WHAT A WILD WALKOFF WIN!
Trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the 9th… Lancaster “stormed-back” with 4 runs to walk it off against Staten Island… 7-6! The comeback seemed unlikely after the Stormers trailed 5-0 early & then 6-3 in the 9th… but Lancaster’s next 6 batters reached based, including Joseph Carpenter’s RBI fielder’s choice that scored Shawon Dunston Jr. with the GAME-WINNING RUN!
Ephrata won their FIRST State Playoff game in program History in a wild, come from behind victory over Peters Township… 9-7! Mounts trailed 4-2 Bottom of the 4th… then rattled off 7 straight runs in that inning... took a 9-4 lead & held on for the 9-7 WIN!
Mounts move onto the 5A State Quarterfinals vs. Donegal on Thursday, June 9! It'll be the 2nd time these teams face off in the past 2 weeks... Ephrata got the win 11-1 over Donegal in the District 3 Semifinals!
Ephrata dropped a 9-6 non-league matchup against the #4 ranked team in 6A District 3… Cumberland Valley! Mounts took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning after Landry Weidner crushed a 2 run homer to left! But the Eagles went on an 8-1 run after that and staved off a late-inning, bases loaded rally to beat the Mounts!
-- District 3 baseball playoffs will begin on Friday, May 16!
Statement WIN! Ephrata Girls got themselves right back in the Section 2 Title race with a HUGE win over Lebanon…61-51! Jasmine Griffin was on a mission, scored a Game-High 26pts! Lady Mounts now stand atop the Section standings with a few games to go... check out the highlights!
EXCITING Section 2 Showdown on the mats between Elizabethtown & Cocalico! Eagles led most of the match, but needed late heroics to pick up their 1st win of the season 36-32 over the Bears!
-- Jr. Dane Bollinger with the Biggest Win (and 1st win) of his career, pinning his opponent at 172lbs in the 1st period (1:13) of the last bout of the night!
