Dave Byrne was in Neffsville on Tuesday night, where Manheim Township took on Mt. Lebanon in a state boys’ lacrosse semifinal game. This match belonged to the host Blue Streaks, who took care of Mt. Lebanon and advanced to Friday’s state championship game against LaSalle. Here’s Dave’s story from Wednesday’s New Era:
The sting of last […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
First, a friendly reminder: Vacation next week (June 9-14). Yeah, yeah, I know: We just got back from a two-week cross-country excursion. This time we’re going to the beach for a week. More on that, plus my diet, later.
Holy cow – The finish line is upon us.
We’re down to just a few teams […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Is a three-peat in the cards for Manheim Township in the Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association playoffs?
The Blue Streaks, who have won the last two CPSLA boys titles in a row, will try and make it three straight when Township takes on Cumberland Valley for district supremacy on Friday.
The Streaks punched their ticket […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
The L-L League girls’ lacrosse season is in the books, and we have a familiar champ: Penn Manor, which won the crown for the third time in five years. The Comets knocked off Hempfield 15-12 Thursday night at Hempfield. It was the first time I’ve covered an event at Hempfield’s new turf complex […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
BLACK KNIGHTS WIN LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE BASEBALL, BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
It was quite a night for Hempfield on Thursday. The Black Knights captured a pair of league titles, and nearly pulled off the trifecta: Hempfield’s girls’ lacrosse team was in the L-L final but fell to Penn Manor.
Here’s where you can find our coverage from […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXq4eYM2zwU

I know this post has nothing to do with the Lancaster-Lebanon League, but admit it: You just can’t resist that video link, can you? That ‘play button’ looks mighty appetizing, doesn’t it? Must resist urge to click mouse on video link. Ha.
Anyway … This, my friends, is my very first stab at filing […]

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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 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It’s certainly not my longest, most in-depth preview capsule of all time, but I put together this box on the upcoming L-L League girls’ lacrosse playoffs:
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE
GIRLS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT
WHEN: Quarterfinals are Friday, semifinals are Tuesday and the championship match is set for Thursday, May 15.
First-round games and semifinal games are at the site […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
WARWICK’S GIRLS’ LACROSSE TEAM HAS DEDICATED THIS SEASON TO FALLEN TEAMMATE LINDSAY DUNN
When I heard about this story, I simply had to drop what I was doing and head over to Warwick, where the Warriors’ have dedicated this season (and what a fine season its been up to this point for this team) […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Another day, another bracket.
The L-L League girls’ lacrosse playoffs begin Friday, and here’s the bracket, hot off the presses:
QUARTERFINALS
Friday
No. 8 McCaskey/Lancaster Country Day (3-9) at No. 1 Warwick (11-1-1), 4:15 p.m.
No. 5 Cocalico (8-5) at No. 4 Hempfield (9-4), 4:15 p.m.
No. 6 Conestoga Valley (6-6) at No. 3 Manheim Township (10-2-1), 4:15 p.m.
No. […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
From time to time I have to report some sad news.
But this is some sad news, which hopefully will be turned into a positive event. And from the sounds of it, this should be fantastic. And it’s certainly for a fantastic cause.
When Penn Manor hosts Lampeter-Strasburg in their third annual “Backyard Bash” boys’ […]

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Our final spring sports preview hit the paper today: L-L League girls’ lacrosse. One of our sports correspondents, Augusta Nissly, put together the following preview caps:
SECTION 1
Cedar Crest
COACH: Jeanine Snyder (first season).
KEY PLAYERS LOST: Rebecca Ehrgood, goalie; Kelly Boyer, center; Heather Rhine, attack; Andrea Light, attack.
KEY PLAYERS RETURNING: Alyssa Zinnser, attack; Kelle Hibshmann.
OTHER KEY PLAYERS: […]

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The boys’ Lancaster Area Lacrosse League season is in full swing. Here’s Jason Guarente’s season preview:
Cocalico
COACH: Frank Tobias.
2007 RECORD: 15-5.
KEY PLAYERS LOST: Matt Oberly, Greg Shattuck, Chris Janiszewski, Corey Artz.
KEY RETURNEES: Alex Showalter, MF; Derek Kasten, MF; Garrett Bansner, MF; Bryan Tobias, D; Brennen Donahue, D; Sam Roseboro, D; Aiden Soroko, AT; D.J. Kohl, AT.
OUTLOOK: With a […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Spent Wednesday evening at lovely Comet Field in Millersville (love what you’ve done with the place, by the way), where Penn Manor and Warwick butted heads in an L-L League girls’ lacrosse crossover game. Did I mention Penn Manor and Warwick were the last unbeaten teams in league play? And that Warwick was […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Talk about a bummer: Meghan McDevitt was the top lacrosse player in the L-L League last season. Then she suffered a knee injury. Now she’s been relegated to cheerleader for the Blue Streaks. But she could return this season. I caught up with Meghan and the Streaks the other day and filed this story:
The most […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I guess the headline pretty much says it all.
Lacrosse, which is catching on like gangbusters in and and around Lancaster County, will have girls’ and boys’ PIAA championships, starting in the spring of 2009.
Just one possible catch — The PIAA would like to bump District 3 girls’ soccer from the spring to the […]

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Manheim Township grad Tim Stratton, who broke the national high school career lacrosse scoring mark this spring, appears in Sports Illustrated’s popular Faces in the Crowd feature in the latest issue.
You can find Tim’s mug here.
Congrats again to Tim for setting the record, and for leading the Blue Streaks to an unforgettable season.

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It will be an all-Lancaster County final in the Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association district championship game.
No. 1 seed Manheim Township improved to 25-0, holding off rival Hempfield 12-9 in one semifinal game on Wednesday, while Warwick, the No. 8 seed, topped sixth-seeded Cumberland Valley 8-5, meaning the Blue Streaks and the Warriors will square […]

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The record is so close, you can practically smell it. Manheim Township senior Tim Stratton moved within seven points of breaking the U.S. career scoring record on Wednesday, netting four goals and getting three assists in the Blue Streaks’ victory over Hempfield in the CPSLA district semifinals. Stratton needs six points to tie and seven […]

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There are four teams still alive in the Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association boys district playoffs.
Three of them call the Lancaster Area Lacrosse League home.
The beat went on for a trio of Lancaster County teams Friday, when reigning league champ Manheim Township, league runner-up Hempfield and upstart Warwick advanced to the CPSLA semifinals.
Warwick pulled off […]

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