Not much going on as we hit the high school football dead zone between the end of the 2008 season and the start of 2009 spring practice, but I do have one bit of news to report: Nick Schmalhofer, Lancaster Catholic’s star offensive and defensive lineman, has given his verbal committment to the University of […]

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KEITH SCHWEIGERT, Online Sports Editor
By now, the aches and pains are fading, and the numbing cold has left their fingers and toes. Lancaster Catholic’s football team and their fans woke up this morning to the reality that their season — a record-setting, 13-2 ride — came to an end with last night’s 37-14 loss to […]

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KEITH SCHWEIGERT, Online Sports Editor
While I was blogging live from Lancaster Catholic’s 45-7 rout of Wyomissing last Friday in the District 3 Class AA semifinals, some Crusader fans in the audience wondered where quarterback Kyle Smith’s career numbers stack up against the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s elite.
I didn’t have that information at my fingertips then, but after […]

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By KEITH SCHWEIGERT 
Dave Caldwell is a former New Era sports writer who went on to a great career covering college football for the Dallas Morning News and now writes on a free-lance basis for the New York Times. He recently sent me the link to a story he wrote about coming back to his alma […]

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KEITH SCHWEIGERT, Online Sports Editor
As we head into the final week of the regular season, we finally have a sense of clarity in the District 3 football playoff picture. By my extremely unofficial projections, 11 L-L League teams have already clinched playoff berths, and another three can do so with a win in their regular-season finales.

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By KEITH SCHWEIGERT, Online Sports Editor
With just two games left in the regular season, I think we can safely say that the Lancaster-Lebanon League will be well represented in the upcoming District 3 playoffs. If the postseason were to start today, 14 L-L League teams would be in the field. And two more league teams […]

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KEITH SCHWEIGERT, Online Sports Editor
With just three weeks left in the regular season, Lancaster-Lebanon League teams are watching their section races with one eye and the district power points standings with the other. If the playoffs began today, the L-L League would be very well represented. A total of 14 league teams are currently in […]

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By KEITH SCHWEIGERT, Online Sports Editor
If there’s any room on the Penn Manor bandwagon, I’m climbing aboard.
Yes, I said Penn Manor. The same Penn Manor that once thought a 5-5 season was a reason to celebrate. The same Penn Manor that once went three years without posting a single victory. The same Penn Manor that […]

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