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!
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
Great matchup between Ephrata and Cocalico girls ⚽️ in the “Backyard Brawl”… the ONLY meeting this season! But despite both teams’ Best effort… neither Offense scored against the other’s Defense! Great goal keeping from Ephrata’s Amaya Jones & Cocalico’s Molly Barrett! This one went 100 heart-pounding minutes of scoreless action & ended in a 0-0 draw!
🔹Cocalico moved to 3-0-2 while Ephrata is now 2-1-1!
Warwick won 9-2 over Annville-Cleona in the League Quarterfinals & punched their ticket to the L-L League Semifinals to face Section 3 Champ, Northern Lebanon!
▪️Warwick’s Ace Kate Shaak got the Win (7 IP, 10 K, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB) ▪️Isabelle Heagy scored 3 times from the 9th spot for Warwick! Katie Heisey & Emerson Overly combined for 4 of the 9 runs!
Manheim Central Boys Volleyball showed they haven’t missed a beat after a year’s layoff, winning their 38th consecutive League match! Barons knocked off L-L League rival Cocalico 3-0; Central's Blake Wagner had 16 kills! Check out all the action from the court!
