L-L Boy’s Soccer Semifinals: Warwick vs. Ephrata (10-19-21)

It was “Dig Pink Night” for the annual “Backyard Brawl” in girls volleyball 🩷🏐🩷 Ephrata jumped out to the early 2-0 lead, but Cocalico grabbed Game 3… 25-18 to avoid the sweep! Lady Mounts regrouped & won Game 4… 25-15 to take the match 3-1! Ephrata's Sofia Rios had a Great serving night with 7 total aces! Martina Elliot led the team with 14 kills! For the Lady Eagles, Jaclyn Niven had 16 kills and 5 blocks!

Garden Spot came away with a big Section 3 win over Manheim Central… 28-9! Gabe Martin & Andrew Pemberton accounted for all 4 of the Spartans TD’s! 2 rushing for Martin, 1 TD toss to Pemberton, who also ran the 2nd half kickoff back for a 92yd TD! Central scored both a TD & a safety on blocked punts!

▪️ Garden Spot improved to 4-4… Manheim Central fell to 3-6!

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!

Ephrata Girls Basketball survives & advances in the 1st Rd. of the L-L League Playoffs with a 46-38 win over Elco! Lady Mounts Jasmine Griffin led all scorers with 27pts... she now has 986 Career Points! Elco’s Kailey Eckhart had 17! Here are the highlights...

Ephrata faces Manheim Central Saturday in the Quarterfinals at Doe Run Elementary ? 7pm!