Category Archives: Basketball

Districts: Mennonite beats Fairfield

Last year’s District 3-2A champions, the Lancaster Mennonite Blazers, defeated Fairfield 59-42 in the opening round of the District 3-2A quarterfinal. Fairfield came within three points with six minutes remaining….

Districts: Township beats Hempfield

They played each other two times during the season and split the games. But tonight it is Manheim Township who moves on after defeating Hempfield in the Class 6A District…

Districts: L-S beats Mechanicsburg

It’s one of the most exciting times of the basketball season and that is the beginning of District 3 playoffs. The undefeated and number one seeded L-S Pioneers defeated the…

Pioneers win L-L Title 50-47

Down 6 points with 2:30 to go in the 4th quarter, Hempfield drilled 2 treys to tie the game 47-47. But with 8 seconds left, Tyler Burton drilled a trey…

Lancaster Catholic Girls Win L-L Title

What a difference a year makes. After falling to Hempfield a year ago Lancaster-Catholic returns to the Lanc-Leb finals against Ephrata with a chip on their shoulder. The Crusaders started…

Playoffs: Hempfield and L-S to finals

The Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers stay undefeated this season after defeating the Manheim Central Barons 75-68, in a semifinal of the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs at Conestoga Valley’s Rill Gym. They are 24-0…

Jasmine Griffin scores 1000th point

During the semifinals L-L League game between Ephrata and Penn Manor, junior Jasmine Griffin scored her 1000th point. She is the 10th Ephrata Lady Mount to reach the 1000th point…

Playoffs: Ephrata wins on to finals

With three seconds left in the game and down by 3 points, Ephrata’s Brynn Adams drilled a trey from the corner to tie the game 35-35 and send it to…

Playoffs: Girls Semifinal Winners

It will be Lancaster Catholic against Ephrata in the girls L-L League basketball finals Thursday evening at Manheim Township. The Crusaders handed Columbia their first loss of the season with…

Playoffs: Warwick beats Columbia

Quarterfinal playoffs: Warwick defeated Columbia 59-49 in the Boys Quarterfinal round of the LL League playoffs. It was closer than the score might indicate. There were 10 lead changes. But…