5A District 3 Baseball – First Round: Mechanicsburg vs. Manheim Central (5-25-21)

Manheim Central survived a raucous crowd & feisty Garden Spot squad on Senior Night to pull out the 66-54 Win! Barons swept the season series against the Spartans!

▪️Manheim Central sharp-shooter Chase Book (So.) caught fire, dropping 20 points with 4-3pters! Aaron Enterline (Sr.) added 18 points!

🔹Garden Spot leading scorer Jace Conrad (Jr.) led his team with 11 points!

Manheim Central spotted Cocalico a 2-0 lead after the 1st inning… Alex Fox & Dane Horning scored the Eagles runs! But the Barons rattled off 12 unanswered runs after that & won the game 12-2 in 6 innings! Central’s Cody Hess went 3-3 with 3 RBI & a run scored, Carter Kyle & Cam Thompson combined for 3 hits, 2 walks & 4 runs scored! Barons starter Colin Connelly (2-1) got the Win (5 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 7 K’s, 6 BB)

-- Manheim Central (1-0 Section 3) & Cocalico (0-1 Section 3) face off again on Wednesday, April 23 at Cocalico HS (4:15pm)

Ephrata Field Hockey picked up their 1st WIN in the District 3 Playoffs since 2013 ? Lady Mounts beat Garden Spot 4-1! ?Ephrata will face #1 Seed Palmyra on Saturday in the 2A Quarterfinals! The bracket now becomes double elimination…Top 6 teams go to States! So Ephrata is guaranteed at least 2 more games...

Manheim Central used 6 touchdowns from RB Brycen Armold to grab a convincing WIN over York Suburban…63-14! Barons churned out 406 yards rushing ?? #2 Manheim Central now moves onto the 4A Semifinals against #3 Lampeter-Strasburg, which will be right back in Manheim!

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