L-L Baseball: Lampeter-Strasburg vs. Ephrata (4-12-21)

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)

In a low-scoring, defensive battle between Section 3 contenders Cocalico and Warwick, the game came down to the last play… a Hail Mary that felt incomplete for the Warriors! Eagles win a tight one 10-7!

 ♦ Warwick scored in the 1st quarter on a 14 yard TD connection between QB Thomas Myers & WR Judah Willard!

🔹 Cocalico answered back in the 2nd quarter on a long, 89 yard TD dash by Brayden Eppinette! Neither team scored again until Talen Popolis kicked the game-winning field late in the 4th quarter!

-- Cocalico: 2-0 in Section 3... 3-2 overall

-- Warwick: 1-1 in Section 3... 2-3 overall

Warwick won in dramatic fashion 66-65 over Penn Manor thanks to a Tyree Hughes Game-Winning 3pter! Warriors are back in the L-L League Finals… last time was 2020 & 2019! It'll be Warwick vs. Cedar Crest in the 2024 Boys L-L League Final (Friday, February 16 at 7pm)

▪️Warwick made 14 - 3pters‼️ (4 players in double figures)

▪️Tyree Hughes: 18pts (5-3’s)

▪️Ya'Majesty Washington: 13pts (2-3’s)

▪️Caleb Johnsen: 12pts (3-3’s)

▪️Trevor Evans: 10pts (2-3’s)

🔸Ethan Benne (PM): 23pts (2-3's)

🔸Dhamir Wesley (PM): 14pts

Ephrata Boys Soccer kept their season alive with a comeback win in the 4A District 3 Playoffs! Mounts scored 2 Goals in the 2nd half against Mechanicsburg to advance to Saturday's Quarterfinals! Goals by Logan Bitner & Luke Wingenroth! Check out the highlights...