Ephrata wins Round #2 against Conestoga Valley in a tight one… 6-3! Nathan Savage went the distance for the Mounts for the W & had 4 K’s, 2 BB! Top 3 Ephrata hitters (Hunt, Prange, Wolf) scored 5 of the 6 Mounts runs… Custer added the 6th run!

🔸Ephrata is 8-1 atop Section 2 with a BIG game coming up Friday Night against 2nd Place Lampeter-Strasburg (Blue Ridge 11 TV game - 7pm)

Cocalico & Manheim Central got themselves into a “Hitters Duel” AND it was Highly Entertaining 🤩👏👏 Lady Eagles took the early 6-1 lead, but Central stormed back on an 11-1 spurt… eventually winning 17-10! Riley Hostetter got the Win & had 8 K’s for the Lady Barons, who made it 5 wins in a row!

For the 2nd time this season, Conestoga Valley pushed Warwick to their limits! BUT the Warriors came away with the Win AGAIN… 3-1! Warwick stayed atop the Section 1 standings at 6-1 with a HUGE matchup against Cedar Crest (their only loss in 2024) looming next Tuesday, April 23!

Warwick avenged their ONLY Loss of the season, beating Manheim Township 3-1 in a Section 1 showdown! Warriors LHP Kate Shaak was dealing in the circle… 12 K’s, 3 H, 1 R! Madisen Minney, Sam Shaak & Marlee Martin all drove in runs! Warwick has won 5 Section 1 games in a row! They are 7-1 overall, 5-1 in Section 1!

In a wild & wacky, run-scoring palooza… Warwick took down Section 1 foe JP McCaskey... 10-7! Warriors scored 6 runs in the 2nd inning, sending 11 hitters to the plate! Tommy Wainman (2-1) picked up the Win for Warwick! Alex Fair went 3-3, 2 RBI, 3-1b, 1 R! Michael Valudes also blasted a HR in the 5th inning!

-- Busy week for Warwick! Tuesday vs. Cedar Crest... Wednesday at Man. Twp... Friday at Cedar Crest!

Manheim Central rallied late in the game to take Round 1 against Cocalico… 4-3! Barons exploded for 3 runs in the 6th inning, capped off by Ky Watson’s RBI 1b! Trevor Lowe picked up the Win! Trent Dickson threw 6 solid innings with 7 K's, but was chased in the 6th! Nolan Book also blasted a solo home run for the Barons! Central has now won 3 straight Section 3 games!

-- There will be 2 more meetings this year on April 19 & May 6 (on Blue Ridge 11 TV)!

Manheim Central pulls off the comeback win 2-1 in the final inning, handing Elco their 1st loss of the year! Barons Riley Hostetter threw a complete-game, 1-hitter & struck out 11 Raider batters! Abi Logan had the 2-run Home Run in the 6th to give Central the lead for good!

Cocalico took care of business against Garden Spot winning 3-0! Senior Yohanis Hildebrand had 10 kills for the Eagles, who have won 3 in a row, all by sweep! Cocalico sits in 2nd place tie with Elizabethtown in Section 2 with BIG matches coming up at Ephrata (April 11) & home against Elizabethtown (April 16)!

Cocalico stayed unbeaten (5-0) in Section 2 play with a 22-15 Win over Garden Spot! Lady Eagles Senior Danika Sauder scored her 200th Career Goal in the 1st quarter! Spartan Senior Gwen Varley answered with her 200th Goal in the 2nd quarter! Both girls had 9 goals each in the game, which is a season high for both!

-- Cocalico scorers: Danika Sauder - 9 goals (204 Career Goals) Melia Van Zant - 4 goals

-- Garden Spot scorers: Gwen Varley - 9 goals (206 Career Goals)

Warwick picked up a HUGE 11-2 Win in Section 1 over Hempfield after the Warriors exploded for 7 runs in the 4th inning! In total, Warwick finished the game with 11 unanswered runs to top rival Hempfield!

-- Warwick Pitching: Kate Shaak (Soph.) -- Win, 7 IP, 8 K, 2 R, 5 H, 5 BB

-- Warwick Hitting: Emerson Overly (Fr.) -- 2-2, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB

Seniors -- Bella Smithson, Sam Shaak & Madisen Minney: 6-10, 4 R, 2 RBI