Published May 12, 2008, 12:49 AM EST

by KEVIN FREEMAN, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - For a week at the start of the boys' volleyball season, Jon Martin didn't think about spikes or blocks or making a good pass from the back row.Instead, his focus was on repairing fences.The week prior to Easter, Martin, a senior outside hitter for Lancaster Mennonite, travel......

Published May 12, 2008, 12:44 AM EST

by PETE KAUFFMAN, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - KYLE Fisher had an incredible day.KYLE Fisher's performance was unmatched in Lancaster-Lebanon League history, at least according to several longtime area track coaches.KYLE Fisher was the shining star among all of the outstanding athletes who put on another great show at this p......

Published May 12, 2008, 12:35 AM EST

by MATT BLYMIER, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - For the first time in five years, both Manheim Township and Hempfield will not be the top two seeds when the Lancaster League boys' lacrosse playoffs begin today.Instead, it will be the Blue Streaks, the defending champs, and Warwick, the league's lone unbeaten team this season.Both......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:21 AM EST

by PETE KAUFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Alex Fisher was at a loss for words and out of breath. When the Cocalico junior finally wrapped his words around his thoughts, he summed up his day perfectly: "It was quite an experience." Fisher experienced what is believed to be a first in Lancaster-Lebanon League history when he wo......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:20 AM EST

by WILL WELLIVER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - When the night began, Lancaster Mennonite junior Katelyn Vanderhoff was playing at forward, her normal position on the field. At the end of it, Vanderhoff was in net, stopping a penalty kick to clinch the L-L League girls' soccer championship. Vanderhoff's save in the ninth round of pen......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:19 AM EST

by TOM ARNOLD, Correspondent

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Led by the seven-hit pitching of Keith Bires, Manheim Township shut out Donegal 8-0 in the opening game of the L-L League baseball quarterfinals Saturday at Ephrata. The win earns Township, the 19-1, Section One champion, a semifinal meeting with Ephrata, which blasted Lancaster Catholic 17-5 S......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:19 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS, Sports Writer

FREDERICKSBURG - What most baseball coaches search for constantly and even desperately, Jack Merrifield has in abundance. Pitching. It's why the Black Knights got past Northern Lebanon, 3-1 in the first round of the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs. It's why the Section One runner-up Knights have a chance......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:19 AM EST

by DAVE BYRNE, Sports Writer

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - After trying every which way to manufacture runs playing smallball, Ephrata unleashed what comes everyday natural to Elizabethtown. A bombardment of base hits. Playing Vesuvius to Lancaster Catholic's Pompeii, Ephrata erupted for 12 sixth-inning runs, sending 17 batters to the plate, p......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:18 AM EST

by GREG CALDWELL, Correspondent

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Defense and pitching are always key components in softball, but hustle and aggressive play are sometimes overlooked. Not Saturday at Garrett Park in Willow Street, which Elizabethown fought to earn a 1-0 decision over Pequea Valley in the first round of the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs....

Published May 11, 2008, 12:17 AM EST

by SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY NEWS

NEWARK, N.J. - It all came together for the Lancaster Barnstormers Saturday night in Newark. The club got flawless defense, a strong pitching effort from Zack Parker and Jeff Muessig and timely hitting in the middle innings to produce a 7-2 victory, their first on the road this season. Parker (2-0) kept ......