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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Well, Media Day is in the books. Nothing like interviewing 24 coaches in 4 1/2 hours. My head is so full of cliches it’s about to split. But I’ll just try to do this entry one word at a time, because I don’t want to overlook so many quality words and phrases.
Anyway, the last session […]

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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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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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By Jason Guarente
Penn Manor knew this season was going to bring improvement. The Comets, after all, went 1-9 last year. There was really nowhere to go but up.
But did anyone expect this? Undefeated at the midway point? Tied with Wilson and Manheim Township for first place in Section 1? A virtual lock for a District […]

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Comets’ football coach chats about his team’s quick 2-0 start
JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Looking for perhaps the most surprising L-L League football team through the first two weeks of the season?
Then look no further than to Millersville, where Penn Manor has kicked up a major fuss with back-to-back wins to open the season, including a 17-0 whitewash […]

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Welcome back to another season of Reinhart’s Rankings … my weekly top-five poll in L-L League football.
I wanted to do a preseason poll, but I flat ran out of time before all the Week 1 games. Sorry.
But now that everyone has a game under their belts, I thought I better debut the rankings – which […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
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Here are my L-L League Section 1 football preview capsules, with teams listed in predicted order of finish:

WILSON BULLDOGS
COACH: Doug Dahms (3rd season; 20-6 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Quad-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Governor Mifflin, Manheim Central, @ Downingtown East, McCaskey, @ Cedar Crest, Hempfield, @ Reading, Manheim Township, @ Penn Manor, @ Warwick.
REINHART SAYS: Where to begin? […]

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