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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Greetings, and welcome back to The Huddle! Keith Schweigert reporting in from the first of three sessions at the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s Football Media Day, which is being held at Enck’s at Kreider Farms, just south of Manheim.
I’ve just finished a whirlwind tour of the league’s eight Section Three squads, interviewing coaches and sitting in with […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com 
This post includes my full “5 Questions” interview Podcast with Achey!

This post includes my full interview with Arron Achey, which you can hear by clicking the ‘play’ button above. If you want to download the Podcast to play on your favorite mp3 device, click here.
MYERSTOWN — Things were looking mighty bleak for Elco’s […]

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Raiders’ football coach talks about New Era Player of the Week Arron Achey … and plenty more!
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com 

Elco coach Mark Evans was just sitting down to show his team the game tape of the Raiders’ thrill-a-minute 21-20 win over Hamburg when I came stumbling into the locker room Monday morning.
Must admit that it’s really, […]

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It’s back – Reinhart’s 3 Stars … my top three performers from each week in L-L League football.
Several clutch performances from Week 1 of the new season last Friday, so I had to put my thinking cap on early this season.
I could have gone several different ways. But after making my final list and checking […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
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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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