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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Pioneers’ football coach chats about tough opening-night loss (in the rain) at Cocalico
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com 

Cocalico’s football stadium was practically empty.
It was raining.
And Lampeter-Strasburg coach John Manion was gracious enough to grant me a quick interview – just a couple of minutes after his Pioneers dropped a 35-21 decision to Cocalico on Opening Night.
This audio Podcast […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
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It was easily my favorite quote from Media Day.
“When he’s on the field, you have to find him,” Cocalico coach Dave Gingrich said about his prized – and fast – senior running back, Kyle Fisher.
“You have to account for him, because every time he touches the ball, he could be gone. I don’t […]

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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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