Atlantic League Baseball: Lexington vs. Lancaster (7-18-23)

The 4A District 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal came down to a penalty kick in Overtime! Hempfield capitalized, knocking off L-L League & Section 1 RIVAL Warwick 1-0 in a very competitive game! Black Knights punched their ticket to the 4A Finals… Warwick now tries to regroup & get ready for the State Tournament next Tuesday!

Ephrata opened up the 2025 High School Baseball Season with a 12-2 Win over cross-town rival Warwick! Mounts Junior pitcher Camryn Simes (1-0) struck out 10 Warwick batters thru 6 innings, giving up 1 hit & 2 runs! Leadoff hitter Ethan Hunt reached base ALL 5 at-bats, scored 4 times (4 BB, 1b, 4 runs, 2 RBI)... The Warriors’ 4 pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts of their own, but gave up 9 walks & hit 4 batters!

🔹Both teams are back at it this week… Ephrata (1-0) hosts Donegal on Wednesday, March 19 at War Memorial Field (7pm)… Warwick (0-1) goes to Hempfield on Friday, March 21 (4:15pm)

Conestoga Valley opened up the season with a convincing 35-0 Win over Penn Manor! Buckskins electric return man Jayden Johnson ran the opening kickoff back 94 yards for a touchdown! CV scored on it's next possession as well, led it 14-0! It was 26-0 at the half... all Buckskins in this one as new QB Sawyer Esbenshade threw 3 TD's in his debut as the Buckskins passer!

-- Conestoga Valley will be back on Blue Ridge 11 TV in Week 4 in a Section 2 Showdown at Ephrata (War Memorial Field - 7pm)

The Lebanon Ironmasters... AKA the Lancaster Stormers... are UNSTOPPABLE in their alternate uniforms! They swept the 3-game weekend series with the Charleston Dirty Birds after a 6-3 Win on Sunday! Over the past 3 years, the Lancaster Stormers are a PERFECT 9-0 when donning the "Lebanon Ironmasters" home uniforms!

-- Christian Santana stayed scorching hot this weekend with a 2-3 effort at the plate with 3 RBI, including a 3-run homer in the 5th! Santana pushed his season batting average to .402!