5A State Boys Basketball Playoffs (1st Rd): Mars vs. Manheim Central (3-10-23)

Warwick boys run it to 3-0 with 44-41 win over Section 2 rival Ephrata! Give credit to the Mounts, who gave the unbeaten Warriors all they could handle tonight ??? STATS:? Warwick: Kai Cipalla (20pts) Trevor Evans: Freshman (8pts - Career high) Ephrata: Parke Haws (13pts) Check out the highlights!

Lebanon punches their ticket to the L-L Boys Championship Game on Saturday with a 55-36 win over Cocalico Thursday Night! Eagles Carter Nuneville led all scorers with 19, but Lebanon’s Braden Allwein was on fire, scoring 16pts in 3 quarters on 4-5 shooting from 3pt range! Here’s the highlights!

Garden Spot’s Trey Dwyer put his goal scoring prowess on display against Manheim Central! Early in the 1st, Dwyer put the Spartans ahead 1-0 with a header off a corner kick & scored again just minutes into the 2nd half! He’s got 13 goals for the season! Central’s Aiden Beck slammed home a goal with 5 minutes left in the game, but the Barons ran out of time... falling 2-1 to Garden Spot!

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!