5A District 3 Baseball – First Round: Greencastle-Antrim vs. Cocalico (5-24-21)

Northern Lebanon picked up a 13-2 win over Cocalico in non-league action! Vikings Senior pitcher Brian Bicksler (2-1) was strong on the mound (5.1 IP, 3H, 2 R, 7 K) in the Win! Northern Lebanon's 2-3-4 hitters (Adrian Gonzalez, Connor Stoltz, Riley Messinger) were a combined 7-9 at the plate with 6 RBI, 7 runs scored, 2 doubles & 2 walks! Cocalico pushed across to runs late in the 6th inning, but could not hold off the Vikings offensive attack!

Northern Lebanon improved to 4-1, while Cocalico dropped to 1-4!

On the latest episode of Sportstalk... we continued getting you ready for the upcoming Winter Sports Season by looking at a few "Spotlight Players" from our local girls basketball teams! In this conversation, we looked at returning scorers for Cocalico, Ephrata, Manheim Central & Warwick!

On our annual "Sportstalk L-L Football Coaches Show Extravaganza", we chatted with Garden Spot Football Head Coach Matt Zamperini about his Spartan squad! Check out the full interview with Coach Z, who answered questions about the Berks/L-L football merger, their wide-open Section race, promising QB & his NEW Offensive Weapons! Plus, what does he like about the Defensive identity? And of course, Coach Zamperini ALWAYS has an inspirational phrase for his squad... wait until you hear it!

Lancaster won a rain-soaked game against Southern Maryland 10-3 to complete the 3-game sweep of the Blue Crabs! Stormers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 3rd inning & kept scoring every inning for the next 5 innings! Shawon Dunston & Trace Loehr each homered, while Damon Dues knocked home 3 more runs! Brady Tedesco threw 7.1 strong innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits, striking out 9 batters!

-- Lancaster is on the road to visit the Lexington Legends for a weekend series, before returning home next week to face Hagerstown for the FINAL series to air on Blue Ridge 11 TV this Summer!