd Mealy in Section 1, Cocalico’s Dave Gingrich in Section 2, and Elco’s […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
For you … it’s my Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 All-Star football team.
I picked the top 11 players (in my humble opinion) on each side of the ball, plus a punter, a kicker and one special teams player.
These picks are based on my own observations, and include some notable items about each player that […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Full L-L League girls’ basketball Section 3 preview capsules, listed alphabetically for your reading and viewing pleasure …
COCALICO EAGLES
COACH: Richard Kohler (1st season).
CLASSIFICATION: Quad-A.
LAST SEASON: 3-13 Section 2, 6-17 overall.
KEY PLAYERS LOST: G Emily Harris (3.8), G Rachel Hurst (6.7, 19 3-pointers), F CariBeth Shappell (6.7).
KEY PLAYERS RETURNING: G Shannon Graybill (Sr., 1.4), […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
COACH – Dave Gingrich (Just completed his 5th season; 33-21 overall).
SECTION 2 RECORD – 6-1.
OVERALL RECORD – 10-2 (Lost to Manheim Central in the District 3 Triple-A quarterfinals).
RESULTS – Lampeter-Strasburg (W 35-21), @ Exeter (W 35-21), @ Annville-Cleona (W 41-7), Manheim Central (L 56-33), @ Ephrata (W 42-14), Lebanon (W 53-38), @ Elizabethtown (W […]

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Former L-L League volleyball stars earn national honors 
A couple of cool women’s volleyball notes to pass along …
Former Conestoga Valley standout Amber Thomas, a senior outside hitter for national power Juniata College, has been named the NCAA American Volleyball Coaches Association Division 3 Player of the Year for the second year in a row.
Heading into […]

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Eagles’ coach chats after loss to Central, puts a capper on fine 10-2 season

Your last loss of the season is always the toughest – it means your season is over (Poof! Just like that) and uniforms, pads and helmets will be collected Monday afternoon.
Cocalico football coach Dave Gingrich was in a bit of a somber […]

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Eagles’ senior two-way lineman talks about blocking for Cocalico’s powerful running attack; sets up Friday’s rematch against Manheim Central

If you follow Lancaster-Lebanon League football, you’re probably very familiar with the names Kyle Fisher, Austin Hartman and Matt Carty.
That trio has inflicted a ton of damage in Cocalico’s Veer option attack, pumping out a league-best 442 […]

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Eagles’ sophomore chats about 344-yard, 3 TD effort in win over Susquehanna Township; previews clash against Manheim Central

So much for Austin Hartman coming up empty in his first-ever District 3 Triple-A playoff appearance.
Cocalico’s slug-it-out sophomore fullback had an unforgettable playoff debut last Friday, rushing for a personal-best 344 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles’ […]

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Week 2 of the District 3 football playoffs are upon us.
Six Lancaster-Lebanon League teams made it through the Week 1 gauntlet, and are prepping for second-round games on Friday.
In Double-A, Lancaster Catholic is in the semifinals against Wyomissing, in a rematch of the 2006 classic, when Wyo stunned the Crusaders with a Hail Mary bomb […]

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Audio Podcast preview interviews below with Manheim Central coach Mike Williams and Cocalico coach Dave Gingrich
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 5 Manheim Central Barons (9-2 overall) @ No. 4 Cocalico Eagles (10-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m., District 3 Triple-A quarterfinal.
LIVE BLOG: I’ll be blogging live from this game in Denver on the L-L League Insider […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Audio Podcast preview interview below with Cocalico coach Dave Gingrich
THE GAME: No. 13 Susquehanna Township Indians (5-5 overall) @ No. 4 Cocalico Eagles (9-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
ON THE TUBE: This game will be broadcast by Blue Ridge Cable-11.
WINNER GETS: No. 5 Manheim Central (8-2) or No. 12 Elco (6-4) in the quarterfinals.
THE […]

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Where has the time gone?
Hard to believe, but I’m about to pen (well, type) my final Reinhart’s Rankings for L-L League Football 2008.
It’s OK. I’m upset, too. But we’ll get through this together, buckaroos.
So here they are, in all their glory, my final top 5 … make sure you print this up and tape it […]

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Week 9 in the books and the grand finale – Week 10 – is staring us in the coconut.
Here are my top 5 teams heading into the final week of regular-season play …
1. Wilson (6-0, 9-0) – Saw the ‘Dawgs live and in person on Friday at Penn Manor. Man, they were as nasty as […]

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I’d like to wedge one last L-L League football note into my Week 9 preview stuff if I may; and this is an important note, so listen up …
When Cocalico heads to Conestoga Valley for a Section 2 game on Friday night, the entire evening will be dubbed “Battle Against Breast Cancer Night” in Witmer.
CV […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Hear my full ‘5 Questions’ interview with the Eagles’ speedy running back here
 
You can listen to the interview with Fisher by clicking on the ‘play’ button above.
You can also download the Podcast and play it on your favorite mp3 device by clicking here.
And you can continue reading the story from Tuesday’s New Era […]

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Eagles’ shifty quarterback puts a capper on Cocalico’s clutch win over Elizabethtown

He has firmly established himself as one of the best option quarterbacks in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
And he’s only a junior – and he didn’t take over under center until the third week of his sophomore season.
He is Matt Carty, Cocalico’s signal-caller, and he’s a […]

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Eagles’ fleet two-way threat wraps up big win over Elizabethtown

What an excellent two-week stretch by Cocalico junior Kyle Rissell, who picked off a pair of passes and returned one of those for a touchdown two weeks ago against Lebanon, and last Friday against Elizabethtown, he picked off a pass during the Bears’ last-gasp drive, preserving […]

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