5A District 3 Football Playoffs: Semifinals – #8 Exeter vs. #4 Conestoga Valley (11-15-24)

Cocalico held on for another close win in Section 2 beating Garden Spot 63-60! Both teams made a mad dash for the finish line, combining for 44 points in the 4th quarter! By the way, Eagles are 2-0 in Section 2!

Cocalico scoring: 🔹Camden Ochs - 21 points 🔹Timmy Hambright - 18 points (3-3’s; 7-8 FT) 🔹Ty Wealand - 14 points (3-3’s; 3-4 FT)

Garden Spot scoring: 🔹AJ Hurst - 17 points (3-3’s) 🔹Ryder Hertzler - 15 points 🔹Jeff St. Jean - 12 points (2-3’s)

Manheim Central narrowly escaped Ephrata with a 30-29 victory that came down to the Final bout of the night! After a hard fought, back & forth match that saw Central lead early and Ephrata fight all the way back to take the lead… Barons Brodie Daugherty (189lbs) won by tech fall (19-4) to seal the Win!

-- Manheim Central moved to 3-0 & stayed atop the Section 2 standings!

-- Next HS Wrestling broadcast: Saturday, January 27 --> L-L Wrestling Championships (Boys & Girls)

We saw a pitcher's duel on the channel between Conestoga Valley's Rhiannon Henry & Ephrata's Ellie Meier, who both combined for 14 strikeouts! Lady Mounts broke the scoreless game open in the 5th with an Ellie Meier sacrifice fly! It was all Ephrata needed to beat CV 1-0!

-- The 3 Game Series between CV & Ephrata is tied 1-1! The final meeting this season will be Monday, May 1 at Conestoga Valley (4:15pm)

Manheim Central pulls off the comeback win 2-1 in the final inning, handing Elco their 1st loss of the year! Barons Riley Hostetter threw a complete-game, 1-hitter & struck out 11 Raider batters! Abi Logan had the 2-run Home Run in the 6th to give Central the lead for good!