Reigning L-L League champ Leah Rutt will be the top seed in the upcoming District 3 Triple-A singles tournament; she’s the defending champ in that bracket, as well

Reigning Lancaster-Lebanon League Triple-A singles champ Leah Rutt has earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming District 3 girls’ tennis tournament.
The first two rounds are set for […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
CROSS COUNTRY LEADERS
GIRLS
Mannon, Warwick – 1.00
Loften, Lancaster Mennonite – 1.06
Brandt, Cedar Crest – 1.07
Garvey, Manheim Central – 1.18
Oliver, Warwick – 1.22
Perry, Elco – 1.28
Ludman, Solanco – 1.28
Jones, Garden Spot – 1.31
J. Barr, L-S – 1.39
McDonald, Donegal – 1.50
Auster-Gussman, McCaskey – 1.53
M. Barr, L-S – 1.56
Reynolds, Manheim Township – 1.65
Grube, Warwick – 1.78
Spotts, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
FIELD HOCKEY STATISTICS
SECTION 1
SCORING
Jill Witmer, Penn Manor – 17 goals, 9 assists, 43 points.
Whitney Reddig, Warwick – 12 goals, 6 assists, 30 points.
Jenn Bradley, Penn Manor – 9 goals, 10 assists, 28 points.
Auburn Weisensale, Hempfield – 11 goals, 2 assists, 24 points.
Renee Suter, Penn Manor – 8 goals, 5 assists, 21 points.
Nancy […]

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Hempfield’s Dana Schleif has earned All-American status in the 100-yard backstroke.
To earn an All-American honor, swimmer’s times from all 50 states are submitted at the end of the year, and the fastest 130 times in each event are recognized.
Last spring in the PIAA Meet, Schlief had times of 58.78 and 58.43, and she finished eighth […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
FIELD HOCKEY STATISTICS
SECTION 1
SCORING
Jill Witmer, Penn Manor – 13 goals, 5 assists, 31 points.
Auburn Weisensale, Hempfield – 9 goals, 2 assists, 20 points
Jenn Bradley, Penn Manor – 7 goals, 6 assists, 19 points.
Renee Suter, Penn Manor – 7 goals, 4 assists, 18 points.
Whitney Reddig, Warwick – 5 goals, 5 assists, 15 points.
Nancy […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
CROSS COUNTRY STATISTICS
WEEK 3
BOYS
Horning, Elizabethtown – 1.00
Balmer, Cedar Crest – 1.08
Galli, Cedar Crest – 1.17
Mancuso, Garden Spot – 1.18
Hull, Hempfield – 1.18
Groff, Hempfield – 1.27
Wallace, Cocalico – 1.30
Branson, L-S – 1.50
Arce, McCaskey – 1.64
Schloneger, Lancaster Mennonite – 1.70
Sharkey, Manheim Township – 1.78
Barninger, Elizabethtown – 1.80
Duke, Solanco – 1.82
Whiteman, Warwick – 1.82
Mast, Lancaster […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com 
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
FIELD HOCKEY STATISTICS
SECTION 1
SCORING
Jill Witmer, Penn Manor – 8 goals, 4 assists, 20 points.
Whitney Reddig, Warwick – 5 goals, 5 assists, 15 points.
Renee Suter, Penn Manor – 5 goals, 3 assists, 13 points.
Kelsey Zeswitz, Warwick – 5 goals, 2 assists, 12 points.
Auburn Weisensale, Hempfield – 5 goals, 2 assists, 12 points.
Jenn Bradley, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
CROSS COUNTRY STATISTICS
WEEK 2
GIRLS
Loften, Lancaster Mennonite – 1.00
Mannon, Warwick – 1.00
Perry, Elco – 1.13
Brandt, Cedar Crest – 1.13
Jones, Garden Spot – 1.14
J. Barr, Lampeter-Strasburg – 1.17
Garvey, Manheim Central – 1.29
Ludman, Solanco – 1.29
M. Barr, Lampeter-Strasburg – 1.33
Reynolds, Manheim Township – 1.43
Oliver, Warwick – 1.50
Haas, Ephrata – 1.50
Sheetz, Manheim Township – 1.57
Henny, Manheim […]

