JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
You better sit down for this one; it might take a while. For you, my L-L League Section 2 football team preview capsules, listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
MANHEIM CENTRAL BARONS
ONLINE: baronsfootball.com
COACH: Mike Williams (28th season; 276-56-3 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Triple-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Susquehannock, @ Wilson, Lancaster Catholic, @ Cocalico, Solanco, @ Ephrata, Conestoga […]

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The Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 race will probably be the most interesting this season.
I say this because I think this section has the most parity – which is a good thing.
Elizabethtown and Solanco are the reigning co-champs, and they both return a pretty good nucleus. And you know they’re both feeling fine and dandy after […]

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Just flew back from Manheim Central’s scrimmage against Becahi in Manheim, and man, are my arms killing me.
That will be my final attempt at humor – in this post, at least.
Bethlehem Catholic made the trip to Manheim on Thursday evening – in a shiny chartered bus, no less — to scrimmage the Barons, and I […]

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Sorry … forgot to post this the other day. Here’s my story from Wednesday’s New Era about John McCain’s visit to Manheim Central’s football practice.
It was not your ordinary high school football practice.
Unless you consider Secret Service agents combing the bleachers and armed policemen guarding every entrance to the field ordinary.
“I saw some guys who […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Presidential hopeful pays a visit to the Barons’ football practice, gives team a pep talk
Just back from Manheim Central High School, where I thought I was going to watch football practice and do some interviews for our upcoming previews.
And then John McCain strolled in.
Yep, that John McCain – the presidential candidate.
The Republican from Arizona […]

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FORMER MANHEIM CENTRAL STAR WIDEOUT GRAHAM ZUG IS NOW A FULL SCHOLARSHIP PLAYER FOR PENN STATE
According to this published report, former Manheim Central standout Graham Zug has earned a scholarship from Penn State, where he plays wideout for coach Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions.
The 6-2, 175-pound redshirt sophomore was a former walk-on, but now […]

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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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There is a boys’ basketball coaching vacancy in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Our boys’ basketball beat writer, Jason Guarente, is reporting that Chris Sherwood has resigned his post at Manheim Central.
He is leaving to take a job at Penn State-Harrisburg, where he’ll join another former L-L League coach.
Here are the details …
Chris Sherwood is moving into the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
FORMER MANHEIM CENTRAL STAR SEVERS TIES WITH THE STEELERS, SIGNS TO PLAY FULLBACK FOR ST. LOUIS; HE’LL HEAD TO TRAINING CAMP THIS WEEK
According to this story in the online version of the St. Louis Dispatch, former Manheim Central standout and longtime Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Dan Kreider has signed a free agent deal with the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
So I’m sitting on my couch watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Disney Channel with my daughter Saturday morning at 8:30 when my cell phone started making noises.
It was an incoming text message – and it turned out to be some pretty good news about a local hero.
Former Manheim Central stud and current AFL […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
 
He is a lean, mean blitzing and sacking machine.
Dakota Royer has a knack for finding quarterbacks – unsuspecting quarterbacks who are hanging around the pocket entirely too long.
Manheim Central’s junior defensive end made his presence felt in his first varsity season for the Barons last fall – taking aim at stray quarterbacks and […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Former Manheim Central star invited to training camp with Rams
According to this story in the Lancaster Sunday News, former Manheim Central standout Dan Kreider, late of the Pittsburgh Steelers, has been invited to training camp by the St. Louis Rams.
Kreider, who is an unrestricted free agent, has been battling injuries. He tore his […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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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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 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Another L-L League boys’ volleyball award to pass along …
Manheim Central’s Ryan Strait was presented the ‘Sue Wood Sportsmanship Coach of the Year Award’ at the league’s annual banquet last month.
The award is presented in honor of Sue Wood, who was Cocalico’s boys’ volleyball coach from 1985 until 2000, and it goes to […]

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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 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Stumbled across this nice note this morning:
Former Manheim Central and University of Delaware quarterback Matt Nagy, who is slinging it professionally for the Columbus Destroyers in the Arena Football League, is doing some very nice charity work for the good folks in Ohio – and in these parts.
Click here to see what Nagy […]

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