Junior High Track and Field teams from across the League will converge on Hempfield Thursday afternoon for the annual Coaches’ meet.
These are the preliminary seedings for the event. These seedings and lane assignments can and will change on the day of the Meet if athletes withdraw from events.
With just one more game to play in the regular season, the Girls Lacrosse League playoff bracket is set. Elizabethtown plays Garden Spot on Monday, but win or lose, the Bears are the #4 seed by virtue of a head to head tiebreaker.
The playoffs open Tuesday at Warwick:
Finals will be on 5/12 as part of a Boys & Girls Lacrosse Championship double header, ladies first at 5 pm at Conestoga Valley.
The Boys Lacrosse playoffs were scheduled to be decided this past week, but Mother Nature had other plans. Here’s what is certain:
Semifinals are scheduled for Tuesday, 5/10 at Penn Manor. Hempfield vs Lampeter-Strasburg will be at 5 pm, Manheim Township vs Warwick/Garden Spot to follow at 7pm.
Four games remain in the LL League Girls Lacrosse regular season, so just a few If-Thens remain to determine playoff positions:
Final seedings and semifinal details will be posted this weekend.
The 2016 edition of the Lancaster Lebanon League Boys Tennis Flight Tournaments squeezed between multiple rainy days and finally reached a conclusion.
In the singles brackets, Griffin Clark of Manheim Township prevailed in the AAA Flight 1 finals, 6-4, 6-4. Tommy Moran of Lancaster Catholic came from behind to with the AA championship, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
The double brackets spread the Flight 1 wins to other schools as Tull & Muraika of Cedar Crest won an 8 Game Pro Set 8-7 (9) to repeat as AAA champions. Zern and Ashley of Donegal won their set 8-6 to claim AA gold.
Winning the other Flights:
Completed Brackets
The weather got in the way, but many matches were completed in the first round of the LL League Boys Tennis Flight Tournament. Doubles in Flight 1 (AAA and AAA) and Flight 2 were not played today due to the rain. Two rounds of singles in all flights and 1 round of doubles in Flight 3 were finished.
Play will resume at 8:15 AM on Saturday, 4/30 at Conestoga Valley. Due to the unfavorable forecast for Monday, singles brackets for Flight 1 both AAA and AA will be completed on Saturday (these need to be completed for District 3 seeding). All other flights will play as scheduled.
The Hempfield Boys Tennis team came away with the LL League Team Championship, escaping the rain and the Blue Streaks winning 3-0
With the Hempfield victory assured when the rain started, #1 Singles and #2 Singles will not be completed. There is the potential for a re-match between Athey and Clark as they are the #1 and #2 seeds in the AAA Singles Flight tournament that starts Thursday.
The 2016 edition of the Boys Tennis Flight Tournament has been seeded. The tournaments start April 28th.
At Conestoga Valley, first 2 rounds of AAA singles and Flight 2 and 3 doubles, first round of AA singles and AA doubles.
At Manheim Central, first 2 rounds of Flight 2 singles
At Warwick, first 2 rounds of Flight 3 singles
At Ephrata, first 2 rounds of Flight 4 singles
All sites and brackets will play through the conclusion of the quarterfinals on Thursday, April 28th. Semifinals for all brackets will be played at Conestoga Valley on April 30th, finals at Conestoga Valley on May 2nd.
Do you like to stay in shape? Do you have a passion for the sports you played as a kid? Do you like to make money?
If the answer to any of those was ‘YES!’ then you should become an official. The Lancaster-Lebanon League is looking for officials for all sports in all seasons at all levels. The average varsity official in the LL League makes over $70 per contest* and becoming a PIAA registered official is not hard. The next test date is June 6th, and the PIAA website makes the process even easier.
For details about chapter meetings for your favorite sports, specifics about salaries in the LL League or for any other questions about becoming an official in Lancaster or Lebanon Counties, please contact LL League Executive Director Richard Balderston.
*Payment for officials varies from sport to sport and varies by level within each sport. Varsity officials are the most experienced and receive the highest pay.
The quest for the LL League Boys Tennis Team Championship opens on Monday, April 25th. Section 1 Champion Hempfield will host Section 2 Runner-Up Cocalico. Section 2 Champion Manheim Central will host Section 1 Runner-Up Manheim Township. Both matches will start at 4 p.m.
The winners will play on Tuesday 4/26 at 4 pm at Warwick for the Championship.