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

When Cocalico & Manheim Central meet in a HS Hoops game… you can throw out records & playoff seedings… it’s just a RIVALRY GAME! Eagles & Barons treated Fans to another classic... needing Overtime to decide this District 3 Playoff matchup! Camden Ochs hit a buzzer-beating jumper to keep Cocalico’s season alive… 59-58! Ochs led all scorers with 21 points, Timmy Hambright had 17 points for the Eagles, including 5 three-pointers! Manheim Central had 4 players in double figures… Ryan Kenneff (17pts), Chase Book (16pts), Landon Zeiset (15pts/13 rebounds) & Mason Rodgers (10pts)!

🔹#12 Cocalico faced #10 Lower Dauphin in the 9th place Final on Thursday, February 27 at 7pm! Cocalico won 66-57 to punch their ticket to the State Playoffs for the FIRST time since 1984!

▪️Manheim Central wrapped up their season at 21-5 with a Section 3 title!

Re-live Tuesday’s EPIC 2OT thriller between Lebanon & Warwick Boys, winner punched their ticket to the League Playoffs! Both squads slugged it out for 6 quarters, but when the buzzer finally sounded, Lebanon knocked off Warwick 62-61! Check out our highlights...

Another stellar L-L League Wrestling Championship in the books! Here’s a look at the sights and sounds from the days’ action from Manheim Township HS!

🔹Conestoga Valley won the boys team title after they sent 6 wrestlers to the Finals, winning 5 🥇 Ephrata finished 4th, Manheim Central 6th, Cocalico 9th, Warwick 11th & Garden Spot 17th! On the girls side, JP McCaskey won the team title over Hempfield, with Warwick finishing 7th as our only local school with a girls team!

▪️Congrats to Northern Lebanon’s Aaron Seidel who joined the 4X League Champion Club winning at 133lbs!

Lancaster Stormers jumped all over Hagerstown early tonight, putting up 4 runs in the 1st... tacking on more runs later to win 8-2 over the Flying Boxcars! ▪️Bottom 1st: Isan Diaz blasted a solo homer, Joe Stewart smacked a 2 RBI double (scoring Niko Hulsizer & Mason Martin) & then Stewart came around to score on a Joe Carpenter RBI single! ▪️Brady Tedesco got the Win: 7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 8 K’s