As the District 3 Basketball Playoffs approach in early March… Eric, Tim & Chad took time on Sportstalk to discuss their thoughts on how our local teams could fair in the postseason tournament! Check it out & enjoy our coverage of the District 3 Playoffs all next week!
#7 Warwick advanced to the next round of the 5A District 3 Softball Playoffs after a 13-3 Win in 5 innings over #10 Northern York! Warriors fell behind 3-0 early, but stormed back with 13 unanswered runs in the 3rd, 4th & 5th innings! Brooklyn Nolt, Mackenzie Ellis, Katie Heisey & Emerson Overly went a combined 7-11 at the top of the order with 9 RBI, 7 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 triple & 2 BB! Kate Shaak (5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 5 K, 3 BB) got her 16th Win of the season for Warwick!
▪️Next up: 5A District 3 Quarterfinals on Friday, May 23 vs. #2 Solanco (REMATCH of the L-L 🥎 Finals, where Solanco beat Warwick 7-4)
Ephrata remained unbeaten at home with a 10-0 Win in 5 innings against Conestoga Valley! Trent Wolf picked up another W on the mound & the bats got hot midway thru the game! Ryan Bromirski & Coy Schwanger had big nights for the Mounts, going a combined 5-6 with 3 RBI & 4 runs scored!
Great matchup between Ephrata and Cocalico girls ⚽️ in the “Backyard Brawl”… the ONLY meeting this season! But despite both teams’ Best effort… neither Offense scored against the other’s Defense! Great goal keeping from Ephrata’s Amaya Jones & Cocalico’s Molly Barrett! This one went 100 heart-pounding minutes of scoreless action & ended in a 0-0 draw!
🔹Cocalico moved to 3-0-2 while Ephrata is now 2-1-1!
#1 seed Cocalico showed they meant business in the AA District 3 Quarterfinals… winning convincingly 19-9 over #8 Hershey! Eagles advanced to the AA Semis in back to back years!
🔹Cocalico Goal Scorers -- Cole Barnes: 5 -- Zach Belknap: 4 -- Evan Youndt: 3 -- Bryce Nash: 3 -- Tate Renaud: 2 -- Kaden Martin: 1 -- Carter Getz: 1
-- Eagles went on to beat #5 Trinity 19-9 in the Semis! It's also back to back years qualifying for the PIAA State Playoffs for this Cocalico program, which had NEVER been to States prior to last season!
