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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.

In a Girls and Boys Lacrosse championship double header, Manheim Township came out on top twice as both the Blue Streak girls and Blue Streak boys defended their 2015 LL League Championships.

In the early (girls) game, Hempfield tied it early at 2 before the Streaks reeled of 9 unanswered goals, stretching in to the second half.  Hempfield cut the deficit to 5 but could not get closer as Manheim Township won 13-7.

In the second game, Township jumped out to an early 2-0 lead over Lampeter Strasburg, eventually piling up a 7 goal lead at the half, 9-2.  LS opened the scoring in the second half, but could only ever cut the margin to 5, falling in the end 14-8.

The baseball playoffs, are just about set:

The winner of Thursday’s game between ELCO and Cocalico will advance to the playoffs along with Manheim Central.

If Manheim Central wins on Friday against ELCO they will be Section III champs and all playoff games will run as planned on Saturday with the winner of ELCO-Cocalico being the Section III Runner-Up.    However, if Manheim Central loses on Friday that will force a one game playoff for the Section III Title which would impact Saturday’s game.

If that happens, the Section III title game will be at 10am at War Memorial – hoping to beat the weather.   All playoff games will be moved to Monday Night with the 10am and 1pm games being played at Manheim Township at 4pm (Ephrata vs AC)  & 7pm (Lancaster Catholic vs Solanco).   The 4pm (Hempfield vs Section 3 Runner Up) & 7pm (PM vs Section 3 Champ) games will be played Monday night at War Memorial at 4pm & 7pm.

Another possibility is that ELCO and Manheim Central do not play on Friday due to weather or other act of God.  If faced with that game not being played Friday, those teams will need to make that game up on Saturday morning/afternoon.   The tie-breaker game will be Saturday night at War Memorial 6pm.  All playoff games will be move to Monday Night as mentioned above.

The Semi-Finals will still be Tuesday and the Finals on Thursday.  This is to avoid playing Friday if at all possible to give the teams in the championship game three days rest for their pitchers to throw in the opening round of Districts on Monday.

Quarterfinals, all Saturday 5/14 (hopefully) at War Memorial Field, Ephrata:
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

League Baseball Playoff Bracket 2016