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There is a lot of league playoff action on the slate for this evening, but there is even more to come as Girls Volleyball quarterfinals go off on Friday, 10/18.

With regular season matches left to play, here is what is known:

• Hempfield has won Section 1 and will host matches on Friday night.
• Section 1 places two through 4 are still up in the air and will come down to the District 3 Power Ranking tiebreaker.  Teams in contention for two remaining spots are Cedar Crest, Conestoga Valley and Manheim Township
• The Section 2 championship will be decided Wednesday night when top teams Garden Spot and Elizabethtown face off head to head.
• Ephrata will have the 3rd spot from Section 2.
• Section 3 gets two qualifiers and the section champion will host quarterfinals on Friday.  Lancaster Catholic is in the driver’s seat:  a win over Lancaster Mennonite in the regular season finale gives the Crusaders the section.  If the Blazers win, and Octorara defeats Columbia a tiebreaker match is needed to decide the section champion.  The tiebreaker match would be Thursday, 10/17 at 6 at Manheim Township if needed.

Quarterfinal times:

• Match times at the Section 1 and Section 3 champions are scheduled for 5:30 and 7:30 on Friday, 10/18.  
• Should Lancaster Catholic win Section 3, they will host games at 4 and 6 p.m. rather than 5:30 and 7:30.
• Definitive sites, times and match-ups will be announced once the final section standings have been determined.

There was a lot of bonus soccer to be had in the 2019 LL League Soccer quarterfinals.  Several games went in to overtime, and two went the full 100 minutes and needed to be settled on penalty kicks.

Girls Soccer Quarterfinal results:

• Cocalico 2, Hempfield 2; Cocalico advances on PKs 3-2
• Manheim Central 2, Lancaster Catholic 0
• Ephrata 2, Annville-Cleona 0
• Conestoga Valley 3, ELCO 1

Boys Soccer Quarterfinal results:

• Manheim Township 3, Lancaster Mennonite 1
• Lampeter-Strasburg 1, Pequea Valley 0 in OT
• McCaskey 3, Lancaster Catholic 0
• Warwick 1, Cocalico 1; Warwick advances on PKs 4-2

The semifinals are scheduled for Tuesday, 10/15.  The girls will be at Manheim Central:

• Cocalico vs Manheim Central at 5:30 p.m.
• Ephrata vs Conestoga Valley at 7:30 p.m.

The boys will be at Conestoga Valley:

• Manheim Township vs Lampeter-Strasburg at 5:30 p.m.
• McCaskey vs Warwick at 7:30 p.m.

Soccer Brackets through quarterfinals

The Field Hockey regular season is in the books, section champions are:

• Section 1:  Conestoga Valley and Penn Manor(Co-Champs)
• Section 2:  Manheim Central
• Section 3:  Northern Lebanon

The 2019 League Field Hockey tournament is set.  Quarterfinals are Tuesday, October 15th.

• Manheim Central vs Manheim Township at 5 pm at Penn Manor
• Penn Manor vs Donegal at 7 pm at Penn Manor
• Northern Lebanon vs Lampeter-Strasburg at 5 pm at Donegal
• Conestoga Valley vs ELCO at 7 pm at Donegal

Semifinals are Thursday, October 17th at Hempfield.  Game times are 6 and 8 pm.

The finals are Saturday, October 19th at 1 pm at Conestoga Valley.

2019 Field Hockey Bracket

The boys bracket is set and the girls have come down to a pair of if-thens.

Boys Soccer Quarterfinals, Saturday, 10/12 (section champions are listed first):

• Manheim Township vs Lancaster Mennonite at Lancaster Catholic at 10 a.m.
• Pequea Valley vs Lampter-Strasburg at Lancaster Catholic at noon
• McCaskey vs Lancaster Catholic at Manheim Central at 10 a.m.
• Cocalico vs Warwick at Manheim Central at noon

On the girls side two runner-up slots are yet to be decided.  If Annville-Cleona wins today (10/10) they are runner-up in section 4.  If they do not win, Northern Lebanon gets the spot.  In section 3 Manheim Central needs a win or tie to take second place in section 2, a loss gives the spot to Elizabethtown.

