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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.

If the high temperature doesn’t crack freezing, that must mean the Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster LL League Wrestling Championships are on the way.

The tournament will be contest January 28th and 29th at Manheim Township

Friday Schedule:
6 mats, starts at 4 p.m.
Pigtails, Preliminaries (round of 16), Consolation Round 1, Championship Quarterfinals, Consolation Round 2, Consolation Round 3
Saturday Schedule:
Session 1, 6 mats, starts at 11 a.m.
Championship semifinals, Consolation Round 4, Consolation Semifinals, Placement Matches (3rd, 5th, 7th place) to start at 1:15 p.m.
Session 2, 1 mat, starts at 3 p.m.
Scholarship winners, Section Champion trophies, Hall of Fame Inductions, Parade of Finalists and FINALS!
Awards
Top 8 in each weight class
1st and 2nd place teams
Ken Ober Outstanding Wrestler
Shorty Hitchcock Most Falls/Least Amount of Time (based on championship bracket)
Supported by LAW

LL League Championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster were contested in Boys Soccer, Field Hockey and Girls Soccer this evening.

In Boys Soccer 80 minutes was not enough for Warwick and Hempfield.  Warwick got the game winner in the first overtime to win 2-1.

In Field Hockey, Penn Manor weathered a frantic second half assault by Manheim Township to hang on for a 2-1 win.

In Girls Soccer it was deja vu all over again as Penn Manor won 2-1.

2024 Boys Soccer Champions
Section 1 Champion: Warwick
Section 2 Champion: Cocalico
Section 3 Champion: Lampeter-Strasburg
Section 4 Champion: Lancaster Mennonite
League Champion: Hempfield
2024 Boys Soccer Bracket
2024 Boys Soccer Program

2024 Field Hockey Champions
Section 1 Champion: Warwick
Section 2 Champion: Elizabethtown
Section 3 Champion: ELCO
Section 4 Champion: Lancaster Country Day
2024 Field Hockey Bracket
2024 Field Hockey Program

2024 Girls Soccer Champions
Section 1 Champion: Manheim Township
Section 2 Champion: Cocalico
Section 3 Champion: Lampeter-Strasburg
Section 4 Champion: Lancaster Catholic
League Champion: Manheim Township
2024 Girls Soccer Bracket
2024 Girls Soccer Program

Six semifinal games contested across Field Hockey and Soccer in the 2021 Fall LL League playoffs presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

In field hockey, Section 1 emerged on top in both contests.  Manheim Township was a 1-0 winner over Donegal, and Penn Manor won 2-0 over Ephrata.  The all Section 1 final will be Thursday at Conestoga Valley at 7 p.m.

Girls soccer is going to have a similar feel to field hockey.  Manheim Township was a 2-0 winner over Lampeter-Strasburg.  In the second game, Penn Manor blanked Ephrata 3-0.  That all Section 1 final will be Thursday at Warwick at 7:30 p.m.

Boys soccer took a little longer with Manheim Central taking Hempfield through a pair of OTs locked at 1 before Hempfield advanced 4-3 on pks.  Warwick made is a clean sweep for Section 1 on the night with a 1-0 double OT win over Ephrata.

The crowd was back for the 2021 Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster LL League Cross Country Championships at Ephrata.

In the Girls Race, Isabella Shertzer of McCaskey fought off a hard charging Elena Barrall at the finish.  Barrall and her Manheim Township teammates had the final word on the team side as the Blue Streaks won the team trophy ahead of the runner-up Red Tornado.

The boys race had a larger margin individually with Aidan Hodge of Hempfield besting Colin Whitaker of Lampeter-Strasburg by 7 seconds.  In team standings the Black Knights held a 9 point margin over Manheim Township.

2024 Girls Cross Country Champions
Section 1 Champion: Manheim Township
Section 2 Champion: Warwick
Section 3 Champion: Octorara
League Meet Champion: Manheim Township
Individual Champion: Elena Barrall, Manheim Township, 18:14.4
Complete Individual Results
Complete Team Score Results
2024 Cross Country Program

2024 Boys Cross Country Champions
Section 1 Champion: Manheim Township
Section 2 Champion: Elizabethtown
Section 3: Annville-Cleona
League Meet Champion: Manheim Township
Individual Champion: Adam Kingston, Manheim Township, 15:10.5
Complete Individual Results
Complete Team Score Results
2024 Cross Country Program

The LL League championships for outdoor sports wrap up this week, but the LL Championship season isn’t done yet!  The Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster Girls Volleyball championships get underway on Saturday.

This year Section 1 and 3 Champions get to host.  Elizabethtown as Section 2 champion gets a bye in to the semifinal round.  And congratulations to Octorara, this is the Braves first section championship since joining the LL.

Six semifinal matches across 3 sports in the 2021 LL League championships presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster are set to get underway on Tuesday evening.