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Indians’ coach steps down after four successful seasons on the diamond
LNP’s Matt Blymier is reporting that Tom Hartman has resigned as girls’ softball coach at Donegal. Here is Matt’s story:
The most successful softball team in the Lancaster-Lebanon League the past four years is looking for a new skipper after Tom Hartman announced his resignation as […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE CROSS-COUNTRY LEADERS
WEEK 1
BOYS
Hull, Hempfield – 1.00
Wallace, Cocalico – 1.00
Horning, Elizabethtown – 1.00
Balmer, Cedar Crest – 1.00
Mancuso, Garden Spot – 1.00
Gerberich, Elizabethtown – 1.25
Jackson, Cedar Crest – 1.25
Duke, Solanco – 1.33
Hinninkamp, Manheim Township – 1.33
Sensenig, Ephrata – 1.50
Galli, Cedar Crest – 1.50
Branson, L-S – 1.67
Mast, Lancaster Mennonite – 1.67
Groff, Hempfield – 1.67
Sharkey, […]

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The first Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association girls’ state rankings have hit the World Wide Web, and a pair of Lancaster County teams have cracked the top 10.
In Triple-A, reigning state runner-up Garden Spot is fourth.
And in Double-A, Lancaster Mennonite is 10th.
The team that beat Garden Spot in last year’s state title match – Allentown Central […]

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She was a dominating middle hitter a year ago, when she helped her team win the section championship, advance to the Lancaster-Lebanon League championship match, reach the District 3 Triple-A semifinals, and go all the way to the PIAA Triple-A title match.
And she will be an even stronger force this season – her final season […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

 
Thought I’d try a little something different for you …
In this audio interview Podcast, Hempfield senior shortstop Brittany Hammer has an important announcement to make.
The Quad-A First-Team All-State pick from this past season has made a verbal commitment to the college of her choice.
She will sign her National Letter of Intent in November.
So […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Tennis anyone?
She is a two-time reigning Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ tennis finalist.
She is the reigning District 3 Triple-A girls’ tennis singles champion.
She qualified for the PIAA Tournament for the first time last fall, won her first-round match and advanced to the state quarterfinals.
She attends one school. But she plays tennis for another.
And when the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Lady Blue Mountain, a girls’ basketball team featuring several Lancaster-Lebanon League standouts, went 3-0 and won the Scholastic Girls’ Basketball gold medal at the Keystone State Games in York recently.
The team, coached by Charles Simpson, included Warwick twins Carmen and Ana Cruz, Lampeter-Strasburg’s Lisa Boyer, Penn Manor’s Dani Busansky, Bianca Ygarza and Ryane […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
CONESTOGA VALLEY GRAD CRAIG ESBENSHADE IS SET TO REPLACE LONGTIME COACH AL KOFROTH ON CV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL BENCH
The post-Al Kofroth volleyball era at Conestoga Valley is underway.
Craig Esbenshade, a former assistant coach under Kofroth for seven seasons, will be the Buckskins’ next varsity girls’ coach, pending school board approval, the New Era has learned.
Esbenshade, a […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Manheim Central’s Jenna Proffitt, Katie Baldonieri and Kayla Cook, Donegal’s Whitney Breneman and Nicky Hess and Hempfield’s Brittany Hammer make the list.
Six Lancaster County softball players have earned First-Team All-Star honors, voted on by committee members from each district across the state.
Leading the way is a trio of Manheim Central players, who were […]

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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. […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Former Cedar Crest standout Allison Smith leaves Niagara, will join former Penn Manor star Kelsey Caruthers at St. Francis (Pa.)
Don’t look now, but there is a really nice pipeline taking shape from the Lancaster-Lebanon League to St. Francis University’s women’s basketball program.
First, former Elco star and Penn Manor coach Ashli Schwab left the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-L LEAGUE’S WITMER, ECKER, IOSUE, McCARTHY COMPETE IN NATIONALS
Found some results from the Nike Outdoor National Track and Field Championships from this past weekend, and a couple of L-L League athletes were in Greensboro, N.C., for the competition.
The top finisher from the local contingent was Manheim Central’s Jack Iosue, who took sixth place […]

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