JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Pull up a chair and get cozy … it’s my L-L League Section 3 preview capsules — everything and anything you need to know about your favorite Section 3 football teams, in capsule form, listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
LANCASTER CATHOLIC CRUSADERS
ONLINE: crusaderfootball.vicid.com
COACH: Bruce Harbach (7th season; 50-20 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Double-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Trinity, […]

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Predicting the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 race is like getting a tooth yanked.
This race usually has so many twists and turns and subplots that it’s often painful to make any kind of prognostication.
And it seems that more times than not, this section race ends up in some sort of a goofy tie – like last […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

The numbers – and there are plenty of eye-popping ones – keep coming at you in waves.
Receiving yards – 1,029.
Kick-return yards – 875.
Rushing yards – 451.
Punt-return yards – 86.
Passing yards – 35.
After a trip to the drawer to find my trusty calculator, and after punching in those numbers, it spit out 2,476.
That’s 2,476 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
UPDATE: Donegal will take on Palisades on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Lyons Field in Fleetwood. Palisades’ pitcher tossed a perfect game in the Pirates’ state opener.
I had the dream assignment on Monday — go to Spring-Ford High School in Royersford for the Donegal girls’ softball game against St. Basil Academy in the […]

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 BRAVES FALL TO BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS IN DISTRICT 3 DOUBLE-A TITLE GAME
Our very own Phil Glatfelter was in Denver on Thursday night for the District 3 Double-A girls’ softball championship, where Pequea Valley was trying to bring home the gold. The Braves settled for silver — but it took a top-notch pitching performance to do it. […]

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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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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
PEQUEA VALLEY Braves
Coach: Melissa Mabry.
Section 4: 2-14.
Overall: 4-20.
Points for: 908 (37.8 average).
Points against: 1,422 (59.3 average).
Team 3-pointers: 56.
Best individual effort: 21 points – Tessa Smucker, Dec. 19 vs. Columbia. Smucker also drilled three 3-pointers in that game – a 62-50 victory for the Braves.
Winning streak: 1 (four times).
Losing streak: 7.
MVP: Tessa Smucker – […]

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