Category Archives: Basketball

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…

Playoffs: Lady Comets beat Pioneers

The Penn Manor Lady Comets defeated the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers 40-34 to move on the semifinals in the LL League playoffs. After winning their first section title in 47 years, they…

Ephrata beats Elco to make playoffs

Ephrata defeated Elco 46-38 to move into the LL League playoffs. They will play Manheim Central in the quarterfinals Saturday. The Mountaineers (14-9) were 11-for-13 on the could line and…