JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I put together this preview capsule for the PIAA volleyball playoffs …
PIAA BOYS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
WHERE: Penn State University’s Ashenfelter Multisport Indoor Facility, near the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park. The tournament is usually held in Penn State’s Rec Hall, but that venue is under construction.
WHEN: Pool play on Friday in Double-A at […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Stop No. 2 on my Berks County tour on Tuesday was Wilson High School, where Garden Spot took on Holy Redeemer in a PIAA boys’ Double-A first-round volleyball match. The Spartans, in States for the first time in the history of the program, played great, and will join Hempfield at Penn State on […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
So very happy that my daughter Sarah and I were able to stick our heads in over at Garden Spot on Saturday for the Hoops for Hope 3-on-3 charity basketball tournament for former Garden Spot student-athlete Andrew Nolt, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma cancer.
Garden Spot seniors Chrissy Taylor and Chelsea Usner co-organized the event, and […]

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SPARTANS’ CALDWELL EARNS SILVER, MESSNER BRONZE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
A pair of Garden Spot athletes won medals of the shiny variety Friday on the first day of the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
Breana Caldwell had the best day of any of the Lancaster-Lebanon […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
As I sit here posting this (still trying to figure out how in the world David Cook beat out David Archuleta, by 12 million votes, no less, despite my sure-fire prediction), I’m still not sure how Hempfield escaped with the District 3 Triple-A boys’ volleyball Pool B title Wednesday night at Central York […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I simply could not resist doing this story — a story about a former Garden Spot student/athlete, Andrew Nolt, who is battling a rare form of cancer called Ewing’s Sarcoma. Turns out a couple of his former classmates at Garden Spot are organizing a charity basketball event in his honor. And one of those […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Garden Spot senior ace Tyler Horst has picked a college.
The Spartans’ pitcher (and four-year letter-winning quarterback) will continue his baseball career at Division 1 Temple University.
He did not receive any scholarship money up front, but he said scholarship money should be available after his first season with the Owls.
“Overall, it was just a […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Man, what a busy time of year (and next week will be even busier). I was at Lancaster Mennonite on Thursday night for the Section 2 boys’ volleyball showdown pitting the host Blazers against Garden Spot. The Spartans needed a win to force a tie (and a one-match playoff) with Mennonite. And early […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Final assignment before vacation: Cover an excellent L-L League boys’ volleyball matchup, pitting the final two undefeated Section 2 teams, Lancaster Mennonite and Garden Spot. And the Blazers and the Spartans did not disappoint, going five action-packed games to decide it. And let me just say that it sure looks like Mennonite isn’t […]

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 […]

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
GARDEN SPOT Spartans
Coach: Kevin Gensemer.
Section 2: 12-4.
Overall: 15-10.
Points for: 1,276 (51.0 average).
Points against: 1,199 (48.0 average).
Team 3-pointers: 71.
Best individual effort: 28 points – Chrissy Taylor, Jan. 9 vs. Penn Manor in the Spartans’ heart-pounding 80-78 double-OT win. Taylor also hit four 3-pointers that night.
Winning streak: 7.
Losing streak: 3.
MVP: Chrissy Taylor – The Spartans […]