L-L League Football — Week 6: Cocalico vs. Manheim Central (9-27-24)

Manheim Central beat Cocalico 2-1 in a late season Section 2 showdown, with lots of playoff implications on the line!

🔹First quarter, Cocalico’s Maggie Allen scored quickly, followed soon after by a Lady Barons goal from Brooke Nelson! Action remained intense into the 3rd quarter, when Central’s Ella Brubaker scored the eventual game winner off a powerful strike from Paige Garner!

Section 2 Standings (Top 2 go to League Playoffs)

▪️Elizabethtown: 7-0-2

▪️Manheim Central: 4-2-3

▪️Conestoga Valley: 5-4-0

▪️Cocalico: 4-4-1

#5 Cocalico won convincingly in the 1st round of the 3A District 3 ⚽️ Playoffs… beating #12 Eastern York 5-0! Timmy Hambright scored first for the Eagles in the 6th minute & scored again in the 36th minute to give him 2 of Cocalico’s 5 goals! Talen Popolis (13 goals: team lead) had 2 as well for the Eagles! Eli Barry added to the scoring just a minute into the 2nd half! This is the most goals in a single game by Cocalico this season!

🔹#5 Cocalico advanced to the 3A Quarterfinals on Thursday, October 24 to face #4 Shippensburg on the road!

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!

On the latest episode of Sportstalk, Eric May and Tim Reedy discussed who they would pick for our "hypothetical" Postseason L-L League Football Awards! Up for consideration, Running Back of the Year, Wide Receiver of the Year & Quarterback of the Year! Check out who the guys would hand the awards to and let us know your thoughts!

Remember, the Manheim Touchdown Club awards the L-L League "Player of the Year" & L-L League "Lineman of the Year" at their banquet every Spring!