Ephrata Softball had the bats cranking tonight & pitcher Ellie Meier was dealing in the circle! Lady Mounts beat Cocalico 16-0 (3 inn.) Meier, Ephrata’s Freshman Flame-thrower, struck out 8 batters & just missed a perfect game… giving up 1 hit! She also had 2 HR’s in the 1st! Check out these highlights…
#5 Cocalico won convincingly in the 1st round of the 3A District 3 ⚽️ Playoffs… beating #12 Eastern York 5-0! Timmy Hambright scored first for the Eagles in the 6th minute & scored again in the 36th minute to give him 2 of Cocalico’s 5 goals! Talen Popolis (13 goals: team lead) had 2 as well for the Eagles! Eli Barry added to the scoring just a minute into the 2nd half! This is the most goals in a single game by Cocalico this season!
🔹#5 Cocalico advanced to the 3A Quarterfinals on Thursday, October 24 to face #4 Shippensburg on the road!
Ephrata boys soccer opened their season playing a full 100 minutes to a 1-1 draw against Governor Mifflin! Mounts Michael Straubel scored in the 28th minute to give Ephrata the lead, but Mustangs clanged one home off the crossbar right before halftime! Both keepers closed it down after that! Senior Austin Fries was Fantastic in goal for the Mounts!
-- Ephrata Mounts will be back on Blue Ridge 11 TV on September 17 in the "BACKYARD BRAWL" hosted by Cocalico at Talon Field (8pm)!
Cocalico won their 4th game in a row after knocking off Garden Spot 4-0! Chloe Martin had a pair of goals (2’ & 12’) for the Lady Eagles, just missing out on a hat trick! Juliana Gervase & Emma Strunk each added goals! Cocalico is now 1-0-1 in Section 2 (their new home this year… they are defending Section 3 champs)
🔹Lady Eagles are unbeaten in their last 5 games, having tied Warwick 1-1 back on August 30!
