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The Lancaster-Lebanon Secondary School Athletic Association is currently looking to hire an Assignment secretary for the sport of boys and girls soccer. Qualified candidates should have a knowledge of the rules of soccer and a working relationship with the soccer officials chapter. This is a paid position.  Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume, and your PA criminal , PA child abuse clearances, and your FBI criminal record clearance to The Lancaster-Lebanon Secondary School Athletic Association , Attention : Richard Balderston, LL Executive Director,  39 Timber Villa, Elizabethtown PA.

The format for the 2016 League Basketball Championships will be as follows:

Boys’ Basketball Playoffs
Quarterfinals: Saturday February 6 @ Section Champs (game time determined by host school based on gym availability)
Semifinals: Tuesday February 9 @ Neutral Sites (7:00 PM)
Finals: Thursday February 11 @ Manheim Township HS (7:00 PM)

Girls’ Basketball Playoffs
Quarterfinals: Monday February 8 @ Section Champs (7:00 PM)
Semifinals: Wednesday February 10 @ Neutral Sites (7:00 PM)
Finals: Friday February 12 @ Warwick/Annville Cleona (7:00 PM)
Please note the change in dates for the girls playoffs from what was originally posted

2016 Basketball Playoff Brackets

In the event of a tie between two(2) teams, a one(1) game playoff will be played to determine the Section Champion. These games will take place on Thursday February 4 at neutral site(s). Should any ties exist with any teams other than first place, the following criteria, in priority order, will be used:

1. Head to Head Competition
2. Record within the Section (crossover games do not count)
3. District 3 Power Rating
4. Coin Flip

A big congratulations is due to Mr. Anthony Hall and the Golden Mules of Solanco.  The Mules brought home a Section 2 championship in golf and were Co-Champions of Section 2 in football.  More importantly to the mission of interscholastic sports, they have been awarded the 2015 Fall Sportsmanship award as voted on by the Athletic Directors of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.   Good job Solanco!

Section 1 Champion Hempfield rolled to their 7th straight Lancaster Lebanon League championship in girls volleyball and 17th overall tonight at Manheim Township.

Runner Up and Section 2 Champion Garden Spot played tough in the first set before falling 26-24.  The Knights rode a 13-3 run in set 2 to top the Spartans 25-14 before finishing the sweep in set 3 with a 25-21 win.

Tonight was a busy night for league championship games as Field Hockey and Boys and Girls Soccer all saw new teams hoisting the trophy.

Girls Soccer went first, with Elizabethtown blanking Conestoga Valley 2-0.  This is the first league championship in girls soccer for the Bears and the first section 2 team to nab the top spot since girls soccer moved to the fall.

In Field Hockey, Donegal won 1-0 holding defending champion Penn Manor  scoreless for the first time all season.  Donegal enters the district playoffs undefeated.

In Boys Soccer, Conestoga Valley held on as Hempfield rallied late but couldn’t muster the second goal.  The Buckskins won by a final of 2-1.

It came down to the last night of the regular season for some teams, but Girls Volleyball is ready for the post season.  Quarterfinals are Friday, October 23rd.

There was a 3-way tie for second place in Section 3.  All three split the first tie-breaker: head to head in section play.  The next tie breaker is the numerical value of the District 3 power ratings as determined at 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 22nd.

That being said:  at 8:03 am Cocalico had a rating of .539553; Northern Lebanon had a rating of .536251; ELCO had a rating of .494846.

Cocalico is the second seed from section 3.

Quarterfinal Matchups:
At Lancaster Mennonite:

• Section 1 Champion Hempfield vs Section 2 3rd place Lampeter Strasburg, 6 pm
• Section 3 Champion Lancaster Mennonite vs Section 1 3rd place Manheim Township, 7:30 pm

At Garden Spot:

• Section 2 Champion Garden Spot vs Section 3 runner up Cocalico, 4 pm
• Section 1 runner up Warwick vs Section 2 runner up Elizabethtown at 5:30 pm

Semifinals are Monday, October 26th at Garden Spot, match times 6 and 7:30 pm with Finals at Manheim Township on October 28th at 7 pm.

2015 Girls Volleyball Bracket

Six Semifinals all in 1 night.  Twelve teams entered, 6 teams will enter the finals.

Field Hockey

• Donegal 7, Hempfield 0
• Penn Manor 2, Conestoga Valley 0
• Finals are Thursday, 10/22 at Conestoga Valley at 7 pm
• 2015 Field Hockey Bracket, updated through semifinals

Girls Soccer

• Elizabethtown 1, Manheim Township 0
• Conestoga Valley 2, Hempfield 1 (OT)
• Finals are Thursday, 10/22 at Warwick at 5:30
• 2015 Girls Soccer Bracket, updated through semifinals

Boys Soccer

• Conestoga Valley 4, Annville Cleona 0
• Hempfield 3, Lancaster Mennonite 1
• Finals are Thursday, 10/22 at Warwick following the girls finals (approx. 7:30)
• 2015 Boys Soccer Bracket, updated through semifinals