John Manion Career Reflection

Manheim Central Lady Barons checked ALL the right boxes for a 6-0 WIN against Cedar Crest on Senior Night!

▪️WIN on Senior Night ✅

▪️Keep pace with the Ephrata Lady Mounts in Section 2 ✅

▪️Strengthen District 3 Power Ranking ✅

Here’s our recap from Manheim…

Ephrata Softball gets the WIN in this year’s “Backyard Brawl”... 10-7 over the Lady Eagles! Ephrata Pitcher Ellie Meier struck out 10 in the victory! Lady Mounts have 1 final game against Hershey & then await their District 3 Playoff future!

Ephrata came out strong & took Game 1 from Manheim Central. ONLY their 2nd game surrendered this season! But the Barons regrouped & stormed back to win 3 games in a row! Central remains unbeaten at 10-0, knocking off Ephrata 3-1! Barons swept the season series 2-0! ALL eyes on the rematch with Garden spot next week!

#6 Manheim Central moved onto the next round of 5A District 3 Playoffs after a 32-25 win over #11 Cocalico! Lady Barons also qualified for the PIAA State Tournament in March! For Central, Gianna Walters had 12 points, including a pair of 3-pointers… giving her a Single-Season High 51–3’s (101 Career)! Maddie Gehman added 11 points, 9 in the first half to get the Lady Barons going! Cocalico’s Kira Lehman dropped a Game-High 14 points, but the Lady Eagles season ended at 12-11!

▪️Next up: 5A District 3 Quarterfinals -- #6 Manheim Central at #3 Northern York (Thursday, February 20 - 7pm at Northern York HS)