Barons’ star is down to final five college choices; Booth added to East roster
Manheim Central rising senior blue-chip recruit Dakota Royer has whittled his list of college suitors down to five.
The Barons’ blitz-happy defensive end and pass-catching, playmaking tight end, who was a First-Team Associated Press Triple-A All-State pick at DE after registering 13 sacks last […]

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Comets’ tight end chats about big night in Tri-County All-Star Football Game

Big, big night for Penn Manor senior Cody Booth in the 8th Annual Lancaster-Lebanon League Tri-County North-South All-Star Football Game last Saturday night at Manheim Central.
The South’s imposing tight end caught four passes for 90 yards – two for touchdowns – helping his team […]

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Comets’ two-way standout will be preferred walk-on for Owls’ football team
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
This just in … 
The Lancaster-Lebanon League has produced another Division I college football player.
Penn Manor senior Cody Booth, a two-way all-star performer for the Comets last fall, has accepted an offer to be a preferred walk-on for Temple, which competes in the Mid-American […]

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Blue Streaks rally past Comets, maintain sole possession of first place in Section 1
A Picasso?
Um, no.
But when Manheim Township travels to McCaskey on Friday night, the Blue Streaks will still be in sole possession of first place in Section 1 of the L-L League.
Township remained there – barely – on Thursday night, rallying past and […]

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Penn Manor senior sharpshooter will play hoops for D3 program in New York
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
One of the top snipers in the Lancaster-Lebanon League has made her college choice.
Penn Manor senior sharpshooter Dani Busansky, who has drilled 29 3-pointers so far this season – second-most in the league – will play for Utica College in New […]

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Lebanon Catholic holds off Penn Manor 49-41; Lebanon edges Exeter 49-44 
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
LEBANON – It will be an all-Lebanon County final in the championship game of the Lebanon Holiday Tournament.
Lebanon Catholic and host Lebanon both earned hold-them-off-at-the-wire victories Monday night in first-round games.
In the opener, Lebanon Catholic never trailed, but had to fend off Penn […]

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Here’s another nice honor for Penn Manor’s field hockey team, which won the PIAA Triple-A state championship this past fall.
Reigning Lancaster Newspapers’ Player of the Year Jill Witmer and Jenn Bradley have been named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Mideast Region All-State team.
Sixteen players were named to the team, and Witmer and Bradley […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
COACH – Todd Mealy (Just completed his 2nd season; 10-12 overall).
SECTION 1 RECORD – 5-2.
OVERALL RECORD – 9-3 (Lost to Cumberland Valley in the District 3 Quad-A quarterfinals).
RESULTS – @ Solanco (W 14-13), Lampeter-Strasburg (W 17-0), @ Exeter (W 31-3), @ Hempfield (W 31-14), Reading (W 9-6), McCaskey (W 23-0), Manheim Township (W […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
It wouldn’t be basketball season without a preseason All-Star team right?
So here they are … my 5 players to watch in Section 1 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League, listed alphabetically for your reading pleasure …
Dani Busansky, senior guard, Penn Manor – Fabulous sniper with limitless range who averaged 7.0 points and hit 36 3-pointers […]

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Coaches from Penn Manor, Cocalico, Elco earn L-L Coach of the Year kudos
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
MOUNT GRETNA – The votes are in, and the Lancaster-Lebanon League football coaches have chosen a Coach of the Year in each of the league’s three sections.
Penn Manor’s Todd Mealy in Section 1, Cocalico’s Dave Gingrich in Section 2, and Elco’s […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Alrighty … my Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 All-Star football team for your reading pleasure.
I picked the top 11 players (in my humble opinion) on each side of the ball, plus a punter, a kicker and one special teams player.
These picks are based on my own observations, and include some notable items about each […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Full L-L League girls’ basketball Section 1 preview capsules, listed alphabetically for your reading and viewing pleasure …
CEDAR CREST FALCONS
COACH: Gretchen Hall (3rd season; 51-13 overall).
CLASSIFICATION: Quad-A.
LAST SEASON: 14-2 Section 1, 23-8 overall (Section 1 champs; lost to Lancaster Mennonite in L-L League semifinals, lost to Central Dauphin in District 3 Quad-A third-place […]

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Former Penn Manor sharpshooter chats about her career with the Blue Jays

When Erin Walton completed her senior season for Elizabethtown College’s women’s basketball team last winter, she took her 1,702 career points with her.
She finished as the second-leading scorer in the history of the program, and she averaged 16 points per game last season for […]

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TWO LOCAL STANDOUTS MAKE COLLEGE CHOICES
A pair of Division 1 baseball scholarship signings to pass along …
Penn Manor senior pitcher Cameron Black has committed to St. John’s University in New York. The Red Storm competes in the Big East Conference.
And Lancaster Catholic senior outfielder Travis Jankowksi has committed to Stony Brook University, also in New […]

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Week 2 of the District 3 football playoffs are upon us.
Six Lancaster-Lebanon League teams made it through the Week 1 gauntlet, and are prepping for second-round games on Friday.
In Double-A, Lancaster Catholic is in the semifinals against Wyomissing, in a rematch of the 2006 classic, when Wyo stunned the Crusaders with a Hail Mary bomb […]

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Audio Podcast preview interview below with Penn Manor senior Sean Noll
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: No. 7 Penn Manor Comets (9-2 overall) @ No. 2 Cumberland Valley Eagles (10-1 overall), Friday, 7 p.m., District 3 Quad-A quarterfinal.
LAST WEEK: Penn Manor drilled Dallastown 42-7. … Cumberland Valley toppled Warwick 49-13.
WINNER GETS: No. 3 Central York (10-1) or […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Audio Podcast preview interview below with Penn Manor coach Todd Mealy
THE GAME: No. 10 Dallastown Wildcats (7-3 overall) @ No. 7 Penn Manor Comets (8-2 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 2 Cumberland Valley (9-1) or No. 15 Warwick (6-4) in the quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Dallastown’s Kevin Myers is in his 4th season and […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com 
Penn Manor football team supporting Ron Reis, who is suffering from viral encephalitis
I spent Tuesday afternoon over at Penn Manor’s football practice, getting to know Ron Reis, his mom, Amy, and his little brother, Devon. Ron is battling viral enchephalitis on the front lobe of his brain. You won’t believe what this kid […]

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