District 3 Boys Basketball Playoffs — 5A 1st Rd: #16 Spring Grove vs. #1 Manheim Central (2/18/25)

When Cocalico & Manheim Central meet in a HS Hoops game… you can throw out records & playoff seedings… it’s just a RIVALRY GAME! Eagles & Barons treated Fans to another classic... needing Overtime to decide this District 3 Playoff matchup! Camden Ochs hit a buzzer-beating jumper to keep Cocalico’s season alive… 59-58! Ochs led all scorers with 21 points, Timmy Hambright had 17 points for the Eagles, including 5 three-pointers! Manheim Central had 4 players in double figures… Ryan Kenneff (17pts), Chase Book (16pts), Landon Zeiset (15pts/13 rebounds) & Mason Rodgers (10pts)!

🔹#12 Cocalico faced #10 Lower Dauphin in the 9th place Final on Thursday, February 27 at 7pm! Cocalico won 66-57 to punch their ticket to the State Playoffs for the FIRST time since 1984!

▪️Manheim Central wrapped up their season at 21-5 with a Section 3 title!

Check out the list of Ephrata Mounts signing their college letters of intent and hear from a couple of the Seniors about their decisions!

Lampeter-Strasburg & Manheim Central squared off for the 3rd time this year… this time in the L-L League Semifinals! While both offenses were sizzlin…including each squad hitting 11-3pters… it was LS getting the win again, 75-68! Ty Burton was sensational, had a Season High 33 points for Lampeter-Strasburg! Trey Grube led the Barons with 26 points; Judd Novak had 22! Check out these highlights...

Warwick staked their claim as "Top Dog" in Section 2 with a 53-36 Win over Ephrata! Parker Horst (16pts) & Caleb McCamant (14pts) poured in Season Highs for the Warriors, who used a 16-7 advantage in the 3rd quarter to blow the game open! Marcus Hardin led Ephrata with 11 points!

-- The rematch is January 28 at Ephrata!