District 3 Boys Soccer Playoffs: 3A First Round | #12 Shippensburg vs. #5 Cocalico (10-20-25)

On Senior Night, Ephrata ran into the hot bats of Conestoga Valley, who scored 13 runs on 10 hits to beat the Lady Mounts 13-3 in 5 innings! Big night at the plate for CV's Ava Smith, Bianca Henry & Laila Smith... who all combined to go 9-10 at the plate with 10 RBI! Buckskins Julia Rhoads picked up her 8th win of the season in the circle!

#1 Manheim Central punched their ticket back to the 2A Championship Game after beating #4 Linville Hill Christian 3-0 in the District 3 Semifinals! Central’s Reagan Miller had 13 kills, followed by Landon Mattiace with 10! Dylan Musser had a whopping 41 assists to go along with 3 solo blocks & 1 ace!

▪️Next up: 2A Finals… Thursday, May 29 - #2 York Suburban vs. #1 Manheim Central▪️we’ll have LIVE 📺 coverage from “The Derb”

Ephrata led from start to finish against Penn Manor in a hard fought 11-8 Win! Mounts went up 6-0 after the 1st quarter, with 5 different Ephrata players contributing on the scoreboard! Once the Comets mounted a comeback, it was up to Tyler Thomas & Parker Snow to close out the victory with Ephrata’s final 5 goals! Mounts have 1 game remaining against Cocalico in the "Backyard Brawl" makeup game set for May 14!

🔸Ephrata scorers🔸 Tyler Thomas: 4 Goals Parker Snow: 4 Goals Brayden Brown: 1 Goal Adam Sensenig: 1 Goal Tanner Parmer: 1 Goal

🔹Penn Manor scorers🔹 Grant Bradburn: 2 Goals Cooper Bradburn: 2 Goals Peyton Englert: 2 Goals Collin Robinson: 1 Goal Ayden Hoin: 1 Goal

Penn Manor jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but Ephrata made it a 3-2 ballgame in the 4th! That's when the Comets hung 5 runs on the board in the top of the 6th and cruised to an 8-2 victory! Ephrata and Penn Manor are both battling for the #2 spot in Section 1 play along with Manheim Township, who are all chasing Hempfield!