Boys Soccer: Ephrata vs. Cocalico (9-17-24)

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!

Defending League Champ Cedar Crest is headed back to the L-L League Finals after knocking off Conestoga Valley 57-45 in the League Semifinals! RJ Young led a Senior heavy Falcons squad with 17 points & Danny Speaks added 12! CV’s Freshman Phenom DeMere Salisbery led all scorers with 19 points!

▪️Buckskins turn their attention to the District 3 Playoffs... where they are the 15 seed in the 6A rankings & will travel to #2 Mechanicsburg on Tuesday, February 18!

🔹Cedar Crest is looking to win back to back League 🏀🏆 just like they did in 2014 & 2015!

Manheim Central remained unbeaten this Season at 4-0... beating Ephrata 3-0! The defending Section 2 champs have won 12 straight league games!

▪️Barons: Reagan Miller - 10 kills... Landon Mattiace - 6 kills and 5 blocks… Dylan Musser - 28 assists!

🔸Ephrata: Austin Greiner - 8 kills, 7 digs & 1 ace... Prabvir Kullar - 3 blocks & an ace... Brayden Fries added 14 assists!

Ephrata (10-0) stayed UNBEATEN in Section 2 after a 49-32 Win over Warwick! Ephrata's Marie McCracken led all scorers with 17 points... Leah Caldwell chipped in 10 points! Kara Lipisko led Warwick in scoring with 10 points!

⇒ Lady Mounts clinched their 5th Section 2 Title in 6 years later in the week with a win over Solanco! They will host a quarterfinal game in the L-L League Playoffs on Saturday, February 8!