Month: February 2025

Cedar Crest defeated Warwick 45-40 to win the L-L League Boys Title Back-to-Back & their 6th in school history! RJ Young scored 9 first quarter points to give the Falcons a 13-6 lead! Warwick stormed back in the 2nd quarter with a 14-4 run to take a 20-19 lead at halftime! In the 3rd quarter, the Falcons went on a 10-0 run to take a 29-22 lead only to see Warwick answer with an 8-0 run to take the lead BACK, to finish the quarter leading 32-31! Cedar Crest finished strong in the 4th, out-scoring the Warriors 14-8 to raise the trophy again! Seniors Danny Speaks and RJ Young each scored 14 points to lead Cedar Crest, while Senior Parker Horst led all scorers with 15 points for Warwick!

-- 6A District 3 Playoffs begin Tuesday, February 18 for both of these teams! #12 Cedar Crest will visit #5 Wilson! #7 Warwick will host #10 Governor Mifflin! Winners advance to the 6A Quarterfinals... losers' season is over!

Once AGAIN… the Warwick Warriors are headed to the L-L League Boys 🏀 Championship & once again… they will face Cedar Crest!

▪️Warwick beat Lancaster Mennonite 59-35 in the L-L Semifinals, thanks to a Career-High 20 points from Caleb McCamant (3-3’s)! Ya’Majesty Washington added 18 points (4-3’s)… both players combined to outscore LMH 38-35! Warwick’s Defense also held Cody Fisher, the League’s 6th highest scorer (17PPG), to just 2 points!

🔹L-L League Finals: Section 2 Champ Warwick (19-4) vs. Section 1 Champ Cedar Crest (16-7) — Friday, February 14 at Manheim Township HS at 7pm!

Defending League Champ Cedar Crest is headed back to the L-L League Finals after knocking off Conestoga Valley 57-45 in the League Semifinals! RJ Young led a Senior heavy Falcons squad with 17 points & Danny Speaks added 12! CV’s Freshman Phenom DeMere Salisbery led all scorers with 19 points!

▪️Buckskins turn their attention to the District 3 Playoffs... where they are the 15 seed in the 6A rankings & will travel to #2 Mechanicsburg on Tuesday, February 18!

🔹Cedar Crest is looking to win back to back League 🏀🏆 just like they did in 2014 & 2015!

Survive & ADVANCE! Warwick hung on to beat Octorara 51-49 in the Quarterfinals of the L-L League 🏀 Tournament! Braves made a mad-dash in the 4th quarter, outscored the Warriors 24-10! Chase Fetrow led all scorers with 21 points (4-3’s) for Octorara! But Warwick got 14 points (2-3’s) out of Caleb McCamant & a double-double from Ya’Majesty Washington (11pts/10+ blocks)!

▪️It’ll be Section 2 Champ Warwick (18-4) vs. Section 4 Champ Lancaster Mennonite (20-2) in the L-L League Semifinals on Wednesday, February 12 {weather permitting} at Conestoga Valley HS (7:30pm) We WILL AIR this game LIVE on Blue Ridge 11 📺

Ephrata claimed bragging rights this year, sweeping the “Backyard Brawl” 2-0 against Cocalico! In Round 2 of the Rivalry, Mounts won 54-34 at the Eagles Nest… Landry Kopp led all scorers with 18 points (2-3's)! Marqus Hardin (11 points) & Grayson Shellhammer (10 points) were both in double figures for Ephrata! Ty Wealand (4-3’s) led the Eagles with 14 points, Camden Ochs added 11!

🔹Both teams now turn their attention to the District 3 Playoffs the week of February 18!

The “Backyard Brawl” between Cocalico & Ephrata came down to the FINAL bout of the night… tied 29-29! Ephrata’s Kaleb Sweigart survived a 13-11 decision at 172lbs against Cocalico’s Dane Bollinger! Mounts Won 32-29… picked up their 9th straight dual win to wrap up the season & knocked off the Eagles for the 2nd year in a row!

🔹Cocalico got pins from Chase Breneman (114), Blake Shenk (139) & Nolan Steiner (285)! Sam Hershey (121) earned a Tech Fall!

🔸Ephrata had pins from Noah Tlumach (152) & Quincy Myer (189)! Brody Musser (145) added a Tech Fall!

EPIC comeback for Manheim Central, who trailed Warwick by 15pts in the 2nd quarter & again by 14pts in the 3rd… BUT the Barons posted 45 points in the 2nd half to pull out the victory 69-65! Central’s Mason Rodgers led all scorers with 21 points (5-3pters), Ryan Kenneff has 16 points (10-11 FT)! Ya’Majesty Washington led the Warriors with 19 points (3-3pters), Caleb Johnsen added 16!

Conestoga Valley clinched a spot in the L-L League Playoffs with a 55-45 Win over Cocalico! Buckskins relied on a trio of scorers… DaMere Salisbery, Grayson Fisher & Sawyer Esbenshade… who all dropped in 12 points a piece! CV also hit 7 three-pointers in the game! Cocalico was led by Camden Ochs, who had a game-high 15 points… Timmy Hambright added 11!

🔹Both teams have 1 League game left! We’ll have the Ephrata at Cocalico boys 🏀 game on Blue Ridge 11 📺 next Wednesday, February 5!

Ephrata (10-0) stayed UNBEATEN in Section 2 after a 49-32 Win over Warwick! Ephrata's Marie McCracken led all scorers with 17 points... Leah Caldwell chipped in 10 points! Kara Lipisko led Warwick in scoring with 10 points!

⇒ Lady Mounts clinched their 5th Section 2 Title in 6 years later in the week with a win over Solanco! They will host a quarterfinal game in the L-L League Playoffs on Saturday, February 8!