Author: Lancaster-Lebanon League

History was made and history repeated itself in the 2022 edition of the LL League Boys Tennis Championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

Lancaster Country Day claimed their first LL League team title in any sport since joining the league.  The Cougars entered the tournament as Section 3 Champion and top seeded AA team.  

In the flight tournament, Nile Abadir of Lancaster Country Day defended his 2021 Flight 1 AA Singles title.  And just like 2021, he teamed up with Fred Bloom to win the Flight 1 AA Doubles title.  On the AAA side, Freshman Cooper Lehman of Hempfield won Flight 1 Singles.  Rocco Shkreli and Garrett Muraika of Cedar Crest combined to win Flight 1 Doubles.

2024 Boys Tennis Champions
Section 1 Champion:  Hempfield
Section 2 Champion:  Lampeter-Strasburg
Section 3 Champion:  Lancaster Country Day
League Champion:  Lancaster Country Day
2024 Boys Tennis Team Tournament Bracket

2024 Flight Tournament Champions

• Flight 1 AAA Singles-Cooper Lehman, Hempfield
• Flight 1 AA Singles-Michael Georgelis, Lancaster Country Day
• Flight 2 Singles-Luke Main, Cocalico
• Flight 3 Singles-Spencer Lehman, Lampeter-Strasburg
• Flight 4 Singles-Canyon Curry Manheim Township
• Flight 1 AAA Doubles-Lehman & Hurst, Hempfield
• Flight 2 AA Doubles-Georgelis & Weigle, Lancaster Country Day
• Flight 2 Doubles-Sheffield & Wolfe, Cedar Crest
• Flight 3 Doubles-Reynolds & Hager, Manheim Township
• 2024 Boys Tennis Flight Tournament Brackets

Congratulations to the Lancaster Country Day Boys Tennis Team, winners of the 2022 Boys Tennis LL League team tournament, presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

The Cougars entered the tournament as the top AA team in the LL, Cedar Crest the top AAA team.  In a weather postponed finals, Lancaster Country Day came out on top 3-2:

Singles
Nile Abadir (LCD) def Rocco Shkrelie (CC) (6-0, 6-0)
Fred Bloom (LCD) def Viseth Meng (CC) (6-0, 6-1)
Carson Weigle (LCD) def Garrett Muraika (CC) (6-2, 6-2)

Doubles
Jozef Shkrelie & Sam Malay (CC) def Gonzalo Diez Villarino & Aryan Kalidindi (LCD) (6-3, 6-4)
Micah Zeisloft & Ben Sheffield (CC) def Chandler King & Christian Hoin (LCD) (6-3, 6-4)

It is an historic win for the Cougars as this marks the first LL Championship since Lancaster Country Day entered the league.  The girls lacrosse team has made the league finals, and there have been several section championships, but this is the first big trophy for the display case.

 

Congratulations to the LCDS B Tennis team for capturing the first ⁦@LancLebLeague⁩ Team title in school history with a 3-2 victory over Cedar Crest. Well done boys! ⁦@LCDSchool⁩ ⁦@LancasterSports⁩ pic.twitter.com/iTcr6Uv1VE

— LCDS Athletics (@LCDSsports) April 29, 2022

Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the LL League.  OAL and the LL League have partnered to offer $800 in scholarship funds to senior high school students at LL Schools.

To be eligible for consideration, applicants should

Last week at halftime of the Boys Basketball LL League Championship game the League inducted four more members in to the Lancaster Lebanon League Hall of Fame.

George Derbyshire, Manheim Central Athletic Director
Terry Engleman, Track and Field Coach (Ephrata) and Official
Patti Hower, Lebanon Catholic Girls Basketball Coach
R. Thomas Knorr, Coach, Trainer and Athletic Director

Lots going on in the LL League Championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster this week.

But first, some results from this weekend:

2024 Rifle Champions
League Tournament Champion-Ephrata
League Section Champion-Manheim Central
Individual Champion Leksi Bender, Garden Spot, 200, 3 Centers

2024 Girls Swimming Champions
Section 1 Champion-Manhiem Township
Section 2 Champion-Ephrata
League Champion-Manheim Township

Swimming Girls Champions 2024

Event	Champion	School
200 Medley Relay	Mandrell, Mosner, Schwartz, Emuwa	Manheim Township
200 Freestyle	Dru Landis	Penn Manor
200 Individual Medley	Cami Schwartz	Manheim Township
50 Freestyle	Emuwa Adora	Manheim Township
100 Butterfly	Ava Knosnyder	Ephrata
200 Freestyle Relay	Anujin, Welsh, Sassaman, Ador	Manheim Township*
100 Freestyle	Tenra Adams	Warwick
500 Freestyle	Ava Knopsnyder	Ephrata
100 Backstroke	Addison Elliott	Lancaster Catholic
100 Breaststroke	Emilie Mosner	Manheim Township
400 Freestyle Relay	Welsh, Sassaman, Schwartz, Mosner	Manheim Township
Complete Results

2024 Boys Swimming Champions
Section 1 Champion-Hempfield
Section 2 Champion-Ephrata
League Champion-Hempfield

Swimming Boys Champions 2024

Event	Champion	School
200 Medley Relay	Gates, George, Shirey, Marco	Hempfield
200 Freestyle	Cole Stevens	Manheim township
200 Individual Medley	Ethan Lloyd	Ephrata
50 Freestyle	Will Parker	Lebanon
100 Butterfly	Brody Reber	Warwick
200 Freestyle Relay	Root, Vitko, Taylor, Marco	Hempfield
100 Freestyle	Zach Delgado	Garden Spot
500 Freestyle	Ethan Lloyd	Ephrata
100 Backstroke	Jack Ketchum	Elizabethtown
100 Breaststroke	Will Parker	Lebanon
400 Freestyle Relay	Rachael, Gilmore, Ketchum, Ketchum	Elizabethtown
Complete Results

Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day date?  Boys Basketball Quarterfinals are always romantic.