Girls Soccer Quarterfinals, Saturday, 10/12 (section champions are listed first):

• Hempfield vs Cocalico at Lampeter-Strasburg at 10 a.m.
• Lancaster Catholic vs Section 2 Runner-Up at Lampeter-Strasburg at noon
• Ephrata vs Section 4 Runner-Up at Cocalico at 10 a.m.
• ELCO vs Conestoga Valley at Cocalico at noon

Soccer Standings through 10/9
Soccer Brackets

With regular season games still to play, the playoff picture for both Boys and Girls Soccer has gotten clearer.  

Standings prior to play on Wednesday, October 9th:

Standings

With those standings as the framework, below are the brackets if there are no changes to the standings due to the last regular season games.

Again, these brackets are TENTATIVE and subject to change pending the results of the final regular season games.

TENTATIVE Brackets

The rain cleared up just enough to finish the girls tennis season for the LL League.  

Riley Smith of Lancaster Catholic won her 2nd straight (and 3rd overall) AA Flight 1 Singles championship.  Catherine Rabatin of Penn Manor justified her #1 seed to win AAA Flight 1.  Manheim Township’s Avery Palandijan had a new partner with her in Scotty Reynolds as they brought the AAA Flight 1 Doubles championship to back to Neffsville again this year.  AA Flight 1 Doubles had a similar feel: Smith of Lancaster Catholic had a new partner this year in Angelle San Jose as the Crusaders retained the championship in that flight.

2019 Girls Tennis Flight Tournament Results:

• AAA Flight 1 Singles:  Catharine Rabatin, Penn Manor
• AA Flight 1 Singles:  Riley Smith, Lancaster Catholic
• Flight 2 Singles:  Rachel Eby, Conestoga Valley
• Flight 3 Singles:  Sophia Steed, Conestoga Valley
• Flight 4 Singles:  Ellie Kready, Conestoga Valley
• AAA Flight 1 Doubles:  Palandijan & Reynolds, Manheim Township
• AA Flight 1 Doubles:  Smith & San Jose, Lancaster Catholic
• Flight 2 Doubles:  Steed & Kready, Conestoga Valley
• Flight 3 Doubles:  Cantwell & Shaub, Hempfield
• Completed 2019 Flight Tournament Brackets

The girls tennis post season for the LL League got underway last week with Manheim Central and Conestoga Valley winning preliminary matches to make it to Monday’s team semifinals.  

Team tournament Semifinals Monday, September 30th at 4 p.m.

• Manheim Central at Manheim Township
• Conestoga Valley at Lancaster Catholic

Team Tournament Finals:  Tuesday, October 1st at Ephrata at 4 p.m.
Team Tournament Bracket Updated with Semifinal Matches

The flight tournament fields are set as well, with Riley Smith of Lancaster Catholic claiming the top seed in AA Singles looking to defend her 2018 championship and win her 3rd LL League AA Singles title overall.

Flight Tournaments Day 1:  Thursday, October 3rd, 9 a.m.:

• Flight 1 at Conestoga Valley
• Flight 2 at Manheim Central
• Flight 3 at Warwick
• Flight 4 at McCaskey
• Doubles at Conestoga Valley

Flight Tournaments Day 2:  Saturday, October 5th at Conestoga Valley at 8:45 a.m.
Flight Tournaments Finals and playbacks:  Monday, October 7th at Conestoga Valley at 3:45 p.m.
Flight Tournament Initial Brackets

The field is set.  As Section 1 champion and top AAA team, Manheim Township has earned a bye in to the semifinals.  Likewise, Section 3 champion and top AA team Lancaster Catholic are slotted right in to the semifinals.

Team Tournament Preliminary Round:  Thursday, September 26th, 4:00 pm

• Manheim Central vs Lancaster Mennonite at Conestoga Valley
• Conestoga Valley vs Lampeter-Strasburg at Warwick

Team Tournament Semifinals:  Monday, September 30th, 4:00 pm

• MC vs LMH winner at Manheim Township
• CV vs LS winner at Lancaster Catholic

Team Tournament Finals:  Tuesday, October 1st at Ephrata at 4 pm
Team Tournament Bracket

Manheim Township’s golf team wrapped up their decade of dominance today at Foxchase, winning their 10th consecutive LL League golf championship and 20th overall. 2019 was also their 13th consecutive section championship.

Connor Strine paced the Blue Streaks, finishing 4 under (includes an Eagle on the par-5 7th) to win the boys’ championship.

Ammala Moua of Cocalico repeated as the girls champion, carding a 3 over par to outdistance the runner up by 10 strokes.

Complete Results