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Congratulations to Manheim Township, champions of the 2025 Boys Tennis LL League Team Championship, sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

The Bluestreaks topped Hempfield 3-2. Match winners were

• 1st Singles Cooper Lehman, H, 6-1, 6-1
• 2nd Singles Braylen Garcia, H, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
• 3rd Singles Julian Clark, MT, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
• 1st Doubles, Jack Reynolds & Nate Hager, MT, 6-4, 6-2
• 2nd Doubles, Jake Palandjian & Canyon Curry, MT, 6-2, 7-5

The LL League will have a new Champion in the LL League Boys Tennis Team tournament, sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.

Manheim Township unseated defending champion Lancaster Country Day School in the semifinals, 3-2. Match winners were:

• 1st Singles Michael Georgelis, LCDS, 6-3, 6-0
• 2nd Singles Ryan Palandjian, MT, 6-0, 6-0
• 3rd Singles Gavin Georgelis, LCDS, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6
• 1st Doubles Jack Reynolds and Nate Hager, MT, 7-5, 6-1
• 2nd Doubles Jake Palandjian and Canyon Curry, MT, 6-1, 6-2

The Bluestreaks draw a familiar foe in the finals in Section 1 rival and 2025 champion Hempfield. Hempfield beat Pequea Valley 4-1 in the other semifinal.

• 1st Singles Cooper Lehman, Hempfield, 6-2, 6-0
• 2nd Singles Braylen Garcia, Hempfield 6-0, 6-0
• 3rd Singles Nolan Stoltzfus, PV, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
• 1st Doubles Luke Over and AJ Georgelis, Hempfield, 7-5, 6-0
• 2nd Doubles Krish Ramani and Will Keppel, Hempfield, 6-1, 6-3

The finals will be contest on Tuesday, April 22nd at Conestoga Valley at 4 p.m.

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Semifinals in the Boys Tennis Team Tournament, sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster, are set.

In the prelims, Pequea Valley knocked of Manheim Central 4-1. Match winners were:

• 1st Singles Cole Stoltzfus (PV) 6-1, 6-2
• 2nd Singles Hayden Winey (PV) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
• 3rd Singles Nolan Stoltzfus (PV) 6-0, 6-0
• 1st Singles Peyton Davis & Jon Breinich (MC) 6-4, 6-4
• 2nd Doubles Nick Donlen & Owen Fisher (PV) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

In the other match Manheim Township prevailed over Conestoga Valley 5-0

• 1st Singles Chiong 6-0, 6-1
• 2nd Singles Palandjian 6-1, 6-0
• 3rd Singles Curry 6-0,6-0
• 1st Doubles Reynolds & Hager 6-0,6-0
• 2nd Doubles Palandjian & Chiong 6-0, 6-0

The Braves will travel to Hempfield (at Hempfield Rec) on Monday, April 21st for one semifinal and the Blue Streaks will head to Lancaster Country Day School for the other. Both matches are scheduled to start at 4 p.m.

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The LL League Boys Tennis Team Tournament sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster get underway Thursday!

Section Champions Hempfield and Lancaster Country Day School have first round byes by virtue of their strong District 3 Power Rankings. Section 2 Champion Manheim Central will host Section 3 Runner Up Pequea Valley and Section 1 Runner Up Manheim Township hosts Section 2 Runner Up Conestoga Valley.

The Semifinals will be on Monday, April 21st, hosted by Hempfield and Lancaster Country Day School. The finals will be played Tuesday, April 22nd at Conestoga Valley.

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Congratulations to Aubrey Myers and Manheim Central, 2025 champions of the LL League Rifle Tournament sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster and presented by the Matt Wolf Team at Re/Max of Reading

Myers led the Barons to the team championship while bringing home the individual gold. She shot 200 with 4 centers to lead the field.

The LL League Swimming Championships sponsored by Orthopedic Associates are back in Lancaster County!

Franklin and Marshall’s Kunkel Aquatics Center will play host to the 2025 edition on Thursday, February 6th and Friday, February 7th.

