He was one of the most rugged, durable running backs in the Lancaster-Lebanon League a year ago – playing in an offensive scheme that, you might have heard, gobbled up some headlines.
When Manheim Township coach Mike Melnyk unveiled his “Razorback” package around midseason, he needed a running back who not only could carry the ball […]
Entries Tagged as 'Manheim Township High School'
Manheim Township senior Dan Wertz makes verbal to play lacrosse for Ohio State
August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Podcast · L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Manheim Township vs. L-S scrimmage notes
August 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Be still my beating heart – football.
Real, live football.
Helmets. Shoulder pads. Referees. First-down markers. Pass patterns. Inside handoffs. Mouth pieces. Chin straps. Red 17! Red 17! Hut, hut.
I just got back from a real, live football game – OK, it was a scrimmage. A really good scrimmage, featuring two of the top programs in the […]
Tags: Lampeter-Strasburg High School · Manheim Township High School · L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Narkiewicz is Township’s wrestling coach
August 1st, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
This just in …
You can take the coaching vacancy sign down outside Manheim Township’s wrestling room.
Longtime Lancaster County wrestling guru Joe Narkiewicz will be named the Blue Streaks’ next head coach, pending school board approval, the New Era has learned.
He will replace Jan Minnich.
Narkiewicz, the former principal at John Beck Elementary School, was […]
Tags: Warwick High School · Manheim Township High School · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Wrestling
Countdown to L-L League football in 2008: In his own words - Nick Sizemore interview
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
He is a bruiser.
He’s a heavy hitter – and a heavy lifter.
He was a key cog on the second-ranked defense in the Lancaster-Lebanon League last fall.
And he’ll be one of the best linebackers in the league this season. He plays a pretty mean fullback, too. And he’ll be blowing up holes – and […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Podcast · L-L Football Blog · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Football
Another job vacancy in L-L boys’ volleyball
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
MANHEIM TOWNSHIP’S BOB KENNEDY STEPS DOWN AFTER 17 SEASONS ON THE BLUE STREAKS’ BENCH
The second-longest tenured boys’ volleyball coach in the Lancaster-Lebanon League at the start of this past season is hanging up his whistle and handing in his gym key.
Bob Kennedy, who recently completed his 17th season as Manheim Township’s boys’ varsity […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Conestoga Valley High School · Boys Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Volleyball
Nike Outdoor National results
June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Penn Manor High School · Manheim Central High School · Track and Field · Boys Sports · Girls Sports
Township streaks into state lax title game
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Lacrosse · Boys Sports
Warwick topples Township, will take on Red Land in District 3 Quad-A baseball title game
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Old friend Harold Ziegler was back on the baseball beat Wednesday at Wenger Field near Northern Lebanon High School, where Warwick took on Manheim Township and Hempfield squared off against Red Land in District 3 Quad-A baseball semifinal games. One Lancaster County team broke through to the finals — Warwick, which outslugged Township. Here’s Zig’s […]
Tags: Warwick High School · District 3 · Manheim Township High School · Hempfield High School · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Boys Sports · Baseball
Township thunders into CPSLA title game
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Warwick High School · Manheim Township High School · Lacrosse · Boys Sports
5 alive in district baseball; coverage here
May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Looking for more coverage of the District 3 baseball playoffs? You’ve stumbled across the right post.
For Dave Byrne’s story on Manheim Township and Warwick setting up a semifinal showdown, click here.
For Harold Zeigler’s story (and photos) on Hempfield and Lampeter-Strasburg’s victories, click here.
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Warwick High School · District 3 · Hempfield High School · Lampeter-Strasburg High School · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Boys Sports · Lancaster Catholic High School · Baseball
Hempfield, CV are title-match bound
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
BLACK KNIGHTS, BUCKSKINS PUNCH TICKETS INTO L-L BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL FINALE
The L-L League boys’ volleyball Final Four was Tuesday night at Penn Manor. I had a nice, cozy seat in the press box to watch Hempfield and Conestoga Valley advance to Thursday’s title game. Can’t say I’m in love with the volleyball playoffs being […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Penn Manor High School · Hempfield High School · Conestoga Valley High School · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Boys Sports · Soccer
Shepps, Wingard star in quarterfinal wins for Penn Manor, Lancaster Mennonite
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
L-L League girls’ soccer playoffs are underway, and I was in lovely Kinzers on Tuesday night for a quarterfinal double-dip. Plenty of goals in both games, as Penn Manor topped Ephrata 4-1 in the opener, followed by Lancaster Mennonite’s 4-0 win over Manheim Township in the nightcap. Nightcap — I’ve always enjoyed using […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Penn Manor High School · Ephrata High School · Lancaster Mennonite High School · Girls Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Soccer
L-L League girls’ lacrosse capsules
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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: […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Hempfield High School · McCaskey High School · Penn Manor High School · Warwick High School · Cedar Crest High School · Ephrata High School · Lacrosse · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Lampeter-Strasburg High School · Cocalico High School · Conestoga Valley High School · Girls Sports
Boys’ lacrosse preview capsules
April 11th, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Hempfield High School · Manheim Township High School · Penn Manor High School · Warwick High School · Ephrata High School · Elizabethtown High School · Lacrosse · Lampeter-Strasburg High School · Cocalico High School · Conestoga Valley High School · Boys Sports
From star to spectator
March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · Lacrosse · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Girls Sports
Section 1 softball: Warwick is the team to beat
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
More L-L League softball preview caps for you … Phil Glatfelter takes a look at Section 1:
At first glance, it looks like Warwick’s softball team will have an easy time of it this season.
The Warriors have all but two starters back from last year’s squad, which went 20-5, won the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 title […]
Tags: McCaskey High School · Penn Manor High School · Warwick High School · Manheim Township High School · Hempfield High School · Girls Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Cedar Crest High School · Softball
Czarnecki, Brazitis mine state swimming medals
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
If you jumped on for my live blog from the first day of the PIAA swimming championships from Bucknell, thanks. If you missed it, it is the (incredibly long) post right under this one. Give it a look, and you’ll get caught up on Wednesday’s events. Two local swimmers won medals on the […]
Tags: Manheim Township High School · District 3 · PIAA · Cocalico High School · Boys Sports · Girls Sports · Lancaster-Lebanon League · Swimming









