Atlantic League Baseball: Long Island vs. Lancaster (6-30-24)

Columbia punched their ticket to the L-L League Girls Finals with a 51-29 victory over Manheim Central! The Droege Twins, Brie & Brooke, were as advertised... Sensational! Brie led all scorers with 24 points; Brooke had 18! Maddie Knier had 16 points for Manheim Central!

-- Knier is now 4 points away from tying Hilary Waltman (1,937 pts) for #1 All-Time in Lady Barons scoring!

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

York Suburban headed back across Route 30 with a 1-0 Win against Manheim Central! Trojans won their 1st game of the year, in their only trip to Lancaster County in 2024! Quite a Defensive battle in this one… Trojans Goalie Gehret Gentzyel & Barons keeper Zach Spangler played stellar, but York Suburban scored off a 2nd half corner kick in the 51st minute! That lone goal held up for the victory!

In a “Battle of the Unbeatens” early in the Section 2 season, Manheim Central took Cocalico’s Best shot but handed the Eagles their first loss of the year… 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-22, 27-25)! Reagan Miller had a big day for the Barons with 21 kills & 2 huge aces in Game 4! Cocalico’s Colson Hildebrand had 14 kills for the Eagles!

🔹Round 2 is at Cocalico on Thursday, April 24… By the way, Manheim Central is ranked #2 in AA in the State!