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The weather forecasters say the rain will clear off and it will be beautiful weather for the 2022 LL League Girls Tennis Flight Tournaments presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

Action gets underway Thursday, October 6th at Conestoga Valley and McCaskey at 8:30 a.m.
At Conestoga Valley:

• Flight 1 AAA and AA Singles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals
• Flight 1 AAA and AA Doubles Round of 16
• Flight 2 Singles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals

At McCaskey:

• Flight 3 Singles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals
• Flight 4 Singles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals
• Flight 2 Doubles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals
• Flight 3 Doubles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals

Matches continue on Friday, October 8th, at Conestoga Valley starting at 8:30 a.m.  All brackets will be completed through the semifinals.

Finals and playback matches in all brackets will be on Monday, October 10th starting a 4 p.m.

2022 Girls Tennis Flight Tournaments Initial Brackets

Prior to the arrival of the rain, Manheim Township and Lancaster Country Day hosted the LL League Girls Tennis Team Tournament Semifinals, presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

Both host schools won to advance to the Finals to be held at Donegal on Tuesday, October 4th at 4 p.m.

The Cougars bested Manheim Central 3-1.  Match winners were:

1. Sienna Castelli, LCD, 6-0, 6-0
2. Monica Lopez, LCDS, 6-0, 6-1
3. Maggie Auman, LCDS, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

1. did not finish
2. B Kettler & A. Graff, MC, 6-3, 6-2

In the other semifinal, Manheim Township won 5-0 over ELCO

1. Kayla Kurtz, MT, 6-0, 6-2
2. Haley Miller, MT, 6-1, 6-1
3. Jade Miller, MT, 6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES:

1. Madeline &Catherine Sanchez, MT, 6-0, 6-0 
2. Maya Lamichane & Camille Honrade, MT, 6-0,6-0

2022 Girls Tennis Team Tournament Bracket

The home teams split in the quarterfinals of the LL League Girls Tennis Team Tournament, presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

Visiting ELCO topped Lampeter-Strasburg 3-2.  Match winners were

• K. Finn and E. Miller at 1st doubles for LS, 6-0, 6-0
• J. Salgado and E. Williams at 2nd doubles for LS, 6-1, 6-2
• A Bender at 1st singles for ELCO, 6-4, 5-7, 10-6
• C Lehr at 2nd singles for ELCO, 6-2, 6-4
• R Wolfling at 3rd singles for ELCO, 6-5, 7-5

Host Manheim Central beat Conestoga Valley, also 3-2.  Match winners were

• Sydney Peters and Hailey Kowalski at 1st doubles for Manheim Central, 6-1, 6-0
• Lauren Huber and Brooke Kettler at 2nd doubles for Manheim Central 7-5, 7-5
• Jade Flores for at 1st singles Conestoga Valley, 6-0, 6-0
• Paula Valverde-Gomez at 2nd singles for Conestoga Valley, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
• Brianna Mylin at 3rd singles for Manheim Central 6-1, 6-3

ELCO will travel to Manheim Township on Friday for the semifinals; Manheim Central travels to Lancaster Country Day.

A few regular season matches remain, but the field for the 2022 Girls Tennis Team Tournament presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster is set.

Lancaster Country Day and Manheim Township have earned byes in to the Semifinals.  The Cougars await the winner of Conestoga Valley at Manheim Township.  The Streaks get the winner of ELCO at Lampeter-Strasburg.  Those first round matches will be on Thursday, September 29th with the semifinals now scheduled for Friday, September 30th (moved earlier due to the forecast of lousy weather).  The finals are still slated for Tuesday, October 4th at Donegal.
2022 Girls Tennis Team Tournament Bracket

Fairview Golf Course hosted the 2022 LL League Golf Championships today, presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.  

Cedar Crest came out on top in the team competition, shooting a combined 16 over par.  Three Falcons placed in the top 10, including champion Ben Feeman, who finished tied with teammate Dylan Ramsey after 18 holes.  Feeman won on the second playoff hole.  The pair were each 1 over after 18.

Piper Smith of Manheim Township was 3 over to lead the girls competition.