The girls semifinals will be Tuesday

Bowling gets underway Wednesday

The 2022 edition of the Lancaster Lebanon League Basketball Championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster and Sponsored by Fulton Bank get under way with the girls first round games on Thursday, February 10th.

First Round Games
Thursday 2/10 Girls
ELCO (Away) vs. Ephrata (Home) @ Warwick 5:30 PM
Pequea Valley (Away) vs. Lampeter-Strasburg (Home) @ Warwick 7:00 PM

Friday 2/11 Boys
Octorara (Away) vs. Lebanon (Home) @ CV 5:30 PM
Lancaster Mennonite (Away) vs. Manheim Central (Home) @ CV 7:00 PM

Quarterfinal Games
Saturday 2/12 Girls
Lebanon (2-1) @ Columbia (5-1) 1:00 PM 
LS/PV Winner @ Penn Manor 7:00 PM
Ephrata/ELCO Winner @ Manheim Central (3-1) TBA
Hempfield (1-2) @ Lancaster Catholic (4-1) 7:00 PM

Monday 2/14 Boys
MC/LMHS Winner @ Manheim Township (1-1) 7:00 PM
Lebanon/Octorara Winner @ Lampeter Strasburg (3-1) 7:00 PM
Columbia (5-1) @ Warwick (2-1) 7:00 PM
Hempfield (1-2) @  ELCO (4-1) 7:00 PM

After a year off the de facto Junior High Wrestling Championships for the league were back as the Elizabethtown Optimist Club hosted their annual wrestling tournament.  For the first time the club was pleased to welcome the Junior High team from Octorara!

Conestoga Valley came away with the team championship, led by Outstanding Wrestler (as voted by the coaches) Caden Yanarella.  

Weight Class champions were:

• 80 Sean Morely, Conestoga Valley
• 87 Nick Horton, Conestoga Valley
• 94 Sam Wolford, Northern Lebanon
• 101 Caden Yanarella, Conestoga Valley
• 108 Andrew Messner, Cocalico
• 115 Keith Messner, Cocalico
• 122 Klint Miller, ELCO
• 130 Cole Byler, Pequea Valley
• 138 Ivan Kreider, Annville-Cleona
• 145 Sam Bechtel, ELCO
• 155 Caidyn Leaf, Donegal
• 170 Dan Viselli, Donegal
• 190 Noah Templin, Manheim Central
• 210 Alexzear Soto, Manheim Township
• 250 Camden Zoll, Conestoga Valley

Complete Brackets

Final Team Standings

The first League Championships of the 2022 have concluded and Hempfield came out on top of the team race in the 2022 LL League Wrestling Championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

The 13 weight class champions were

	106	Aaron Seidel, Northern Lebanon
	113	Kaeyden Williams, Manheim Township
	120	Eric Howe, Lancaster Catholic
	126	Josh Hillard, Manheim Township
	132	Jared Fulton, Solanco
	138	Aliazer Alicea, Manheim Township
	145	Reagan LeFevre, Hempfield
	152	Griffin Gonzalez, Lebanon
	160	David Woolley, Warwick
	172	Kevin Olavarria, Manheim Township
	189	James Ellis, Ephrata
	215	Jose Garcia, McCaskey
	285	Caleb Mussmon, Hempfield

 

Jared Fulton of Solanco was the Shorty Hitchcock Most Falls, Least Amount of Time award winner.

Aaron Seidel of Northern Lebanon was the Ken Ober Outstanding Wrestler as voted by the coaches

Thanks to our 13 weight class sponsors, and special thanks to long time promotional sponsor of LL League Wrestling, Lancaster Alliance Wrestling

Find the complete brackets here.

The Semifinal session of the LL League Wrestling Championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster will start at 11 a.m. as scheduled at Manheim Township.  Final session will start at 3 p.m.

Tournament brackets and results are on Trackwrestling: https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=653978132

And new this year, the RiverRock Academy Challenge, a tournament for girls attending LL Schools, will run side by side with they boys on Saturday.

https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=654556132

Alphabetically last but chronologically first; wrestling gets the 2022 LL League Championship season underway this weekend at Manheim Township.  Wrestling begins Friday at 4 p.m. and resumes Saturday at 11 a.m. with the semifinals of the LL League Wrestling Championships presented by OAL.

The live scoring and results will be available on TrackWrestling:
https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=653978132

Preliminary Brackets (updated brackets will be available on TrackWrestling following weigh-ins)

Finals are slated for 3:30 p.m. At 3 p.m. section trophies will be awarded to 

• Section 1:  Hempfield
• Section 2:  Elizabethtown and Garden Spot
• Section 3:  Northern Lebanon

In addition the LL Wrestling Hall of Fame will honor their 2021 and 2022 induction classes.