Every sports team has the same basic goal, to win their last game. Of course, the ultimate goal is for that final win to come in a championship game, securing a title in the process. Unfortunately, there can be only one champion which means most teams will have to take a victory in their regular season finale as reaching their goal.

That is the case for the Conestoga Valley boys' basketball team. With a 76-73 victory over Garden Spot on February 10th the Buckskins capped their regular season with a win in their final game, leaving them with an 11-11 record.

Despite four double digit scorers, CV needed a 23-14 run through the fourth quarter to secure the three-point victory. That is because the Spartans used a 22-16 edge in the second frame to flip CV's narrow 21-20 first quarter lead into a 42-37 game at intermission. Conestoga Valley slipped a bit farther behind the visitors with Spot's 17-16 edge in the third but that only setup CV's come-from-behind run in the fourth.

Cameron Swinton and DeMajh Salisbery netted 19-points a piece to take team high honors while Griffen Rishell (14-points) and Titus York (11-points) joined them in double figures.

One night later the Lady Buckskins attempted the same feat but fell short in their tangle with Garden Spot, dropping a 57-39 final to finish the 2021-2022 season at 8-13. Taylor Hehnly posted a team high 11-points in the loss, but it was not enough to overcome Spot's scoring edge in three of the four quarters.

RIFLE

The rifle team closed out their 2021-2022 season on February 12th when they hosted the L-L Individual Championship. Just one Buckskin, Edison Stauffer, cracked the top 20, finishing 17th with 197 and three centers.

WRESTLING

The wrestling team is not finished with their 2021-2022 season entirely, but the Buckskins did wrap up their regular season on February 10th with a 39-30 win over Daniel Boone. Luke Morley kicked off the match with a forfeit win, but Daniel Boone claimed four of the next five and five of the next six bouts. That gave the Blazers a 30-15 lead with just five weight classes remaining. Keaton Fischer (145) and Abdoul Akala (160) were the two grapplers that broke up Boone's run, adding to Morley's six team points with a decision and pinfall, respectively.

Jonathan Lopez got CV rolling with his first period fall at 189 with Josue Marente following with another first period fall at 215. Mukhammed Karayev made it three in a row with a forfeit win at 285 and Trent Ruble closed out the match and the win with CV's final pinfall win at 113.

SWIMMING

The swimming team made their way to Wilson High School's Roy G. Snyder Natatorium on February 11th and 12th for the two-day L-L Championship Meet. With few swimmers, the Buckskins did not do well in the team title chase where the boy's finished 7th and the girls 11th but CV did enjoy a few podium performances.

The quartet of Connor Ludwig, Ashton Reese, Aiden Campbell, and Daniel Ivanchikov claimed sixth place in both the 200-freestyle relay and the 400-freestyle relay. Ivanchikov also made two solo trips to the medal podium, once for his fifth-place finish in the 100-butterfly and again for his fourth-place finish in the 500-freestyle. Jordan Holmes secured CV's only other medal, taking fifth in the girl's 100-backstroke. Holmes also took part in the 100-freestyle, finishing 12th. Ludwig and Campbell enjoyed two other top 20 finishes each with Campbell earning his in the 200IM (16th) and 100-breaststroke (14th) while Ludwig took part in the 100-freestyle (18th) and 200-freestyle (16th). Reese added a 22nd place finish in the boy's 100-backstroke while Cheyenne Plank gave the Lady Buckskins a 24th place in the 200IM to round out the L-L performers.