JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

He is a high-energy kid with a big ticker and an even bigger heart.
He is a prototypical fullback/linebacker type – a hit machine who likes to drag would-be tacklers on offense, and punish opposing ball-carriers on defense.
He was a Section 1 First-Team All-Star selection at linebacker and a Section 1 Honorable Mention All-Star […]

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10 FORMER L-L LEAGUE PLAYERS ON MARAUDERS’ PRESEASON ROSTER
Football must be right around the corner, because I just got my first press release featuring preseason rankings.
This one was from the PSAC, where Millersville was picked to finish seventh in the Eastern Division.
Ten (10) former Lancaster-Lebanon League players are listed on the Marauders’ preseason […]

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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

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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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
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

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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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

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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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
So I’m sitting on my couch watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Disney Channel with my daughter Saturday morning at 8:30 when my cell phone started making noises.
It was an incoming text message – and it turned out to be some pretty good news about a local hero.
Former Manheim Central stud and current AFL […]

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He is a lean, mean blitzing and sacking machine.
Dakota Royer has a knack for finding quarterbacks – unsuspecting quarterbacks who are hanging around the pocket entirely too long.
Manheim Central’s junior defensive end made his presence felt in his first varsity season for the Barons last fall – taking aim at stray quarterbacks and […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

He is the point man for perhaps the most unique offense in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Every time he takes a snap, he’s in the shotgun.
He’s got a cannon for an arm.
He’s nimble, can throw on the run, and often has at least four wideouts at his disposal.
He overcame a scary injury in his sophomore […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

So who was the breakout running back last season in the L-L football league?
Easy – just look to Denver.
Kyle Fisher earned the starting feature back job for the Eagles, and he did not disappoint, using his blazing speed to finish seventh in the league in rushing yards (1,203) and second in the league […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

He is a bruiser.
He’s a heavy hitter – and a heavy lifter.
He was a key cog on the second-ranked defense in the Lancaster-Lebanon League last fall.
And he’ll be one of the best linebackers in the league this season. He plays a pretty mean fullback, too. And he’ll be blowing up holes – and […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
In this post, you’ll find the quarterback rankings from the 2007 L-L League football season.
I rank the quarterbacks using the NCAA passing efficiency formula. It’s a pretty simple formula. For a guy who completely stinks at math, even I can do it:
(8.4 x yards) plus (330 x TD passes) minus (200 x interceptions […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
More individual statistical leaders from the 2007 L-L League football season for your reading pleasure.
This post features last year’s leading rushers, ranked by total yards.
Eleven (11) L-L League players (including one quarterback) cracked the 1,000-yard mark last season; an impressive number indeed.
Columbia’s Ben Guiles led the way with 1,665 yards – and he […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Even more L-L League football stats from last fall for you here.
This post includes last year’s leading receivers – ranked by total receptions in all games played.
Pequea Valley’s Sean Persch led the way with 71 grabs. What a season the Braves’ multipurpose threat had. And he’ll be back this season for coach Curtis […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
More L-L League football stats from last season for you.
Up next, the total team offensive numbers.
Man, I forgot how nasty Columbia’s offense was last fall – the Crimson Tide was the only team in the league to crank out more than 400 yards per game.
By the way, all of these stats are for […]

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