Hard to believe we’re coming up on the halfway point of the regular season already. Football season always seems to fly by, even when the playoffs extend into late November or early December.
Seems like there’s a good chance of that happening again around here. We’ve already hit the point where the wheat begins to separate […]

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After a slow start in the opening week, I bounced my way back to respectability with my performance in Week 2: a 15-4 record, moving me up to 25-11 this season. I think my strategy of actually thinking  about the picks beforehand may have helped me a bit, so we’ll do the same for Week 3.
Lots […]

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Thanks to Clubber Lang for one of my favorite lines from the “Rocky” series.
My predictions were truly painful last week. So bad, in fact, that yours truly is currently looking up at all his sportswriting brethren in the race for the title of “Top Prognosticator.” I went 10-7, while my online colleague Jeff Reinhart is […]

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Keith Schweigert checking in…it seems silly to start worrying about the district playoffs when we’re only halfway through the regular season, but for those who are interested, here are the District 3 power point standings, which are used to determine the playoff fields:

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Columbia senior RB Dakotah Lightfoot rushes for 331 yards, scores 5 touchdowns in Crimson Tide’s wild 48-47 overtime victory Saturday night at Daniel Boone
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
What a night for Columbia.
And what a night for Crimson Tide senior running back Dakotah Lightfoot.
Columbia traveled to Birdsboro on Saturday night to take on Daniel Boone in a non-league […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
blogs.lancasteronline.com/jeffreyreinhart
My L-L League football Section 3 preview capsules, with teams listed in predicted order of finish:
LANCASTER CATHOLIC CRUSADERS
ONLINE: crusaderfootball.vicid.com
COACH: Bruce Harbach (7th season; 50-20 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Double-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Trinity, Ephrata, @ Manheim Central; Donegal, @ Lampeter-Strasburg, @ Pequea Valley, Northern Lebanon, @ Columbia, Annville-Cleona, @ Elco.
REINHART SAYS: If that Week 3 tilt at […]

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