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The 2016 League Soccer Playoffs for both Boys and Girls will start on Saturday, October 15th (note change from originally posted date of Tuesday 10/18).  Sites will be as follows:

Quarterfinals:  Saturday, October 15
Conestoga Valley-double header, 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon
Manheim Central-double header, 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon
Cocalico-double header, 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon
Penn Manor-double header, 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Games will be assigned based on final section standings and homecoming dance schedules.

Semifinals:  Tuesday, October 18th
Penn Manor-double header, 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Manheim Central-double header, 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Finals: Thursday, October 20th
Warwick-boys and girls double header,  5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Boys Volleyball and Softball finals happened simultaneously, both matching Hempfield vs Penn Manor.

In Boys Volleyball is was the Black Knights that won the section championship taking on the runner up Comets.  After sweeping their way in to the finals, the Black Knights swept their way out, winning 25-18, 25-17, 25-20.  The title marks the 16th for the program and 2nd in a row.

L-L League Boys Volleyball Bracket 2016

Rolls were reversed in the softball final, with Penn Manor winning the section 1 championship, Hempfield the runners up.  The paths to the finals were not easy, with Hempfield having to top previously undefeated LS in round 1 and Penn Manor escaping Donegal 1-0.  In the finals, the teams took a game tied at 2 in to the 7th and beyond.  Hempfield scored the go ahead run in the top of the 8th and Penn Manor could not answer.  Black Knights 3, Comets 2 in 8 innings.  That is Hempfield’s 3rd league championship, the last coming in 2013.

Softball League Playoff Bracket 2016

Baseball, Softball and Boys Volleyball were all in action Monday evening.

In baseball’s quarterfinals:
ELCO 6, Hempfield 5
Solanco 3, Lancaster Catholic 2 (10 innings)
Penn Manor 3, Manheim Central 1
Ephrata 3, Annville Cleona 0
Baseball’s Semifinals are 5/17 at Ephrata
ELCO vs Solanco, 4 pm
Penn Manor  vs Ephrata, 7 pm
By virtue of being a section champion, Ephrata will be the home team vs Penn Manor.  A coin toss will determine the home team for ELCO vs Solanco

In Softball’s semifinals:
Penn Manor 7, Elizabethtown 0
Hempfield 2, Solanco 1
Softball’s finals are 5/18 at 7 pm at Garrett Park
Penn Manor vs Hempfield
Penn Manor will be the home team since they are a section champion

In Boys Volleyball’s semifinals:
Hempfield 3, Manheim Township 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-11)
Penn Manor 3, Ephrata 1 (25-21, 25-23, 25-27, 25-14)
Boys Volleyball finals are 5/18 at 7 pm at Manheim Township
Penn Manor vs Hempfield

Lots of playoffs happening on Monday, 5/16.

Boys Volleyball and Softball are both in semifinals:

Volleyball:
at Garden Spot
Hempfield vs Manheim Township at 6
Ephrata vs Penn Manor at 7:30

Softball:
at Garrett Park
5:30 p.m. – Etown (away) vs Penn Manor (Home)
7:30 p.m. – Hempfield (away) vs Solanco (Home)

Baseball will play quarterfinals, rescheduled from Saturday, 5/14
Section Champions are the home team in each game.
At Manheim Township:
Section 2 Champion Ephrata vs Section 4 Runner Up Annville Cleona, 4 pm
Section 4 Champion Lancaster Catholic vs Section 2 Runner Up Solanco, 7 pm
At Ephrata
Section 1 Champion Hempfield vs Section 3 Runner Up ELCO, 4 pm
Section 3 Champion Manheim Central vs Section 1 Runner Up Penn Manor, 7 pm

The 2016 edition of the Track & Field Championships got underway early on Saturday and finished before the rains hit.

In the team standings, Manheim Township won the girls competition, McCaskey the boys.

Individually, Emily Stauffer of Cocalico broke the oldest meet record on the books in the girls shot put.  The previous record, set in 1981, was 45’10”; Stauffer threw a whopping 48’3.5″.

2016 Boys Results

• 4×800 m Relay:  Cedar Crest
• 110 m Hurdles:  Billy Cooney (Solanco)
• 100 m Dash:  Andrew Miller (Conestoga Valley)
• 1600 m Run:  Nathan Henderson (McCaskey)
• 400 m Dash:  Ian Harpel (Warwick)
• 4×100 m Relay:  Conestoga Valley
• 300 m Hurdles:  Billy Cooney (Solanco)
• 800 m Run:  Drein Klick (Lebanon)
• 200 m Dash:  Troy Miller (Solanco)
• 3200 m Run:  Nathan Henderson (McCaskey)
• 4×400 m Relay:  ELCO
• Long Jump:  Troy Miller (Solanco)
• High Jump:  Troy Miller (Solanco)
• Triple Jump:  Mark Njenga (Ephrata)
• Pole Vault:  Jesse Brownstein (Lebanon)
• Shot Put:  Tyler Hoag (Manheim Central)
• Discus:  Ben Viau (Manheim Township)
• Javelin:  Cain Resch (McCaskey)

2016 Girls Results

• 4×800 m Relay:  Warwick
• 100 m Hurdles:  Billie Jo Bollinger (Manheim Central)
• 100 m Dash:  Nesta Petit ton (Garden Spot)
• 1600 m Run:  Isabella Fife (McCaskey)
• 400 m Dash:  Sarah Klag (Hempfield)
• 4×100 m Relay:  Hempfield
• 300 m Hurdles:  Nesta Petit ton (Garden Spot)
• 800 m Run:  Meredith Newman (Manheim Township)
• 200 m Dash:  Nesta Petit ton (Garden Spot)
• 3200 m Run:  Kate Dickow (Warwick)
• 4×400 m Relay:  Warwick
• Long Jump:  Ariel Jones (Cedar Crest)
• High Jump:  Ariel Jones (Cedar Crest)
• Triple Jump:  Precious Reid-White (McCaskey)
• Pole Vault:  Carley Sheppard (Manheim Central)
• Shot Put:  Emily Stauffer (Cocalico)
• Discus:   Emily Stauffer (Cocalico)
• Javelin:  Kristen Herr (Lampeter Strasburg)

Full 2016 Results

Do you know how to prevent a spring sport from suffering weather problems?

