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

Manheim Central’s History-Making run in the PIAA State Playoffs came to an end Sunday! Lady Barons fell 49-34 to West York in the 5A Girls 2nd Round! Lady Barons' Maddie Knier led ALL scorers with 18 points, but it wasn’t enough as 4 Bulldogs scored in double-figures! Manheim Central finished the season 20-8, with a Section 3 Co-Championship, a 4th place finish in District 3 & the First EVER State Playoff win in program history!

Manheim Central advanced to their 1st EVER State Semifinal, beating Abington Heights 8-1! Pitcher Connor Rohrer was DOMINANT on the mound... CG, 16 K’s, 2 hits! The Barons' bats scored all 8 runs in the final 3 innings! Check out these highlights!

Conestoga Valley opened up the season with a convincing 35-0 Win over Penn Manor! Buckskins electric return man Jayden Johnson ran the opening kickoff back 94 yards for a touchdown! CV scored on it's next possession as well, led it 14-0! It was 26-0 at the half... all Buckskins in this one as new QB Sawyer Esbenshade threw 3 TD's in his debut as the Buckskins passer!

-- Conestoga Valley will be back on Blue Ridge 11 TV in Week 4 in a Section 2 Showdown at Ephrata (War Memorial Field - 7pm)

Warwick started off their District 3 Playoffs with authority, downing Red Lion 16-1 in 4 innings! Warriors blew the game open in the 3rd inning with 7 runs! Kate Shaak got the Win, allowing just 4 hits & 1 run… striking out 3 batters!

▪️It’ll be #5 Warwick at #4 Hempfield on Thursday, May 23 at 4:30pm! We WILL air that game LIVE from Hempfield HS on Blue Ridge 11 📺