L-L League Boys Volleyball Playoffs: Semifinals – Hempfield vs. Manheim Central (5-13-24)

Cocalico wins Round 1 of the "Backyard Brawl" beating Ephrata 4-0! Timmy Hambright got the scoring started in the 10th minute off a Cade Upson assist! Then Jordan Wambolt & David Pierdomenico made it 3-0 at halftime! Hambright added a 2nd goal 2 minutes after the break! Eagles win & will face Ephrata again on October 1 in a crucial Section 2 late season showdown!

Cocalico & Manheim Central got themselves into a “Hitters Duel” AND it was Highly Entertaining 🤩👏👏 Lady Eagles took the early 6-1 lead, but Central stormed back on an 11-1 spurt… eventually winning 17-10! Riley Hostetter got the Win & had 8 K’s for the Lady Barons, who made it 5 wins in a row!

Cocalico took care of business against Garden Spot winning 3-0! Senior Yohanis Hildebrand had 10 kills for the Eagles, who have won 3 in a row, all by sweep! Cocalico sits in 2nd place tie with Elizabethtown in Section 2 with BIG matches coming up at Ephrata (April 11) & home against Elizabethtown (April 16)!

Columbia punched their ticket to the L-L League Girls Finals with a 51-29 victory over Manheim Central! The Droege Twins, Brie & Brooke, were as advertised... Sensational! Brie led all scorers with 24 points; Brooke had 18! Maddie Knier had 16 points for Manheim Central!

-- Knier is now 4 points away from tying Hilary Waltman (1,937 pts) for #1 All-Time in Lady Barons scoring!