L-L Girl’s Basketball: Hempfield vs. Warwick (1-14-22)

Ephrata won a highly competitive game against Cedar Crest... 14-13! Senior Grace Willetts & Freshman Ryleigh Warner each had 5 goals for the Lady Mounts!

-- Major Milestone -- Grace Willetts scored her 100th Career Goal as an Ephrata Lady Mount!

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!

The Lancaster-Lebanon League ladies made history this year as they made their OFFICIAL debut at the 2024 L-L Championships! 13 girls were crowned champions & JP McCaskey took home the team title!

Here’s a list of the Girls' Champions from 100lbs - 235lbs!

100lbs -- Hattie Mack, Hempfield

106lbs -- Yenyia Terry, Manheim Township

112lbs -- Journie Rodriquez, JP McCaskey

118lbs -- Addison Horner, Hempfield

124lbs -- Cleona O’Brien, Hempfield

130lbs -- Liana Samuel, JP McCaskey

136lbs -- Kaliea Timko, JP McCaskey

142lbs -- Anisa Orr, Penn Manor

148lbs -- Kylie Mays, Hempfield

155lbs -- KoriElle McMillion, Warwick

170lbs -- Ytzel Figuerero-Rivera, JP McCaskey

190lbs -- Jurelys Peguero, JP McCaskey

235lbs -- Brooklynn Ayala, Penn Manor

-- Most Falls in Least Amount of Time -- Cleona O’Brien, Hempfield 4 in 10:08

-- Jonathan E. Mitchell Outstanding Wrestler -- Journie Rodriguez, JP McCaskey

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!