Another spectacular LL Field Hockey season came down to the very last day. Quarterfinals for the league playoffs will be Tuesday, October 16th:
At Penn Manor
ELCO vs Warwick, 5:00 pm
Penn Manor vs Lampeter-Strasburg, 7:00 pm
At Donegal
Manheim Township vs Manheim Central, 5:00 pm
Donegal vs Annville-Cleona, 7:00 pm
Semifinals will be October 18th at Conestoga Valley, 5 and 7 pm. Finals will be October 20th, also at Conestoga Valley, tentative time is 1 pm depending on SATs.
The temperature has dropped, the dust has settled, and the league soccer brackets are ready.
Girls Soccer Quarterfinals
Hempfield vs Annvile-Cleona, 10 am at Manheim Central
ELCO vs Ephrata, 10 am at Lancaster Catholic
Manheim Central vs Lancaster Mennonite, 10 am at Lampeter-Strasburg
Lancaster Catholic vs Conestoga Valley, 10 am at Cocalico
Boys Soccer Quarterfinals
Manheim Township vs Lancaster Catholic, 12:30 pm at Manheim Central
Cocalico vs Ephrata, noon at Lancaster Catholic
Manheim Central vs Lancaster Mennonite, noon at Lampeter-Strasburg
Pequea Valley vs Warwick, noon at Cocalico
Semifinals will be Tuesday, 10/16 at Conestoga Valley or Manheim Central, finals are Thursday, 10/18 at Warwick, ladies first at 5:30 with boys to follow.
The 2018 Girls Tennis Flight Tournaments have concluded, and some familiar names are came out on top. Hempfield’s Amanda Hagino repeated as AAA Flight 1 Singles Champion, and Lancaster Catholic’s Riley Smith defended her AA Flight 1 Single crown. Smith and teammate Isabel Midcap repeated in AA Flight 1 Doubles. AAA Doubles went to newcomers Emily Garvin and Avery Palandjian of Manheim Township
The Finals and playback matches for the 2018 Girls Tennis Flight Tournaments are set. 2017 AAA Flight 1 Champion Amanda Hagino looks to defend her championship in this her 3rd finals appearance, opposite Emily Garvin of Manheim Township. In the AA Flight 1 Finals, Lancaster Caholic’s Riley Smith looks for her third title as faces off against teammate Isabel Midcap for the third consecutive year.
In Doubles, Hagino pairs with Grace Lehman to take on Garvin and Avery Palandjian in the AAA Flight 1 Double finals. In AA, Smith and Midcap look to repeat and make it 3 doubles championships in a row for Lancaster Catholic in this their 3rd finals appearance. They will play Sophia Weaver and Naomi Feister of Pequea Valley. Play starts on Monday, 10/8 at 3:45 pm at Conestoga Valley.
Day 1 of the Lancaster Lebanon League Girls Tennis Flight Tournaments is in the books. Play continues Saturday morning with all matches being held at Conestoga Valley.
Manheim Township has won another Girls Tennis Team Championship, this time topping Conestoga Valley in the finals 4-0:
E. Garvin won 6-0, 6-0
A. Palandjian won 6-1, 6-2
S. Reynolds won 6-2, 6-1
Henneman & Martin won 6-0, 6-2
Honrade & Briner were leading 6-3, 2-2 when the championship was clinched.
Early match times mean early results. It will an all section 1 final as Manheim Township Plays Conestoga Valley Wednesday 10/3 at Ephrata at 4 pm.
The Buckskins punched their ticket by beating Lancaster Catholic 3-2:
J. McBride won 7-5, 6-3
R. Eby won 6-4, 6-3
H. Kapchinske & K. Kochanowski won 6-1, 6-3
For the Crusaders
R. Smith won 6-1, 6-1
A. San Jose & K. Hollister won 6-4, 6-1
Manheim Township returns to the finals, sweeping Lampeter-Strasburg:
A. Palandjian won 6-4, 6-0
S. Reynolds won 6-1, 6-3
Honrade & Briner won 6-0, 6-0
E Garvin was leading 6-4, 4-3 and Henneman & Martin were up 2-0 when the win was secured.
The preliminary matches of the girls tennis team tournament are complete. Conestoga Valley and Lampeter-Strasburg are moving on.
Conestoga Valley beat Manheim Central 3-0:
J. McBride won 6-2, 6-2
R. Eby won 6-0, 6-1
H. Kapchinske & K. Kochanowski won 6-1, 6-2
Lampeter-Strasburg beat Lancaster Country Day 3-1
C. Capoferri won 6-0, 6-3
I. Brown won 6-1, 6-1
S. Stoltzfus & N Holmes won 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
For Lancaster Country Day, C. Gleiberman won 6-4, 7-5
The semifinals on October 2nd have been rearranged and moved indoors due to the threat of inclement weather:
Manheim Township will play Lampeter-Strasburg at noon at Racquet Club West.
Lancaster Catholic will play Conestoga Valley at 12:30 at Hempfield Rec.
With a knock on wood for continued good weather, the girls tennis post season gets underway Monday, October 1st with the newly reformatted team tournament. Section 2 Champion Lampeter-Strasburg will play Section 3 Runner Up Lancaster Country Day at Conestoga Valley and Section 1 Runner Up Conestoga Valley will play Section 2 Runner Up Manheim Central at Warwick. Both matches will start at 4. Awaiting the winners in the semifinals on October 2nd are Section 1 Champion Manheim Township and Section 3 Champion Lancaster Catholic, respectively. The finals will be October 3rd.
2018 Girls Tennis Team Tournament Bracket
The week of tennis continues on Thursday, October 5th with the start of the flight tournaments. Conestoga Valley will host Flight 1 AAA and Flight 1 AA as well as all of the Doubles matches. Manheim Central will host the first 2 rounds of Flight 2. Flight 3’s first 2 rounds will be at Warwick and Flight 4 at Ephrata.
Play continues on Saturday, October 7th, all matches at Conestoga Valley, with the finals slated for Monday, October 9th.
2018 Girls Tennis Flight Tournaments Brackets
Note: Brackets were corrected 2 pm 9/30
The Lancaster Lebanon League is looking to better “brand” itself and currently does not have an official logo. We would like to endorse an official logo and are reaching out to groups, schools and organizations for designs.
The Lancaster Lebanon League is composed of 26 school districts and 2 associate members. For more information, contact the league web site, l-lleague.com, or Amanda Howe at Pequea Valley High School.
Please submit logos to Amanda Howe digitally at Amanda_howe@pequeavalley.org or hard copy to her attention at Pequea Valley High School, PO Box 287, Kinzers, PA 17535.
The logo chosen will receive a $500 cash award. Contest deadline is November 1, 2018.