6A District 3 Softball Playoffs: First Round – #12 Red Lion vs. #5 Warwick (5-20-24)

MAJOR UPSET! #16 Spring Grove knocked off #1 Manheim Central 45-38 in the First Round of the 5A District 3 Playoffs! Barons had a 13-6 lead after the 1st quarter, but the Rockets outscored Central 39-25 the rest of the way! Ky’sier Ludvig led the Rockets with 14 points! Ryan Kenneff had a Game-High 15 points in the Barons loss!

▪️#1 Manheim Central dropped down into the 9th place consolation bracket and played again on Friday, February 21 against #9 Middletown (winning 43-39)!

An absolute CLASSIC District 3 Playoff softball game! #9 Ephrata & #8 Manheim Central traded runs & Momentum each inning, putting on a THRILLING show for the fans in attendance!

-- Lady Mounts led early 3-2... Lady Barons fought back to make it 4-4!

-- Ephrata re-took the lead 8-4 in the 6th... Central stormed back to tie it 8-8!

-- Ephrata answered right back in the 7th with 8 runs... 16-8!

-- Bottom 7th, Central clawed back to make it 16-14, but the rally ended short there!

-- Ephrata advanced to the 5A Quarterfinals on Thursday, May 25 against #1 Solanco

In the 60th meeting of the "Backyard Brawl"... Cocalico beat Ephrata 10-7! It's the 9th straight win for the Eagles in this rivalry, as the Review Cup stays in Denver! But the All-Time series tightens up to 31-29 in favor of Ephrata!

-- Cocalico: Dane Horning's 30 yard TD run in the 2nd quarter was the difference for the Eagles! Talen Popolis also added a field goal in the win!

-- Ephrata: Brayden Brown ripped off a nifty 76 yard TD run for the Mounts only score!

Ephrata opened up the 2025 High School Baseball Season with a 12-2 Win over cross-town rival Warwick! Mounts Junior pitcher Camryn Simes (1-0) struck out 10 Warwick batters thru 6 innings, giving up 1 hit & 2 runs! Leadoff hitter Ethan Hunt reached base ALL 5 at-bats, scored 4 times (4 BB, 1b, 4 runs, 2 RBI)... The Warriors’ 4 pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts of their own, but gave up 9 walks & hit 4 batters!

🔹Both teams are back at it this week… Ephrata (1-0) hosts Donegal on Wednesday, March 19 at War Memorial Field (7pm)… Warwick (0-1) goes to Hempfield on Friday, March 21 (4:15pm)