In a rare weather related delay, section championships are not yet decided due to rainouts and scheduling delays with some of the host courses.  Section champions will be posted once all of the regular season tournaments are completed.

Now that everyone is finally back to school across the LL, we look to the end of the 2022 Fall season for the Lancaster Lebanon League postseason presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

Football crowns section champions at the end of the regular season (history to be made this year being the first year of the merger with the Berks League), but does not have a league postseason.  The District 3 post season for football gets underway the weekend of November 4,5,6.  The Lancaster Lebanon League playoffs in other sports are as follows:

This fall Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster, presenting sponsor of the Lancaster Lebanon League is hosting a Saturday Sports Clinic through October 29th.  Walk-ins are welcome from 8 a.m. to noon.

Congratulations to all of the outstanding nominees for this year’s A. Landis Brackbill Scholar Athlete Award.  Picking winners is a tall task for the award committee, and two athletes emerged as the winners.

Kelsea Dague of Hempfield is the daughter of Jim and Tracy Dague.  She has earned 8 varsity letters across Field Hockey and Lacrosse.  In Field Hockey she was named an LL League All-Star, and in Lacrosse she has earned All-American status.  She will attend Eastern Michigan University in the fall.

Garrett Campagna of Manheim Township is the son of Scott and Shannon Campagna.  He has earned 7 varsity letters spanning Soccer and Lacrosse.  In the fall he will enroll at MIT.

A. Landis Brackbill

A. Landis Brackbill was the first Executive Director of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.

Brackbill was born and raised in Gap. He attended Salisbury High School and graduated from the F&M Academy. Brackbill had a love for baseball and was a very talented left-handed pitcher.

After High School, he was recruited by Jack Coombs, baseball coach at Duke University.  While at Duke, Brackbill injured his left arm ending his competitive pitching. Although he had an arm injury, he still was able to pitch some batting practice for the Philadelphia Athletics under manager Connie Mack.  Over the years Brackbill had a close relationship with Mr. Mack.

He continued at Duke earning a degree to become a mathematics teacher and started his teaching career at Salisbury High School.  Brackbill continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania obtaining a Master’s Degree with certification as a secondary principal. He became Principal at Terre Hill High School and later moved to Millersville as principal of Manor High School, which is now Penn Manor.

Thank you to the Brackbill family for sponsoring the awards in honor of their father.

SCHOLAR ATHLETES

The Brackbill Award qualifications include the words “exceptional student athletes within the greater community”. To be eligible the recipients must have a minimum of a 3.5 GPA and be participating in two or more varsity sports during their senior year.  The Manheim Touchdown Club began awarding scholarships to each of the Brackbill recipients in 2006.

Because the Brackbill Award Committee already had in place a process to select the most outstanding female and male student athletes in the Lancaster Lebanon League, the decision was made to provide scholarship awards to the Brackbill winners instead of establishing a separate award. The Brackbill Committee is autonomous and has no relationship to the Manheim Touchdown Club.

On Monday, May 23rd 2022 the LL League will name the 34th set of A. Landis Brackbill Scholar-Athlete award winners.  The Brackbill Award is named for the first Executive Director of the LL League.  The Brackbill Award qualifications include the words “exceptional student athletes within the greater community”. To be eligible the recipients must have a minimum of a 3.5 GPA and be participating in two or more varsity sports during their senior year. The award is presented by the Brackbill family in honor of their father. The Manheim Touchdown Club began awarding scholarships to each of the Brackbill recipients in 2006.  Each school in the league is permitted 2 nominees.  This year’s nominees are:

