In a showdown between former Section 1 foes, Hempfield Girls came out on top of Warwick… 47-27! Sophia Ott led the Black Knights with 19pts; Olivia Shertzer led the Warriors with 9! Check out the highlights from this game…
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!
Garden Spot knocked off Cocalico 8-0… earning a much needed win for their League playoff hopes, which kept them in pace with Manheim Central for the 2nd spot in Section 3! Spartans also won the season series 2-1 vs. the Eagles!
🔹Spartan pitcher Ryder Hertzler threw 6 scoreless innings... with 2 hits & 11 K’s! He had a no-hit bid busted up in the 5th! Teammate Connor Manning came in to preserve the shutout!
It's a Senior Night victory for Ephrata, who beat Conestoga Valley 16-5! Lady Mounts woke the bats up in the 2nd inning, scoring 7 runs and NEVER looked back! Hot bat of the night belonged to Senior Maddie Russell... 5-5, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 single, 5 RBI, 2 runs scored... as well as 4+ shutdown innings in the circle!
-- Ephrata swept the season series 3-0 against CV, with games against JP McCaskey, Lebanon, Elizabethtown & Dallastown still left on the schedule!
