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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
MANHEIM TOWNSHIP’S BOB KENNEDY STEPS DOWN AFTER 17 SEASONS ON THE BLUE STREAKS’ BENCH
The second-longest tenured boys’ volleyball coach in the Lancaster-Lebanon League at the start of this past season is hanging up his whistle and handing in his gym key.
Bob Kennedy, who recently completed his 17th season as Manheim Township’s boys’ varsity […]
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Stumbled across this coaching search blip in the Lancaster Sunday News:
Conestoga Valley School District has openings for an athletic trainer, chess coach, head girls’ volleyball coach, head boys’ volleyball coach, assistant swim coach, assistant baseball coach and a head girls’ soccer coach. Interested persons should contact Zac Kraft, Athletic Director, at 397-5231 ext. […]
Cocalico grad Dana Sensenig is named to U.S. women’s field hockey team; several other athletes with local ties are set for Olympic Trials
Our sports editor, Keith Schweigert, is happy to report that former Cocalico standout Dana Sensenig will be heading to Beijing later this summer to participate in the Olympics as a member of the […]
BUCKSKINS FALL TO LOWER DAUPHIN 1-0 IN GIRLS’ SOCCER FINAL FOUR
Dave Byrne was in Hersheypark Stadium on Tuesday night for the District 3 Triple-A girls’ soccer semifinal pitting Conestoga Valley against Lower Dauphin. LD edged the Buckskins 1-0. Here’s Dave’s story from Wednesday’s New Era:
HERSHEY — Falling behind early in a soccer game shouldn’t be […]
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
BLACK KNIGHTS, BUCKSKINS PUNCH TICKETS INTO L-L BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL FINALE
The L-L League boys’ volleyball Final Four was Tuesday night at Penn Manor. I had a nice, cozy seat in the press box to watch Hempfield and Conestoga Valley advance to Thursday’s title game. Can’t say I’m in love with the volleyball playoffs being […]
Dave Byrne was in Manheim on Thursday night for the L-L League girls’ soccer semifinals — where Conestoga Valley and Lancaster Mennonite advanced to Saturday’s grand finale. CV will be defending its title. Here’s Dave’s report from Friday’s New Era:
Sometimes, it really is the way the ball bounces.
A pair of fortuitous caroms proved to be […]
Our final spring sports preview hit the paper today: L-L League girls’ lacrosse. One of our sports correspondents, Augusta Nissly, put together the following preview caps:
SECTION 1
Cedar Crest
COACH: Jeanine Snyder (first season).
KEY PLAYERS LOST: Rebecca Ehrgood, goalie; Kelly Boyer, center; Heather Rhine, attack; Andrea Light, attack.
KEY PLAYERS RETURNING: Alyssa Zinnser, attack; Kelle Hibshmann.
OTHER KEY PLAYERS: […]
The boys’ Lancaster Area Lacrosse League season is in full swing. Here’s Jason Guarente’s season preview:
Cocalico
COACH: Frank Tobias.
2007 RECORD: 15-5.
KEY PLAYERS LOST: Matt Oberly, Greg Shattuck, Chris Janiszewski, Corey Artz.
KEY RETURNEES: Alex Showalter, MF; Derek Kasten, MF; Garrett Bansner, MF; Bryan Tobias, D; Brennen Donahue, D; Sam Roseboro, D; Aiden Soroko, AT; D.J. Kohl, AT.
OUTLOOK: With a […]
More L-L League baseball previews. Today, Dave Byrne takes a look at Section 2:
It’s been a watershed year for Elizabethtown High School’s boys athletic programs, with the Bears winning section titles in football and wrestling, and making a huge splash in basketball.
Will baseball be the next frontier to be conquered?
The rest of the Lancaster-Lebanon League […]
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Conestoga Valley girls’ soccer coach Bob Scotten, who guided the Buckskins to their first L-L League championship last spring, has been named the new head coach for Elizabethtown College’s women’s soccer team.
Here is the press release from E-town announcing Scotten’s hiring:
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Elizabethtown College has named Bob Scotten ‘78 as its head […]
More spring sports previews for you, compliments of Phil Glatfelter, who put together this L-L League Section 2 girls’ softball capsule:
Over the last few years, Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 foes Donegal and Lampeter-Strasburg have developed one of the state’s best rivalries.
But L-S and Donegal aren’t the only local teams with a good feud going.
In Section […]
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Pending school board approval, Cedar Cliff will name Jim Cantafio its head football coach tonight, the New Era has learned.
The former Conestoga Valley, Wyoming Valley West and Wilson coach will guide the Colts, a Quad-A team, which participates in the rough-and-rugged Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division.
That division includes heavyweights Harrisburg, Cumberland Valley, Altoona, State College […]
