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

The “Backyard Brawl” between Cocalico & Ephrata came down to the FINAL bout of the night… tied 29-29! Ephrata’s Kaleb Sweigart survived a 13-11 decision at 172lbs against Cocalico’s Dane Bollinger! Mounts Won 32-29… picked up their 9th straight dual win to wrap up the season & knocked off the Eagles for the 2nd year in a row!

🔹Cocalico got pins from Chase Breneman (114), Blake Shenk (139) & Nolan Steiner (285)! Sam Hershey (121) earned a Tech Fall!

🔸Ephrata had pins from Noah Tlumach (152) & Quincy Myer (189)! Brody Musser (145) added a Tech Fall!

It's a Senior Night victory for Ephrata, who beat Conestoga Valley 16-5! Lady Mounts woke the bats up in the 2nd inning, scoring 7 runs and NEVER looked back! Hot bat of the night belonged to Senior Maddie Russell... 5-5, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 single, 5 RBI, 2 runs scored... as well as 4+ shutdown innings in the circle!

-- Ephrata swept the season series 3-0 against CV, with games against JP McCaskey, Lebanon, Elizabethtown & Dallastown still left on the schedule!

Warwick punched their ticket back to the L-L League Championship Game with a 2-0 win over Conestoga Valley in the League Semifinals! Rylan Treumpy & Levi Hoover scored the goals for Warwick!

-- League Finals: Wednesday, October 16 - Hempfield vs. Warwick (7:30pm) at Lancaster Bible College

On our annual "Sportstalk L-L Football Coaches Show Extravaganza", we chatted with Ephrata Football Head Coach Kris Miller about his Mounts squad! Check out the full interview with Coach Miller, who answered questions about the Berks/L-L football merger, their wide-open Section, stud RB Andre Weidman & how the Offense will function around him! Plus, what are some other names to remember? And of course, Ephrata's hopes to break their LONG District 3 Playoff drought!