Play it indoors.

The Boys Volleyball tournament got underway as scheduled at Hempfield and Ephrata.  3 of the 4 matches went down in straight sets:
Ephrata 3-0 over Warwick 25-17, 25-16, 25-12
Penn Manor over Manheim Central 25-15, 25-18, 25-12
Hempfield over Cocalico 25-14-25-15, 25-19
The final match at Hempfield, however, went the distance:
Manheim Township 3-2 28-26, 28-26, 23-25, 21-25, 15-8

The semifinals will be Monday 5/16 at Garden Spot, Hempfield vs Manheim Township at 6, Ephrata vs Penn Manor at 7:30

8 events are in the books after day 1 of the 2016 LL League Track & Field Championships.  McCaskey leads both the boys and girls team scoring.

Complete Friday Results

Lane Assignments for Sprint Finals

For a while it looked like it looked like the tiebreaker game between Pequea Valley and Annville Cleona would happen, until a 10-minute downpour did it in. With one of the schools having a school function, the option to delay the start or move to another venue was not feasible. In addition, Garret Park is not a league facility, so the game can’t be pushed to tomorrow like baseball could do. Therefore, Annville-Cleona and Pequea Valley have been named co-champions of Section 4. Congrats to both teams – their seasons were very similar & they represented their schools and the league in a manner in which they are both worthy champions.

For seeding purposes, the tie-breaker criteria # 4 was use (District 3 Power Rankings) and Pequea Valley earned the top spot.

Saturday’s Games will be:

Game # 1:  9:00 a.m.  PV vs. Etown
Game # 2:  11:15 a.m.  Solanco vs. AC
Game # 3:  1:30 p.m. LS vs. Hempfield
Game # 4:  3:45 p.m. Penn Manor  vs. Donegal

Track & Field:
The seedings for this weekend’s Track & Field Championships have been updated.  This is the last update that will be posted, any scratches from this point forward will be announced at the event.
Updated Track & Field Seeds

Baseball:
ECLO, down 4-0 in the 5th inning came back to win 10-5 over Cocalico in their penultimate game of the regular season and claimed a playoff spot.  The ELCO vs Manheim Central game Friday may decide the section champion.  If Manheim Central wins, they are section champions and the quarterfinals look like this on Saturday:
Section 2 Champion Ephrata vs Section 4 Runner Up Annville Cleona, 10 am
Section 4 Champion Lancaster Catholic vs Section 2 Runner Up Solanco, 1 pm
Section 1 Champion Hempfield vs Section 3 Runner Up, 4 pm
Section 3 Champion vs Section 1 Runner Up Penn Manor, 7 pm

If ELCO wins, Manheim Central and ELCO are tied for first in Section 3 to end the regular season and will play the tiebreaker game Saturday at 10 am at Ephrata’s War Memorial field.  All quarterfinal games will then be pushed to Monday at 2 sites:
At Manheim Township:
Section 2 Champion Ephrata vs Section 4 Runner Up Annville Cleona, 4 pm
Section 4 Champion Lancaster Catholic vs Section 2 Runner Up Solanco, 7 pm
At Ephrata’s War Memorial Field:
Section 1 Champion Hempfield vs Section 3 Runner Up, 4 pm
Section 3 Champion vs Section 1 Runner Up Penn Manor, 7 pm

Softball
Solanco broke the log jam at the top of Section 2, topping Elizabethtown earlier this week to claim the Section 2 championship.  Donegal emerged from Section 3 as the second place team to qualify for the league playoffs.  When the dust settled in Section 4, Annville Cleona and Pequea Valley remained tied for the top spot.  The tiebreaker game is Friday at Warwick at 3:30 pm.

Quarterfinals:
All Games will be at Garrett Park
Saturday, May 14:
GAME 1        9:00 am – Sec. 4 Champ (AC or PV) vs. Sec. 2 Runner-up (Etown )
GAME 2        11:15 am – Sec. 2 Champ (Sol) vs. Sec 4 Runner-up (AC or PV)
GAME 3        1:30 p.m. – Sec. 3 Champ (LS) vs. Sec. 1 Runner-up (Hempfield)
GAME 4        3:45 p.m. – Sec. 1 Champ (Penn Manor) vs. Sec. 3 Runner-up (Donegal)

Efforts to compile a complete list of Lancaster Lebanon League champions continues.  The latest update is for Baseball and Track & Field.

Baseball League History
Track & Field Individual History
Track & Field Team History

These records do not exist without the work of a lot or people.  The baseball list was compiled by Hempfield Head Baseball Coach Jeremy Morrison.  Penn Manor AD Jeff Roth and Conestoga Valley AD Zac Kraft teamed up to provide track & field team history.  The use of HyTek meet manager at the league championship meet and before that pa.milesplit.com hold a wealth of information about individual results.  But even pa.milesplit.com doesn’t have that information without people like Bob Trump, Jim Ellingsworth, Jim Albright, Bill Bauers, Jeff Bradley, Trey Jackson and Dave Roberts.

And yes, these lists are incomplete, but they are a start at documenting the history of LL League champions.