The Manheim Central Barons (20-1) have fought their way back to the PIAA championship title match with a comeback effort they will never forget. This will be their 2nd state volleyball title match in 6 years. They lost to Northeastern in the finals in 2018.

But today they defeated the Exeter Eagles 25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 25-21, 16-14 for a 3 to 2 set win.

Click on the above photo for video highlights of the 4th and 5th sets.

Exeter you may recall, is the team that defeated the Barons in their District 3, Class 2A PIAA title finals match two weeks ago 3 sets to none.

This semifinal match was played at Cocalico High School June 11th.

They will play Meadville Saturday at Penn State University’s Ec Hall at 11 a.m.

There were several heroes today:

Junior Dylan Musser who slammed aces in the 4th and 5th sets.

The kill boys were out also:

Reagan Miller had 17 kills.
Landon Mattiace 11
Jacob Moyer 10