Cocalico held on for another close win in Section 2 beating Garden Spot 63-60! Both teams made a mad dash for the finish line, combining for 44 points in the 4th quarter! By the way, Eagles are 2-0 in Section 2!
Cocalico scoring: 🔹Camden Ochs – 21 points 🔹Timmy Hambright – 18 points (3-3’s; 7-8 FT) 🔹Ty Wealand – 14 points (3-3’s; 3-4 FT)
Garden Spot scoring: 🔹AJ Hurst – 17 points (3-3’s) 🔹Ryder Hertzler – 15 points 🔹Jeff St. Jean – 12 points (2-3’s)
The "Backyard Brawl" lived up to the rivalry & tension, as Ephrata went up 1-0 after Game 1... but Cocalico came storming back to win the next 3 games! Eagles take round 1 between the Section 2 foes... 3-1! Yohanis Hildebrand had 22 kills for Cocalico; Owen Weaver had 24 for Ephrata!
-- Pencil in Round 2 between Cocalico & Ephrata for Tuesday, May 9... last game of the regular season!
Ephrata won decisively in their L-L League Quarterfinals match up with Donegal, beating the Indians 11-1 in 5 innings! Ben Burkey got the Win... Mounts top of the order(Schwanger, McCracken, Hurst) went 7-9 with 8 RBI & 5 runs scored!
-- Ephrata (Section 2 Champs) plays Lancaster Catholic (Section 4 Champs) Saturday in the League Semifinals at 1pm (War Memorial Field - Ephrata)
