5A PIAA Baseball Playoffs (1st Rd.): Peters Township vs. Ephrata (6-6-22)

Ephrata opened up the 2025 High School Baseball Season with a 12-2 Win over cross-town rival Warwick! Mounts Junior pitcher Camryn Simes (1-0) struck out 10 Warwick batters thru 6 innings, giving up 1 hit & 2 runs! Leadoff hitter Ethan Hunt reached base ALL 5 at-bats, scored 4 times (4 BB, 1b, 4 runs, 2 RBI)... The Warriors’ 4 pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts of their own, but gave up 9 walks & hit 4 batters!

🔹Both teams are back at it this week… Ephrata (1-0) hosts Donegal on Wednesday, March 19 at War Memorial Field (7pm)… Warwick (0-1) goes to Hempfield on Friday, March 21 (4:15pm)

Warwick wins a hard-fought contest against Section 1 Foe Conestoga Valley…2-1! Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to a pair of goals from Freshman Addy Zimmerman! Then they had to hang on late for the WIN! Check out the highlights AND stay tuned for our “Play of the Game”!

The "Backyard Brawl" DID NOT DISAPPOINT! Cocalico & Ephrata both put on a show for the Fans, but it was the Mounts earning the hard-fought 16-13 Win over their crosstown rival Cocalico!

Ephrata scorers:

-- Montgomery Sensenig: 4 Goals

-- Parker Snow: 3 Goals

-- Tyler Thomas: 3 Goals

-- Tanner Parmer: 3 Goals

Cocalico scorers:

-- Kaden Martin: 5 Goals

-- Andrew Digman: 4 Goals

-- Tate Renaud: 3 Goals

It was “Dig Pink Night” for the annual “Backyard Brawl” in girls volleyball 🩷🏐🩷 Ephrata jumped out to the early 2-0 lead, but Cocalico grabbed Game 3… 25-18 to avoid the sweep! Lady Mounts regrouped & won Game 4… 25-15 to take the match 3-1! Ephrata's Sofia Rios had a Great serving night with 7 total aces! Martina Elliot led the team with 14 kills! For the Lady Eagles, Jaclyn Niven had 16 kills and 5 blocks!