Final L-L League baseball preview for you, as Dave Byrne breaks down Section 4:
New coach. New home. New result.
New was the key word for the 2007 baseball season at Lancaster Mennonite, where head coach Jim Langley, in his first year at the helm, took the Blazers to their first Section 4 title after several years […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com Wednesday, March 26, 8:31 p.m.
One Lancaster-Lebanon League player earned All-State status this season:
Lebanon Catholic sophomore Hailey Carangelo, who averaged 15.6 points a game and drilled 19 3-pointers this season, earned third-team Single-A honors from the Associated Press.
Carangelo helped the Beavers finish third in the L-L League Section 4 race, and then into […]

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Another day, more L-L League girls’ softball previews compliments of Phil Glatfelter, who put together these Section 4 caps:
You might say there are some “High” expectations for Pequea Valley’s girls’ softball team.
That’s because the Braves have plenty back from a team that went 16-7 and won the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 4 title with an 11-5 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LEBANON CATHOLIC Beavers
Coach: Patti Hower.
Section 4: 9-7.
Overall: 15-14.
Points for: 1,500 (51.7 average).
Points against: 1,481 (51.1 average).
Team 3-pointers: 74.
Best individual effort: 27 points – Hailey Carangelo, twice: Jan. 22 in a 70-52 win over Columbia, and March 1 vs. Girard College in a 57-46 win in the first round of the state playoffs.
Winning streak: […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It was a bittersweet night Wednesday for Lebanon Catholic senior guard Samantha Carangelo.
The Beavers’ sharpshooter played in her final game for Lebanon Catholic, as the Beavers dropped a gut-wrenching 43-42 decision to Bishop Guilfoyle in a PIAA Single-A Eastern quarterfinal game at Big Spring High School in Newville.
But Carangelo, who battled a bout […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
The Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ basketball season is officially over.
The league’s last two links to the PIAA playoffs were both eliminated Wednesday night in state second-round games:
Section 4 champ and league runner-up Lancaster Mennonite fell behind 29-6 at the half and 38-8 midway through the third quarter and fell to District 1 runner-up Mount […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 runner-up Lebanon Catholic (15-13 overall) vs. District 6 champ Bishop Guilfoyle (26-3 overall), Wednesday, 7 p.m. at Big Spring High School, Newville.
HOW THEY GOT HERE: Lebanon Catholic topped District 1 runner-up Girard College 57-46; Bishop Guilfoyle crushed District 5 third-place finisher Northern Bedford 48-26.
WINNER GETS: District 4 champ Northeast […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
QUAD-A
Cedar Crest vs. Scranton, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. @ Hazleton High School.
TRIPLE-A
Lancaster Mennonite vs. Mount St. Joseph Academy, Wednesday, 7 p.m. @ Coatesville High School.
SINGLE-A
Lebanon Catholic vs. Bishop Guilfoyle, Wednesday, 7 p.m. @ Big Spring High School, Newville.

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Beavers rally from 11-point deficit, roar into second round of PIAA playoffs.
HERSHEY – Kicking it old school – Hersheypark Arena style.
Gotta love that.
Lebanon Catholic’s girls’ basketball team certainly did, making the old barn their own personal playground in the second half of the Beavers’ PIAA Single-A first-round game Saturday afternoon against District 1 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: District 3 runner-up Lebanon Catholic (14-13 overall) vs. District 1 runner-up Girard College (21-8 overall).
WHERE: Hersheypark Arena.
WHEN: Saturday, noon.
WINNER GETS: District 6 champ Bishop Guilfoyle (25-3) or District 5 third-place finisher Northern Bedford (22-5).
ABOUT LEBANON CATHOLIC: Beavers were denied a 15th District 3 Single-A championship, falling to Reading Central in the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
PIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
QUAD-A
Cedar Crest (District 3 fourth place, 22-7) vs. Norristown (District 1 fourth place, 19-8), Friday, 6 p.m. @ Coatesville HS.
Hempfield (District 3 fifth place, 25-5) vs. Spring-Ford (District 1 third place, 26-3), Friday, 7:30 p.m. @ Coatesville HS.
McCaskey (District 3 sixth place, 17-10) vs. State College (District 6 champ, 22-4), […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY – The Lancaster-Lebanon League’s longtime small-school lynchpin, Lebanon Catholic, appeared in its 17th District 3 Single-A girls’ championship game Thursday night.
And for just the third time, the Beavers walked away with silver medals.
“It’s certainly a different feeling,” said Lebanon Catholic coach Patti Hower, whose team owns a single-class-record 14 titles, but lost […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: Lebanon Catholic (14-12 overall) vs. Reading Central Catholic (20-6) in the District 3 Single-A championship game, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., Hershey’s Giant Center. This is a rematch: Reading Central Catholic topped Lebanon Catholic 47-27 in a non-league game on Dec. 6.
ROAD TO THE GIANT CENTER: Lebanon Catholic, the No. 4 seed, beat […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HUMMELSTOWN – Lancaster Country Day will not make a return appearance in the District 3 Single-A girls’ basketball title game.
But longtime Lancaster-Lebanon League Single-A kingpin Lebanon Catholic will be back in the Giant Center on Thursday night to try and defend its title – and bring a 15th district championship to Assumption Hill.
Country […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
So how did the local teams fare Tuesday night in the District 3 girls’ basketball playoffs?
Some good. Some not so good.
SINGLE-A SEMIFINALS: I just flew back from Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown, and man, are my arms killing me. One winner, one loser here Tuesday: Reading Central Catholic knocked off Lancaster Country […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Crunch time.
Predictions are never easy, and the semifinal games in each of the four District 3 girls’ brackets, for the most part, are looking mighty tough to call.
But since I made picks for the first two rounds, I couldn’t let you down and stop picking, right?
So here goes: District 3 girls’ semifinal predictions.
QUAD-A
CENTRAL […]

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