3A District 3 Girls Soccer Playoffs: Semifinals – #10 Manheim Central vs. #3 Cocalico (10-28-24)

Lancaster won a rain-soaked game against Southern Maryland 10-3 to complete the 3-game sweep of the Blue Crabs! Stormers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 3rd inning & kept scoring every inning for the next 5 innings! Shawon Dunston & Trace Loehr each homered, while Damon Dues knocked home 3 more runs! Brady Tedesco threw 7.1 strong innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits, striking out 9 batters!

-- Lancaster is on the road to visit the Lexington Legends for a weekend series, before returning home next week to face Hagerstown for the FINAL series to air on Blue Ridge 11 TV this Summer!

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!

Ephrata punched their ticket to the L-L League Finals after knocking off Section 4 Champ Lancaster Catholic 6-4 in Saturday's Semifinals! Mounts Senior pitcher Tanner McCracken came up huge in the Win...

-- 5 IP, 3 K, 2 H, 2 runs

-- 3-4 at the plate, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored

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-- Ephrata faces Section 2 rival Lampeter-Strasburg on Monday, May 15 for the League Championship at Clipper Magazine Stadium - 7pm

#5 Warwick lost to #9 Muhlenberg 67-45 in the consolation round of the 5A District 3 Boys bracket! Muhls had 3 players in double figures, while Warwick had Caleb Johnsen with 15pts!

Warriors played #2 Lampeter-Strasburg Wednesday, March 1st for 7th place in 5A District 3 & seeding into States!