5A District 3 Football Playoffs – Finals: Ephrata vs. Cocalico (11-24-23)

The Cocalico Eagles made history in their 5A District 3 Championship Game, becoming the ONLY #12 seed to EVER WIN a title in District 3 (no matter the classification)... beating #2 Exeter 34-14! It's Cocalico's 4th title in program history, 1st for head coach Bryan Strohl! Eagles last won the 5A Title in 2019!

They now move onto the 5A State Semifinals against Pine-Richland on Friday, December 2! The game will air LIVE on Blue Ridge 11 TV from Mansion Park in Altoona at 7pm!

Cocalico girls lacrosse picked up their 1st win of the year, flying by RIVAL Ephrata…15-7! Danika Sauder scored 5 times to lead the Lady Eagles to the WIN in the “Backyard Brawl” ?? Check out the highlights from this Rivalry Game!

Lancaster Barnstormers picked up a much needed Win over Charleston with a 4-3 victory in Game #2 of the series! Stormers are trying to keep pace with the red-hot York Revolution & Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the North Division!

Cocalico jumped out to an early 3-0 lead at halftime against Donegal! Lady Eagles went onto win this one 5-0, in the 1st EVER playoff meeting between these L-L League foes! Chloe Martin (Cocalico's leading scorer) netted 2 goals... while Kira Lehman, Brielle Martin & Liv Smith also added goals! Cocalico punched their ticket back to the District 3 Semifinals in back to back seasons (2024 & 2023... only time in program history that's happened)

▪️ 3A District 3 Girls Soccer Semifinals: #3 Cocalico hosts Section 2 RIVAL #10 Manheim Central - Monday, October 28 (Talon Field - 7pm)