5A District 3 Football Playoffs: First Round – #10 Hershey vs. #7 Cocalico (11-1-24)

#1 Manheim Central had to literally survive & advance today beating #16 Mechanicsburg 4-3! Barons took an early 4-0 lead, but hung on against a scrappy Wildcats squad & moved onto the 5A District 3 Quarterfinals on Thursday against #8 Muhlenberg! Central's starting Pitcher Colton Book got the Win... went 6 IP, 7 K, 2 R! Wyatt Becker got the save! Check out the highlights here...

In a battle of Section 2 Title contenders... Ephrata knocked off Warwick 31-21! Lady Mounts and Warriors are both 4-1 in Section Play, looking up at Manheim Central (5-0)

Jasmine Griffin (Eph) led all scores with 14pts; Leah Caldwell (Eph) had 9! Bella Smithson (War) had 11pts!

The rematch is Tuesday, February 7 at Warwick HS!

Manheim Central’s fantastic season (22-7) came to an end in the 1st round of the 5A State Playoffs! Mars knocked the Barons out of States with a 61-49 victory! Trey Grube led Manheim Central with 18 points... Aaron Enterline had 14!

-- Grube's INCREDIBLE Baron Career finished with...

▪️1,815 points (#2 All-Time MC Boys Scorer)

▪️308 - 3pters (#1 All-Time in L-L League History)

Ephrata pulled off the HUGE 41-37 Win against previously undefeated Manheim Central! Mounts Marcus Hardin led all scorers with 17 points!

-- Ephrata stays in the lead for the Section 2 standings with Warwick... both at 3-0!