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

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)

MAJOR UPSET! #16 Spring Grove knocked off #1 Manheim Central 45-38 in the First Round of the 5A District 3 Playoffs! Barons had a 13-6 lead after the 1st quarter, but the Rockets outscored Central 39-25 the rest of the way! Ky’sier Ludvig led the Rockets with 14 points! Ryan Kenneff had a Game-High 15 points in the Barons loss!

▪️#1 Manheim Central dropped down into the 9th place consolation bracket and played again on Friday, February 21 against #9 Middletown (winning 43-39)!

Lancaster waited until late in the game to pounce on Hagerstown, scoring all 5 runs in the 7th inning, thanks to a 3 run homer from Mason Martin (12th of the season)! Stormers beat the Flying Boxcars 5-2, Adam Wibert got the Win... Stephen Nogosek earned the save!

-- Tune in Wednesday Night at 6:40pm for Game #2 between Hagerstown & Lancaster!

Conestoga Valley kept their UNDEFEATED season alive beating Shippensburg 35-24 in the 5A District 3 Quarterfinals! CV equaled the program’s Best start to a season at 11-0, tied with the 1985 Buckskins! CV’s Isaiah Sensenig ran the opening kickoff back 88 yards for a TD! Buckskins had 4 other rushing touchdowns in the game (Teagan Ruble - 2; Jayden Johnson - 1; Sawyer Esbenshade - 1) Conestoga Valley advanced to the District 3 Semifinals for the first time since 2000!

🔹5A District 3 Semifinals: #8 Exeter vs. #4 Conestoga Valley (Friday, November 15 at 7pm on Blue Ridge 11 📺)