Last night on Sportstalk, former Cocalico Football Head Coach Phil Kauffman & Blue Ridge 11 Sports’ “Voice of L-L Football”, Eric May, give their thoughts on our local football teams’ performances in Week 1 of the HS Football Season!! We’ve got breakdowns of the first game of the season for Cocalico, Warwick, Manheim Central & Ephrata…
Garden Spot came away with a big Section 3 win over Manheim Central… 28-9! Gabe Martin & Andrew Pemberton accounted for all 4 of the Spartans TD’s! 2 rushing for Martin, 1 TD toss to Pemberton, who also ran the 2nd half kickoff back for a 92yd TD! Central scored both a TD & a safety on blocked punts!
▪️ Garden Spot improved to 4-4… Manheim Central fell to 3-6!
Cocalico Boys Volleyball got the 3-0 sweep over Ephrata in the “Backyard Brawl” ??? Here’s the highlights from a BIG Win for the Eagles! These 2 Rivals will meet up AGAIN in the Final regular season game of the Spring on May 11!
When Cocalico & Manheim Central meet in a HS Hoops game… you can throw out records & playoff seedings… it’s just a RIVALRY GAME! Eagles & Barons treated Fans to another classic... needing Overtime to decide this District 3 Playoff matchup! Camden Ochs hit a buzzer-beating jumper to keep Cocalico’s season alive… 59-58! Ochs led all scorers with 21 points, Timmy Hambright had 17 points for the Eagles, including 5 three-pointers! Manheim Central had 4 players in double figures… Ryan Kenneff (17pts), Chase Book (16pts), Landon Zeiset (15pts/13 rebounds) & Mason Rodgers (10pts)!
🔹#12 Cocalico faced #10 Lower Dauphin in the 9th place Final on Thursday, February 27 at 7pm! Cocalico won 66-57 to punch their ticket to the State Playoffs for the FIRST time since 1984!
▪️Manheim Central wrapped up their season at 21-5 with a Section 3 title!
#7 Warwick advanced to the next round of the 5A District 3 Softball Playoffs after a 13-3 Win in 5 innings over #10 Northern York! Warriors fell behind 3-0 early, but stormed back with 13 unanswered runs in the 3rd, 4th & 5th innings! Brooklyn Nolt, Mackenzie Ellis, Katie Heisey & Emerson Overly went a combined 7-11 at the top of the order with 9 RBI, 7 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 triple & 2 BB! Kate Shaak (5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 5 K, 3 BB) got her 16th Win of the season for Warwick!
▪️Next up: 5A District 3 Quarterfinals on Friday, May 23 vs. #2 Solanco (REMATCH of the L-L 🥎 Finals, where Solanco beat Warwick 7-4)
