Atlantic League Baseball: Lexington vs. Lancaster (7-20-23)

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)

In an L-L League Girls Lacrosse showdown between 2 cross-town rivals… Warwick jumped out to an early 6-2 lead over Ephrata, but had to hang on down the stretch to win 12-9! Seniors Clara Ford (5) & Katie Jeanes (3) led the Warriors in scoring! Mallory Kline had 3 goals for Ephrata! Check out the highlights from a great game!

Manheim Central’s fantastic season (22-7) came to an end in the 1st round of the 5A State Playoffs! Mars knocked the Barons out of States with a 61-49 victory! Trey Grube led Manheim Central with 18 points... Aaron Enterline had 14!

-- Grube's INCREDIBLE Baron Career finished with...

▪️1,815 points (#2 All-Time MC Boys Scorer)

▪️308 - 3pters (#1 All-Time in L-L League History)

The “Backyard Brawl” between Cocalico & Ephrata came down to the FINAL bout of the night… tied 29-29! Ephrata’s Kaleb Sweigart survived a 13-11 decision at 172lbs against Cocalico’s Dane Bollinger! Mounts Won 32-29… picked up their 9th straight dual win to wrap up the season & knocked off the Eagles for the 2nd year in a row!

🔹Cocalico got pins from Chase Breneman (114), Blake Shenk (139) & Nolan Steiner (285)! Sam Hershey (121) earned a Tech Fall!

🔸Ephrata had pins from Noah Tlumach (152) & Quincy Myer (189)! Brody Musser (145) added a Tech Fall!