The Lady Comets led from start to finish in a 19-11 Saturday morning win over West York, March 26. Maddie Webber paced the attack with eight goals. Keegan Dings added four and Halie Rineer netted three to round out the multiple goal scorers.

Four days later, in the league opener, the roles were reversed as Hempfield hung a 13-2 loss on the visiting Comets. The Knights racked up 10 first half goals. Kendall Ulmer and Weber scored second half goals for the Comets.

Mackenzie Nafgizer and Booklynn Ayala both collected six saves as they split time in goal.

BOYS' LACROSSE

Coming off a 9-8 record in 2019, the Comets opened the season with a 15-5 non-league win over Cocalico, March 26. Tied at 5-5 at the half, Manor used a 6-0 run through the third period to take control and denied the visitors a single goal in the second half.

Returning senior Clayton Hollinger, a second team all-star in 2019, poured in eight goals and added one assist. Adam Hollinger and Eli Warfel each scored twice while Isiac Nafziger and Erik Hinkle dished out three assists each. Dylan Keene (1g, 1a), Cole Spezialetti (1g, 4a) and Jack Barley (1g) also contributed.

Nick Hollinger picked up the win in goal with five saves.

BASEBALL

Despite returning just one starter (Hunter Sipel), head coach Stuart Streeter has high expectations for this season. "We all have high expectations but there are huge challenges to deal with as well," Streeter said. "Missing players due to quarantines are situations that change the makeup of our team at any time or on the spur of the moment."

The Comets got off to a rough start Monday, March 29, managing just one hit, a single by Isaac Braegelmann in the sixth inning, in a 7-0 loss to Wilson. Manor struck out 15 times and committed four errors.

In the Section One opener Wednesday, March 31, Hempfield extended a 3-1 lead with two runs in the fifth and four in the sixth for a 9-1 victory over the Comets. Manor finished with just two hits on the day, singles by Ethan Adelman and Jackson Swarr.

Hunter Sipel took the loss, allowing three hits and three runs over the first two innings.

TRACK

The Lady Comet throwers swept the javelin, shot put and discus, anchoring a tight 78-71 season opening win over visiting Hempfield Monday, March 29. Manor won 11 of 18 events with Annie Bibus winning the mile and 800 and Jalyn Clow sparking the throwers with firsts in the javelin and discus and a second in the shot. Gertrude Moenga added a win in the shot with Jaden Metzler, who was second in the discus, taking third. Alyssa Heagy and Cassidy McCollum, who won the long jump, went 2-3 in the javelin while Kelsey Busswell's third in the discus rounded out the throwing sweep.

Other winners included Abby Stoner in the 200, Abby Ames in the 3200, and Eden Crisman in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet on a very windy day.

"The throwers certainly came up big," pointed out head coach Ben Shober. "And Cassidy winning the long jump was also key. It was a tough meet and every point mattered in the end."

Kyle Murr, a returning district qualifier as a sophomore, won the long and triple jumps and Aaron Eby took the javelin and discus but it wasn't quite enough as Hempfield pulled out a tightly contested 79-65 win.

Graham Thomas was a spark on the track, winning the 3200, anchoring the winning 4x800 relay with Hetrick, Lindsley and Leo Medvedkin (first in the 800) and teaming with Lindsley, Hetrick and Ritchey in the 4x400 exchange.

Other winners included Jahsten Best in the 400 and Jaryd Kleinhaus in the shot.

SOFTBALL

With an 18 hit attack, the Comets crushed Lancaster Catholic 13-2 in non-league action Monday, March 29. Maddie Trout went 4-5 with two doubles, a triple and a two-run homer. She scored five runs.

Bella Peters and Kylie Goss combined for 13 strikeouts and scatters three hits.

In the league opener Wednesday, Emily Riggs cracked a solo homer in the fifth inning, breaking a 5-5 tie and providing the game-winning run.

"Defensively, Aralyn Hoffert came in with no outs and a runner on first and got the last three outs of the game," said head coach Dave Stokes. "This was her first varsity experience. She did a great job in a difficult situation."

The Comets opened with a four-run first inning and led 5-1 after three but the Knights returned the favor with a four-run fourth, setting the stage for Riggs and Hoffert.

"We return almost everyone from 2019 and have four freshmen (Jordan Bailey, Janelle Bowmaster, Kira Greene and Reagan Soboleski) that I can mix in," said Stokes. "In the past, they would be starting for us and would probably start on a number of teams in the league. We have high expectations this year."

VOLLEYBALL

In their first match of the season, the Comets opened with a 25-19 win over visiting CV but fell short after that, dropping three close games, 25-22, 25-21, 25-19.

CV's Sawyer Shertzer was a force at the net with 20 kills. Derek Warfel was tops for Manor with 10. Riley Walton served up for aces, Max Bushong hustled for six digs, Wyatt Rohrer dished out 26 assists and Ryan Walton put up three blocks.

TENNIS

The Comets extended their undefeated winning streak with back-to-back victories, March 25-26, over Hempfield and CV and they did it without their No. 1 player, Curtis Rabatin.

Manor defeated Hempfield 6-1 with all singles players moving up. Stefo Billis worked a shutout at No. 1, Maxwell Davis earned a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 2, PJ Fahey took No. 3, 6-3, 6-1 and Paul Karpouzis won 6-0, 6-1 at No 4.

Doubles were a bit tighter. Billis and Davis won 8-2 at No. 1 and Fahey and Karpouzis pulled out an 8-6 win at No. 2 to wrap up the scoring.

One day later, battling fierce winds, the Comets prevailed 4-3 against CV. Tied at 3-3, the win came down to Karpouzis at No. 4. The senior won 6-4, lost 3-6 but came back to win the third set tiebreaker over Grady Ray.

"It was 8-8, then 8-9 before Paul turned it up and finally won 11-9," said head coach Amanda Pryzbylkowski, "continuing our undefeated record to date."

The winning continued Monday, March 29 with a convincing 6-1 final over Manheim Township. Rabatin was back and won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1. Billis shut out his No. 2 opponent, Davis won 6-0, 6-1 and Fahey pulled out a tight one, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

Rabatin and Davis, at No. 1, and Billis and Fahey (No. 2) both won 8-1.