Events on February 6th will be the 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, and the 200 Freestyle Relay. Before competition starts we will crown the 2025 section champions:

On February 7th it will be the 100 Freestyle, 500 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke and the 400 Freestyle Relay as well as award of league championship trophies.

Check out our digital program for a full event schedule, team photos and more!

The regular season is wrapped up and section champions have been crowned as we head towards the post season. Action in the LL League Bowling Post Season, sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster, gets underway Thursday, February 6th with the Girls Singles at Palmyra Bowling Center. Boys are the following day at Leisure Lanes and the team tournament is Wednesday, February 12th at Rocky Springs.

Section Champions this year were Manheim Township, Warwick, Lampeter-Strasburg, and the remarkable accomplishment of Donegal. In a true case of ‘If You Know, You Know’ Donegal’s mark of 91-0 in Section 3 Competition is so astounding comparisons to other feats of athletic accomplishment cannot be made.

The Section Champions and Section Runners-Up have all qualified for the team tournament.

Check out our digital post season program.

Twenty-eight individual champions plus seven section champions plus two league champions adds up to the first LL League Championships of 2025. Manheim Township played host to the LL League Wrestling Championships sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster and presented by River Rock Academy and New Story Schools.

In the team competitions, Conestoga Valley repeated as Boys LL League Wrestling Champion and McCaskey repeated as Girls LL League Wrestling Champion.

The Kenneth W. Ober Boys Outstanding Wrestler as voted by the coaches was Aaron Seidel of Northern Lebanon, the 7th ever 4 time LL League Wrestling Champion. Quincy Meyer of Ephrata had 4 pins in a net time of 3:34 to win the Shorty Hitchcock Most Falls Least Amount of Time Award. Elizabethtown Girls Coach Kaitlyn Blosser, President of the LL League Coaches Association, presents the award.

McCaskey’s Journie Rodriguez had 3 championship bracket falls in 4:36 and was also voted the Jon Mitchell Outstanding Wrestler. Mr. Mitchell presents the award

Last year it came down to 3rd singles and a 3rd set. This year there was more individual separation as Manheim Township beat Hempfield 3-0 in the Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster LL League Girls Tennis Team Tournament.

Winning for the Blue Streaks were:

• 1 Singles: Haley Miller 6-0, 6-1
• 1 Doubles: Lily Briner & Ellie Evans 6-2, 6-1
• 2 Doubles: Mariel Keares & Gianna Conte 6-4, 6-0

At 2nd Singles Hempfield’s Rose Durrett took the first set 6-2 and at 3rd Singles Hempfield’s Rose Wendel won the first set 6-1, but both matches were concluded during the second set when Manheim Township locked up the win.

The Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster LL League Girls Tennis Team Tournament spent another day indoors, contesting the semifinals at Hershey Racquet Club. Spoiler alert: the finals will be indoors as well.

In the early match, Hempfield notched a 3-2 win over Lancaster Country Day. Match winners were:

• 1 Singles: Sophia Babar, Lancaster Country Day, 6-2, 6-0
• 2 Singles: Monica Lopez, Lancaster Country Day, 6-0, 6-3
• 3 Singles: Rose Wendel, Hempfield, 6-1, 6-0
• 1 Doubles: Lindsay Over & Selena Felices, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• 2 Doubles: Caellain Brodbeck & Siena Glass, 6-3, 6-3

Manheim Township got past Lancaster Catholic 4-1 to set up a rematch of the 2023 finals.

• 1 Singles, Haley Miller, Manheim Township, 7-5, 6-1
• 2 Singles A Stipe, Lancaster Catholic, 6-3, 6-2
• 3 Singles Camille Honrade Manheim Township, 6-3, 6-4
• 1 Doubles Briner & Evans Manheim Townsihp, 6-2, 6-0
• 2 Doubles Keares & Conte Manheim Township,6-0, 6-1

The finals are Wednesday at Hershey Racquet Club at 1 p.m.