• School	Nominee #1	Nominee #2
  			Annville-Cleona	Allison Cooper	Isaac Good
  Cedar Crest	Jake Wolf	Juliana Donley
  Cocalico	Caleb Sturtevant	Ryan Brubaker
  Columbia	Morgan Bigler	Collin McCarty
  CV	Jordan Holmes	Nathaniel Kirchner
  Donegal	Hadley Shoaf	Hunter Gehman
  ELCO	Campbelle Boltz	Michario Madden
  Elizabethtown	Mitchell Garber	Sydney Stewart
  Ephrata	Mallory Kline	James Ellis
  Garden Spot	Taylor Soehner	William Culbert
  Hempfield	Caden Bonner	Kelsea Dague
  JP McCaskey	Alex Cooper	Elili Ayana
  Lampeter Strasburg	Luke Vranich	Jenna Daveler
  Lancaster Catholic	Ella Wolfe	Annaliese Kauffman
  Lancaster Country Day	Pheobe Stover	Grant Gilbert
  Lancaster Mennonite	Maddie Gerz	Jaedon Mast
  Lebanon	Ashley Jocham	Caleb Hershey
  Manheim Central	Luke Redcay	Rachel Nolt
  Manheim Township	Paige Laurence	Garrett Campagn
  Northern Lebanon	Ashlyn Messinger	Simon Grimes
  Octorara	Michael Trainor	Devon Carroll
  Penn Manor	Emily Riggs	Lily Sugra
  Pequea Valley	Dylan Ratjavong	Jazae Maina-Itegi
  Solanco	Hannah Wood	Trent McDowell
  Warwick	Alexa Wenger	Jacob Smith

The 2022 League post season for spring sports presented by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster is in full swing.  Here’s the run down of results from this weekend’s action.  Of historical note, Octorara was awarded their first ever LL League Section trophy as Boys Track and Field Section 3 Champion.

Boys Volleyball Semifinals
Hempfield 3, Lancaster Mennonite 0
Warwick 3, Garden Spot 1

Softball Quarterfinals
Lampeter-Strasburg 15, Pequea Valley 4
Warwick 8, Northern Lebanon 5
Solanco 11, Annville-Cleona 1
Penn Manor 5, Manheim Central 1

Baseball Quarterfinals
Ephrata 11, Lancaster Catholic 1
Lampeter-Strasburg 12, Annville-Cleona 3
Warwick 10, Donegal 0
Manheim Township 2, Manheim Central 1

Girls Track
League Champion:  McCaskey

• 4×800 m Relay:  McCaskey
• 100 m Hurdles:  Kelly Bryna (Garden Spot)
• 100 m Dash:  Jianna Long (Ephrata)
• 1600 m Run:  Milana Breuninger (McCaskey)
• 4×100 m Relay:  McCaskey
• 400 m Dash:  Jianna Long (Ephrata)
• 300 m Hurdles:  Malea Stoner (Manheim Central)
• 800 m Run:  Isabella Shertzer (McCaskey)
• 200 m Dash:  Kamyah Wright (McCaskey)
• 3200 m Run: Milana Breuninger (McCaskey)
• 4×400 m Relay:  McCaskey
• Long Jump:  Madison Knier (Manheim Central)
• High Jump:  Katie Becker (Warwick)
• Triple Jump: Madison Knier (Manheim Central)
• Pole Vault:  Katie Urbine (Solanco)
• Shot Put:  Laci Nelson (Manheim Central)
• Discus:  Ella Lucas (Warwick)
• Javelin:  Maggie Swarr (Lampeter-Strasburg)

Boys Track
League Champion: McCaskey

• 4×800 m Relay:  Cedar Crest
• 110 m Hurdles:  Travis Wilk (Manheim Township)
• 100 m Dash:  Gabe Lewis (Cedar Crest)
• 1600 m Run:  Aidan Hodge (Hempfield)
• 4×100 m Relay:  Cedar Crest
• 400 m Dash:  Darren Cammauf (Manheim Township)
• 300 m Hurdles: Travis Wilk (Manheim Township)
• 800 m Run:  Jacob Smith (Warwick)
• 200 m Dash: Darren Cammauf (Manheim Township)
• 3200 m Run: Aidan Hodge (Hempfield)
• 4×400 m relay:  Manheim Township
• Long Jump: Troy Johnson (McCaskey)
• High Jump:  Noah Gunderson (Annville-Cleona)
• Triple Jump:  Troy Johnson (McCaskey)
• Pole vault:  Carlton Wise (Elizabethtown)
• Shot Put: Jaryd Kleinhaus (Penn Manor)
• Discus:  John Stewart (McCaskey)
• Javelin:  Matthew Remash (McCaskey)