Gotta tell you – these rankings are getting excruciatingly tougher to put together every week.
The top three or four are usually pretty easy. After that … not so much.
I usually rank these teams based on my ‘hot’ meter: Who is playing well? Who is sneaking up on people and maybe surprising some teams? Who is […]

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Plenty of top individual efforts to choose from in Week 9 for ‘3 Stars’ this week.
Had to actually mull some things over before narrowing it down to three.
After making a list and checking it twice, here’s who made the final cut …
B.J. Enck, Solanco – What a night on both sides of the ball for […]

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Now that the great “sinkhole-delayed” game is in the books – Cedar Crest 27, McCaskey 22 in one of the wildest, wackiest endings you’ll ever see – here are my ‘3 Stars’ from Week 8 …
Kevin Kelley, Conestoga Valley – Running out of superlatives for the Buckskins’ senior I-back, who continues to put up eye-popping […]

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Pioneers’ Manion, Halpin, DelRocini wrap up win over Elco
Really, really good win last Friday night for Lampeter-Strasburg, which steamrolled previously unbeaten Elco 40-14 in Lampeter, knocking the Raiders out of a first-place tie in Section 3 with Lancaster Catholic, which took over sole possession of first place compliments of its 62-7 triumph over Pequea Valley.
L-S […]

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Pioneers’ coach chats after 34-21 setback on Opening Night to Cocalico 
 
I caught up with L-S coach John Manion last Friday night, a couple of minutes after his Pioneers dropped a 34-21 non-league decision to Cocalico in Lampeter.
Great start for L-S – which turned over the Eagles a few times and grabbed a 7-0 lead. But Cocalico’s […]

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