Published May 11, 2008, 12:21 AM EST

by PETE KAUFFMAN

Lancaster - 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, 12:19 AM EST

by TOM ARNOLD, Correspondent

Ephrata - 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

Ephrata - 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 10, 2008, 1:34 AM EST

by PETE KAUFFMAN, Sports Writer

200 Stanley Ave, Landisville - "It's a goal accomplished."That's how Lampeter-Strasburg senior Quinn Staley assessed winning his second straight L-L League Track and Field Meet title in the boys' pole vault, clearing a personal-best 14-8.It was, though, much more than just any goal accomplis......

Published May 10, 2008, 1:26 AM EST

by JASON FULGINITI, Sports Writer

400 Adele Ave, Manheim - Dale Stoltzfus discarded the notion like a 6-foot-5 defender would head away a dangerous corner kick.Minutes after his team stunned Penn Manor with a 1-0 double-overtime victory in the Lancaster-Lebanon League semifinals Thursday night at Manheim Central High School, Lancaster Mennonite......

Published May 10, 2008, 1:19 AM EST

by MATT BLYMIER, Sports Writer

100 E Cottage Ave, Millersville - A good transition game. Potent offense. Strong goalie and a solid defense.Those four things are what championship lacrosse teams are made of, according to Penn Manor girls' coach Jim Miller.The only thing the Comets had been lacking all year was a consistent defense. But Friday ......

Published May 9, 2008, 9:35 AM EST

by DAVE BYRNE, Sports Correspondent

Manheim - Sometimes, it really is the way the ball bounces.

A pair of fortuitous caroms proved to be the difference in Thursday night's Lancaster-Lebanon League girls soccer semifinal games at Manheim Central.

In the first game of the doubleheader, Sheree McCarty's corner kick bounced across......

Published May 9, 2008, 9:11 AM EST

by DAVE BYRNE, Sports Correspondent

Lancaster - In the last two seasons, Manheim Township has entered the Lancaster-Lebanon League baseball playoffs as the overwhelming favorite after going a combined 34-3.

This year, the Blue Streaks are 18-1 heading into the postseason. So it's clear they're the odds-on favorite once again, right?...

Published May 9, 2008, 1:36 AM EST

by KEVIN FREEMAN, Sports Writer

2176 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster - Garden Spot didn't walk into Lancaster Mennonite's gym to play volleyball Thursday night. The Spartans charged in.When Gauying Kha's first serve fell in for an ace, the Spartan boys' team was feeling it.Chest-bumping, high-fiving and hard-swinging, Spot was fired up.......