Girls Volleyball: Ephrata vs. Cocalico (9-22-22)

The Cocalico Eagles made history in their 5A District 3 Championship Game, becoming the ONLY #12 seed to EVER WIN a title in District 3 (no matter the classification)... beating #2 Exeter 34-14! It's Cocalico's 4th title in program history, 1st for head coach Bryan Strohl! Eagles last won the 5A Title in 2019!

They now move onto the 5A State Semifinals against Pine-Richland on Friday, December 2! The game will air LIVE on Blue Ridge 11 TV from Mansion Park in Altoona at 7pm!

Cocalico stayed UNBEATEN this season after a comeback 6-5 Win over Warwick! Warriors led 3-2 at the half & 5-3 after the 3rd quarter, but Melia Van Zant scored 3 unanswered Goals in the 4th quarter to help the Lady Eagles pull off the Win! Cocalico is now 5-0 overall, 3-0 in Section 2!

-- Cocalico: Melia Van Zant -- 5 Goals (Season: 18 Goals) Jenna Spencer -- 1 Goal (Season: 10 Goals)

-- Warwick: Grace Cianci-Krall -- 2 Goals (Season: 16 Goals) Grace Rothenberger -- 2 Goals (Season: 12 Goals) Camryn McCloskey -- 1 Goal (Season: 4 Goals)

Gutsy effort from Manheim Central Girls, who were missing 2 key starters against Lancaster Catholic… including the L-L’s leading scorer Maddie Knier! Crusaders got the win 42-32, but credit the Lady Barons, who pushed Catholic to the limit for 3 quarters! Here are the highlights...

The 4A District 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal came down to a penalty kick in Overtime! Hempfield capitalized, knocking off L-L League & Section 1 RIVAL Warwick 1-0 in a very competitive game! Black Knights punched their ticket to the 4A Finals… Warwick now tries to regroup & get ready for the State Tournament next Tuesday!