L-L League Baseball Playoffs: Quarterfinals – Donegal vs. Ephrata (5-11-23)

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 picked up a 7-2 win over Section 3 rival Cocalico, sweeping the season series 3-0! Central’s Cam Thompson went 3-3 with 5 RBI! Senior pitcher Cael Martin got the Win! ◾️Barons punched their ticket to the L-L League Playoffs (2nd place in Sec. 3) on Thursday, May 9 & will face Section 1 Champ Hempfield at 4:15pm!

MAJOR UPSET! #16 Spring Grove knocked off #1 Manheim Central 45-38 in the First Round of the 5A District 3 Playoffs! Barons had a 13-6 lead after the 1st quarter, but the Rockets outscored Central 39-25 the rest of the way! Ky’sier Ludvig led the Rockets with 14 points! Ryan Kenneff had a Game-High 15 points in the Barons loss!

▪️#1 Manheim Central dropped down into the 9th place consolation bracket and played again on Friday, February 21 against #9 Middletown (winning 43-39)!

?5A District 3 Champs ⚾️?? Manheim Central brought home their 1st District 3 Title in program history after a 2-1 Win over Ephrata! Barons scored both runs in the bottom of the 5th… Starting pitcher Connor Rohrer got the “W” going 6.2IP, 4 H, 1 R, 9 K!

Congrats to both teams on a well-played game ??? Ephrata & Manheim Central are back in action Monday, June 6 in the 1st Round of the 5A State Playoffs!