Sportstalk Recap: 5A District 3 Football Playoff Preview (11-10-21)

It's a special year for L-L Football as all 13 Berks County teams are merging into the League! On the latest episode of Sportstalk, we broke down who's in all the new Sections & talked about title contenders! Check out our discussion on Section 3 & see who we felt could win a wide-open title race!

The L-L League showcased its Best wrestlers over the weekend at their annual League Tournament, with some heavy-hitters in the brackets & crowned 13 new champions on the boys side! The most notable was Manheim Township Senior Kaedyn Williams at 114lbs, who joined the exclusive 4-time champion club 🥇🥇🥇🥇 Congrats Kaedyn!

-- Conestoga Valley won the team title in convincing fashion!

Here’s a list of the Boys Champions from 107lbs - 285lbs!

107lbs -- Sam Wolford, Northern Lebanon

114lbs -- Kaedyn Williams Manheim Township

121lbs -- Aaron Seidel, Northern Lebanon

127lbs -- Francis Burke, Elizabethtown

133lbs -- Barrett Keiffer, Manheim Central

139lbs -- Seamus Mack, Hempfield

145lbs -- Gavin Badger, Lancaster Catholic

152lbs -- Kyle Deisley, Hempfield

160lbs -- Luke Needham, Conestoga Valley

172lbs -- Abdoul Akala, Conestoga Valley

189lbs -- JJ Plaza, Hempfield

215lbs -- Noah Templin, Manheim Central

285lbs -- Tal Stoltzfus, Conestoga Valley

-- Shorty Hitchcock "Most Fall Least Amount of Time" Award -- Luke Needham, Conestoga Valley -- 5 in 8:44

-- Kenneth W. Ober Outstanding Wrestler Award -- Kaedyn Williams, Manheim Township

Ephrata earned their first Section 1 Win of the season with a hard fought 3-2 victory over Conestoga Valley! Bella Pratt & Mya Curran put the Lady Mounts ahead 2-0 at halftime, but CV equalized in the 2nd half with goals from Ella Buch & Sienna DiGiamberdini! Averi Bender broke the tie for Ephrata in the 65th minute, sealing the Win for the Lady Mounts!

Manheim Central Junior Maddie Knier scored her 1,000th Career Point Friday night in the 1st quarter against Elco! Knier became the 6th player in Lady Barons history to reach the 1,000 point mark! Check out this video to re-live the sights & sounds from a milestone night in the Lady Barons program!

P.S. Lady Barons won the game 65-42 over Elco, Manheim Central's 4th straight win of the season!