Manheim Central and Cocalico wrestled a WHOPPER of a match as the Section 2 Title was on the line for the Barons! It was back & forth all night… but Central sent out their Hammer, Brett Barbush to seal it with a pin at 160lbs! Barons won 32-30 & moved to 6-0 in Section 2 with one match remaining against Donegal on January 25!
Manheim Central looked every bit a Top 3 AA team in the state of PA against Cocalico! Barons won 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-17)... handing the Eagles their only 2 losses in Section 2 play this year! Central also has yet to drop a game in a match this season (30-0 vs. opponents)! Barons improved to 8-0!
Warwick won 9-2 over Annville-Cleona in the League Quarterfinals & punched their ticket to the L-L League Semifinals to face Section 3 Champ, Northern Lebanon!
▪️Warwick’s Ace Kate Shaak got the Win (7 IP, 10 K, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB) ▪️Isabelle Heagy scored 3 times from the 9th spot for Warwick! Katie Heisey & Emerson Overly combined for 4 of the 9 runs!
And the Gold Medal goes to... the Exeter Eagles, who knocked off #1 Manheim Central 67-53 in the 5A District 3 Championship Game! Barons never really had an answer for 6'7" Anthony Caccese, who had a Game-High 22 points for Exeter! Trey Grube led Central with 19 points & had a pair of 3pters... which moved his L-L Record up to 305 Career 3pters made!
Both Exeter & Manheim Central move onto the PIAA 5A State Tournament on Friday, March 10!
Cocalico completed the comeback Win over Warwick… 9-6… with 5 unanswered goals in the 4th quarter to close out the game! Eagles Tate Renaud had 3 Goals, Evan Youndt & Alex Stokrp each had 2! Warriors Cole McSparren had 2 Goals! Here are the highlights…
