Round 1 of the “Backyard Brawl” went to Ephrata (4-1 Sec. 2) who knocked off rival Cocalico (3-3 Sec. 2) 58-43! Mounts used a 17-4 advantage in the 4th quarter to pull away! Ephrata’s Marqus Hardin led all scorers with 22 points! Landry Kopp & Grayson Shellhammer each added 11! Cocalico’s Timmy Hambright had 19 points, including 5 three-pointers!
🔹the rematch is February 5… Ephrata AT Cocalico… ON Blue Ridge 11 📺
EXCITING Section 2 Showdown on the mats between Elizabethtown & Cocalico! Eagles led most of the match, but needed late heroics to pick up their 1st win of the season 36-32 over the Bears!
-- Jr. Dane Bollinger with the Biggest Win (and 1st win) of his career, pinning his opponent at 172lbs in the 1st period (1:13) of the last bout of the night!
Cocalico ran into a very tough Lancaster Catholic squad in the quarterfinals as the Eagles & Crusaders traded shots & saves… but neither team could put one home… UNTIL Cocalico netted the game winner in 2OT! Jordan Wambolt was the hero for the Eagles, scoring in the 103rd minute to give Cocalico the 1-0 win!
🔹 Cocalico boys fell to Hempfield in the League Semifinals 1-0 in overtime!
Warwick & Cocalico played to a 1-1 draw… AGAIN! Ella Shirk scored in the 4th minute, giving the Warriors a brief 1-0 lead! But Kira Lehman tied it up for Cocalico just minutes later on a header off a corner kick! Both teams spent the next 90 minutes, thru 2OT’s trying to net the game winner! ** (This is now twice this season these teams have played to a 1-1 tie)
🔹Cocalico finishes 8-0-2 & captures their FIRST Section 2 Title in program history
▪️Warwick is 6-1-2 in Section 2 & has clinched a berth in the League Playoffs! They have one game left in League play against Solanco on Monday, October 7!
