Baseball: Warwick vs. Ephrata (3-27-23)

Manheim Central stared down another challenger for the Section 2 crown & came away with the 63-51 WIN! Sam Witmer led the Barons with 16 points; Jackson Tracy added 12! Central moves to 9-1 in Section play & stayed ahead of the pack!

-- For Ephrata, Dylan Kohl had 15 points... Cooper Truskey had 14 points (4 - 3's)

In a battle of 1st place teams in Section 3, Manheim Central Girls got a STATEMENT WIN over Garden Spot…51-35! Lady Barons move to 3-0 in league play, 3-1 overall! Maddie Knier had a Game-High 24pts (tied a season high)…Rachel Nolt added 14! Taylor Soehner led the Spartans with 14! Here’s a recap…

The "Backyard Brawl" lived up to the rivalry & tension, as Ephrata went up 1-0 after Game 1... but Cocalico came storming back to win the next 3 games! Eagles take round 1 between the Section 2 foes... 3-1! Yohanis Hildebrand had 22 kills for Cocalico; Owen Weaver had 24 for Ephrata!

-- Pencil in Round 2 between Cocalico & Ephrata for Tuesday, May 9... last game of the regular season!

Ephrata won their FIRST State Playoff game in program History in a wild, come from behind victory over Peters Township… 9-7! Mounts trailed 4-2 Bottom of the 4th… then rattled off 7 straight runs in that inning... took a 9-4 lead & held on for the 9-7 WIN!

Mounts move onto the 5A State Quarterfinals vs. Donegal on Thursday, June 9! It'll be the 2nd time these teams face off in the past 2 weeks... Ephrata got the win 11-1 over Donegal in the District 3 Semifinals!