HUGE WIN for Ephrata against Section 3 foe Lancaster Catholic! Mounts scored 15 unanswered points in a 4th QT comeback win over the Crusaders… 29-21! Ephrata is now 5-2 overall, 2-0 in Section 3… tied with Lampeter-Strasburg for 1st place! Check out these highlights…
The Ephrata Mounts, your back to back Section 2 Champs and reigning 2023 L-L League Champ, advanced to the next round after a 7-1 Win over Lancaster Catholic in the League Quarterfinals! Trent Wolf went 5 innings on the mound for the Mounts, giving up just 3 hits & 1 run… Plus, he had 2 RBI at the plate!
🔸Ephrata will face Manheim Township in the Semifinals on Saturday, May 11 at 2pm (War Memorial Field)
Ephrata claimed bragging rights this year, sweeping the “Backyard Brawl” 2-0 against Cocalico! In Round 2 of the Rivalry, Mounts won 54-34 at the Eagles Nest… Landry Kopp led all scorers with 18 points (2-3's)! Marqus Hardin (11 points) & Grayson Shellhammer (10 points) were both in double figures for Ephrata! Ty Wealand (4-3’s) led the Eagles with 14 points, Camden Ochs added 11!
🔹Both teams now turn their attention to the District 3 Playoffs the week of February 18!
In Game #1 of the ⚽️ Backyard Brawl Doubleheader ⚽️ Cocalico earned bragging rights for the next 364 days as the Eagles knocked off Ephrata 3-0! Huge night for Cocalico’s leading scorer Luke Main… who set the Cocalico Boys Soccer single season scoring record with Goal #16 & #17! Congrats Luke ?? & Good Luck to the Eagles in the postseason!
Mounts WALKED IT OFF 3-2 over Manheim Central in a WILD ending to a fast-paced, close game! Barons took the early lead with 2 runs in the 3rd inning, but the Mounts answered back with 2 runs in the 4th inning! After 7 full innings, the game was tied 2-2... so we went extra innings! Ephrata loaded the bases bottom of the 8th inning & on a full count, Ethan Hunt took off for home... the pitch hit JD Muhr and Ephrata Won in dramatic fashion! -- Camryn Simes (7-0) came away with the Win in relief for Ephrata!
