The Ephrata Mounts are once again BACK ON TOP of the L-L Baseball mountain after beating Lampeter-Strasburg 4-3 in the League Finals! It's Ephrata's first League Title since 2018 & the 5th overall for the program!

-- Camryn Simes (Fr.) earned the Win - 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 6 K

-- Coy Schwanger: 2-3, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI

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+ Ephrata will start the 6A District 3 Playoffs on Friday, May 19... hosting a First Round game at War Memorial Field!

Ephrata punched their ticket to the L-L League Finals after knocking off Section 4 Champ Lancaster Catholic 6-4 in Saturday's Semifinals! Mounts Senior pitcher Tanner McCracken came up huge in the Win...

-- 5 IP, 3 K, 2 H, 2 runs

-- 3-4 at the plate, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored

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-- Ephrata faces Section 2 rival Lampeter-Strasburg on Monday, May 15 for the League Championship at Clipper Magazine Stadium - 7pm

Ephrata won decisively in their L-L League Quarterfinals match up with Donegal, beating the Indians 11-1 in 5 innings! Ben Burkey got the Win... Mounts top of the order(Schwanger, McCracken, Hurst) went 7-9 with 8 RBI & 5 runs scored!

-- Ephrata (Section 2 Champs) plays Lancaster Catholic (Section 4 Champs) Saturday in the League Semifinals at 1pm (War Memorial Field - Ephrata)

Manheim Central made it a Senior Night celebration to remember, sweeping the season series against Cocalico 3-0! Lady Barons won 11-0 in 5 innings! They moved to 12-6 overall, 12-3 in Section 3... finishing in 2nd place and qualifying for Leagues & Districts!

-- Riley Hostetter (MC): Win, 5 IP, 9 K, 2 H, 0 Runs

-- Manheim Central scored 6 runs in the 2nd inning, 4 runs in the 3rd inning

Back to back tough losses for Warwick, who fell 3-1 to Penn Manor! After tying the game in the 6th inning with a lead-off home run by Madison Minney... the Comets got 2 runs in the 7th inning & Warwick could not respond!

-- Warwick does win the season series 2-1 vs. Penn Manor

-- Warriors fall to 10-4 in Section 1... 2nd place behind Hempfield

Cocalico beats Donegal 2-1! Trent Dickson threw a gem & got the Win! -- Eagles won the season series 2-1

Ephrata came out strong & took Game 1 from Manheim Central. ONLY their 2nd game surrendered this season! But the Barons regrouped & stormed back to win 3 games in a row! Central remains unbeaten at 10-0, knocking off Ephrata 3-1! Barons swept the season series 2-0! ALL eyes on the rematch with Garden spot next week!

Ephrata's "Senior Night" ended early thanks to Mother Nature! Mounts beat Conestoga Valley 9-3 in a rain-shortened 6-inning game! Coy Schwanger, Ryan Bromirski & Brenden Kapczynski each had 2 RBI for Ephrata!

-- BIG matchup on Tuesday, May 2 for the Mounts as they face off against Lampeter-Strasburg for the 3rd time this season, looking to get their first win!

It was a WILD, back & forth showdown between Section 1 foes Penn Manor and Warwick! The Comets jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the 1st inning, but the Warriors stormed back with 5 runs in the 4th inning... ONLY to see Penn Manor plate 4 runs in the Final 2 innings to win 7-5!

-- The season series is tied 1-1... Game #3 is next Friday, May 5 at Penn Manor HS!