JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Holy cow … a Lancaster-Lebanon League football post on June 30.
Yeah, it’s true – hey, it’s never too early to talk about L-L football, one of my all-time favorite subjects.
I just got finished typing in the 2008 master schedule, which you can find in all of its glory right here.
I’ll break down the […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
One of the country’s top camps for prep kickers and punters set for this weekend at Manheim Central
Manheim Central High School will host one of the most popular kicking and punting camps this weekend.
The Kohl’s National Kicking and Punting Camp will make a stop in Manheim on Saturday and Sunday.
The Kohl’s Camps are […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
The Manheim Touchdown Club will be honoring Manheim Central’s 1980 undefeated football team during halftime of the Barons’ much-anticipated game against Lancaster Catholic on Friday, Sept. 12 at Elden Rettew Field in Manheim.
Did you play on that team?
If so, please call George Male (665-6519) or Mike Williams (665-3385) as soon as possible.

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

The 8th annual PSFCA East-West All-Star Game was called during the third quarter Saturday night in Altoona when wicked thunderstorms (including nasty lightning strikes) rolled through the area.
Manheim Central kicker Justin Myer, a Virginia Tech recruit, kicked off for the East team to open the game, but that was the only time all evening […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Red Tornado running back set to play prep football, then hopefully earn a Division 1 scholarship.
It was one of the best quotes to come out of the Lancaster-Lebanon League football media day late last summer.
McCaskey coach Scott Feldman, holding court in front of a group of reporters, called Red Tornado running back Jerome […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Central’s Justin Myer and Wilson’s Chris Hartzell will play, Catholic’s Bruce Harbach will coach in annual East-West All-Star Game on Saturday.
A pair of former Lancaster-Lebanon League football standouts and a current L-L League football coach will be in Altoona on Saturday for the 8th Annual PSFCA East-West All-Star Game.
The game is set for […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Here is the South roster for the L-L League Tri-County All-Star Football Game, set for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Manheim Central:
COACH: Scott Feldman, McCaskey
Sean Beahan, Garden Spot, WR-DB
Mike Brooks, Solanco, WR-DB
Aaron Canestrare, McCaskey, LB
Mark Daniels, Wilson, TE
Jedd Dillman, Conestoga Valley, WR-DB
Xavier Dominguez, McCaskey, LB
Ryan Feldman, McCaskey, TE-LB
Henry Glackin, Solanco, OL
Jason Griffith, Warwick, […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Here is the North roster for the L-L League Tri-County All-Star Football Game, set for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Manheim Central:
COACH: Mike Robinson, Cedar Crest
Francis Camara, Reading, RB-LB
Blake Crowther, Ephrata, QB-DB
Robert De La Rosa, Manheim Township, OL-DE
Preston Faith, Elizabethtown, QB-DB
Tim Farley, Manheim Township, OG-DL
Scott Garber, Manheim Central, RB-LB
Dan Gettle, Lebanon, OL-DT
Kevin Gibbons, […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
One of my favorite local online pages to read is berksgameday.com, which is part of the Reading Eagle’s online package.
I was surfing around on that page this morning and I came across this interesting story about Reading High’s football team.
Turns out the Red Knights have applied to enter the Berks I-C League for […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Cleaning out an old notebook I found wedged in the bottom of my bag …
I know, I know: It’s the spring sports season. So why, then, is Reinhart writing about football? What are these football photos doing on this post? It’s May, for crying out loud.
Hey, I really like Lancaster-Lebanon League football. How’s […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
FORMER MANHEIM CENTRAL AND UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE STANDOUT IS HEADED TO MIAMI
AUSTIN, Texas – I’ve never written a story with an Austin, Texas dateline, so this is definitely a first for me.
A scoop – on vacation, no less.
Former Manheim Central standout and University of Delaware plow horse Mike Byrne has signed a […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It took a little longer than expected, but Ephrata has finally filled its vacant football coaching position.
Former Hempfield varsity assistant coach and head junior varsity coach Jim Vieland, 34, got the thumbs up from Ephrata’s school board Monday night, and he will be the Mountaineers’ next head coach.
“He’s coming in to meet the […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
When Brian Groff heard Penn State was recruiting him for football, he didn’t believe it.
“Not at first,” Columbia’s senior lineman said. “I didn’t take the first call, my dad did. And when he told me who called, I thought he was lying.”
Turns out it was Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary on the […]

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 […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Manheim Township standout kicker has accepted an offer from Penn State to be a preferred walk-on. He’ll battle for the Nittany Lions’ starting job next year after rising senior Kevin Kelly moves on.
The most decorated kicker in the history of Lancaster County prep football has made his college decision.
Manheim Township senior David Soldner […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
The first time Virginia Tech kicks off in its season opener on Aug. 30 against East Carolina in Charlotte, a kicker from Manheim Central might be doing the honors.
Central senior Justin Myer has accepted Virginia Tech’s offer to be a preferred walk on, and he’s headed to Blacksburg, Va., this weekend for an […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Ephrata High School is plowing forward with its search for its next head football coach.
After former Conestoga Valley, Wyoming Valley West and Wilson coach Jim Cantafio removed his name from consideration last Friday, school officials were left scrambling.
But they’ve picked up their pace in an attempt to find a replacement for Ken Grove, […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Former Conestoga Valley standout Ty Bynum, the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s all-time leader with 2,327 career receiving yards, has earned a full ride to the University of Rhode Island.
The two-time Associated Press Quad-A First-Team All-State selection spent last fall at Milford Academy in New Berlin, N.Y., where we played wideout and returned kicks and punts […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Jim Cantafio has taken his name out of the running for the Ephrata football coaching job.
He sent this release to the New Era and to Ephrata School District officials on Friday, announcing his intentions:
After careful consideration, my wife and I have decided that it would be best for me to withdraw my name […]

JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
JIM CANTAFIO IS EPHRATA’S FINAL FOOTBALL-COACHING CANDIDATE, AND HIS NAME WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE NEW ERA HAS LEARNED. BUT IS IT A DONE DEAL? 
Will Jim Cantafio be Ephrata’s next head football coach?
Or will the former embattled Conestoga Valley, Wyoming Valley West and Wilson coach resurface in another […]