A few L-L League items to pass along …
SPARTANS’ YUNGINGER PICKS E-TOWN COLLEGE – Recent Garden Spot grad Nadine Yunginger will continue her scholastic and athletic careers at Elizabethtown College, where the Spartans’ two-sport standout hopes to participate in two sports for the Blue Jays.
Yunginger, a forward in field hockey and a gritty point guard in […]

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Spartans’ QB wraps up victory in Tri-County All-Star Football Game

It was an unforgettable senior season on the football field for Garden Spot’s Weston Martin.
Last fall, the Spartans’ gunslinger piloted Garden Spot all the way to the District 3 Triple-A semifinals.
And last Saturday night, playing in his final game as a prep athlete, Martin helped pilot […]

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Former Garden Spot standout replaces Landis on Spartans’ boys’ varsity bench
Ryan Trupe, who helped make bleached-blond hair a fashion craze in New Holland not too long ago, has been named the head basketball coach at his alma mater.
Trupe, a standout athlete for Garden Spot who went on to play basketball for Alvernia, is the Spartans’ […]

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Ashley Schnader is heading to Juniata; Rachel Wenger to Eastern University
They are two of the top volleyball players in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
And they also just happen to be teammates.
And this week, Garden Spot senior heavy hitters Ashley Schnader and Rachel Wenger made their highly anticipated college choices.
And both young ladies picked high-powered Division III programs.
Schnader […]

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Spartans’ hitter named one of the best freshmen in the country
Garden Spot volleyball standout Lauren Horst was recently named as one of the top frosh players in the country by prepvolleyball.com.
Five freshmen from Pennsylvania made list, including Horst, who helped the Spartans win the L-L League championship and make another deep run in the postseason […]

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Excellent story by Dave Bryne in the daily papers today, recalling the life and times of Garden Spot wrestling coach Tom Hecker, who was killed in a car accident last Sunday night.
The L-L League community continues to mourn his passing.
Please follow this link to Dave’s story.
And follow this link to Dave’s L-L League wrestling blog.

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Sad news to pass along …
Garden Spot wrestling coach Tom Hecker was killed in a car accident on Sunday night.
He was 44.
Hecker was in his third season as the Spartans’ coach, and Garden Spot is in second place in Section 2 of the L-L League with a 12-6 overall record.
You can read more about Coach Hecker here.
All the […]

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Falcons trip Spartans, remain tied atop Section 1 race with Manheim Township; Cedar Crest is in the hunt for its 3rd section championship in a row
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Case in point: Cedar Crest’s girls’ basketball team.
The two-time defending L-L League Section 1 champs got cleaned out by graduation last year, with […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It wouldn’t be basketball season without a preseason All-Star team right?
So here they are … my 5 players to watch in Section 2 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League, listed alphabetically for your reading pleasure …
Gemiqua Benjamin, sophomore forward, Lebanon – Very raw last season as a freshman, when she averaged 8.6 points per game […]

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OK … it’s your first Reinhart’s Rankings for L-L League girls’ basketball: 2008-2009. Geez-o, where is the time going?
The first rankings poll is always the toughest to compile, because nobody has played a game yet, and all I have in front of me are rosters, schedules and last season’s stats. And it’s a mighty impressive […]

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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 2 preview capsules, listed alphabetically for your reading and viewing pleasure …
CONESTOGA VALLEY BUCKSKINS
COACH: Jerry Beekler (7th season; 69-79 overall).
CLASSIFICATION: Quad-A.
LAST SEASON: 9-7 Section 2, 11-13 overall (Lost to Lancaster Mennonite in first round of L-L League playoffs).
KEY PLAYERS LOST: G Gabby Barlow (2.1), G Allison Bauer […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
COACH – Matt Zamperini (Just completed his 3rd season; 16-18 overall).
SECTION 2 RECORD – 4-3.
OVERALL RECORD – 8-5 (Lost to West York in the District 3 Triple-A semifinals).
RESULTS – @ Warwick (W 17-14), Hempfield (L 28-14), @ Lampeter-Strasburg (W 31-0), @ Conestoga Valley (W 51-14), Lebanon (W 35-21), @ Elizabethtown (L 35-19), Ephrata […]

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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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Spartans’ senior QB talks about his team’s success, and looks forward to playing West York in District 3 Triple-A semifinals

If you’re a Lancaster-Lebanon League football fan, you know that Lancaster Catholic’s Kyle Smith and Lebanon’s James Capello – a pair of record-smashing quarterbacks – got a ton of ink (and blog copy) this season.
But there […]

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Spartans’ senior blitz-happy d-end previews D3 semifinal game vs. West York

I can describe Garden Spot’s defense in one word.
Opportunistic.
Through 12 games, the Spartans have a very nifty 34 takeaways and a plus-9 turnover ratio. The 34 takeaways are most among L-L League football teams. And the plus-9 ratio is also a very good number.
One of […]

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Audio Podcast preview interview below with Garden Spot coach Matt Zamperini
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 10 Garden Spot Spartans (8-4 overall) @ No. 3 West York Bulldogs (11-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
LAST WEEK: Garden Spot blanked No. 2 Greencastle-Antrim 20-0. … West York withstood No. 6 Conrad Weiser 56-30.
WINNER GETS: No. 1 Mechanicsburg (12-0) or […]

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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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