The girls' tennis team kept busy with four matches in a six-day stretch, winning all four, upping their overall mark to 7-4. The Bucks claimed the first three via 7-0 finals, sweeping Cedar Crest, Ephrata and Garden Spot before slipping by Penn Manor on the 19th.

CV used the same line-up for all three sweeps starting with Jade Flores in the top spot. Paula Valverde-Gomez, Sydney Harris and Paige Harris rounded out the remaining single spots. In doubles it was Flores and Valverde-Gomez winning in number one doubles while Sydney and Paige Harris anchored the number two doubles spot. Trixie Obeng and Rachel Tsai held down the three spot.

Against Penn Manor the Lady Buckskins split their wins evenly between singles and doubles. Valverde-Gomez and Sydney Harris picked up the singles wins while the Harris duo along with Obeng and Tsai accounted for the doubles victories.

GIRLS' SOCCER

There is an old saying, 'sometimes you are the hammer and sometimes you are the nail," that perfectly describes how the Conestoga Valley girls' soccer season has played out. The Lady Bucks opened as the hammer with wins in four of their first five games but are living life as the nail, recently dropping three straight by a combined 21-2.

The two most recent of those losses were to Manheim Township and to Cedar Crest, leaving CV with a 1-2 mark in league play. Despite falling to Township by a 6-1 count on the 15th, head coach Tom Erickson remained upbeat, "I'm really pleased with the way we played. It was 1-1 at halftime and we gave them quite a scare. They have a lot of talent and depth. They used 19 players against us in that game and we only had 14 available. All the credit to them," he added. "They wore us down and then broke through with a batch of goals in the second half."

McKenna Scott, with help from Mae Linder, picked up that first half score. Gabbie Moore finished with 12 saves in the loss.

A few days later CV made the trip to Lebanon to face Cedar Crest and returned with a 7-1 setback.

"That's a team we are equal too in terms of talent and numbers," said Erickson.

Erickson mentioned the bus ride as a probable reason. "We are not a good road team. There is something about riding on a bus for 30 to 40 minutes and being able to get off and play with focus that we haven't figured out yet. We gave up goals in the 2nd and 14th minute that forced us to play right into their counter-attacking style and we couldn't dig out of that hole."

This time it was Lead Buch busting up the shutout bid with an unassisted goal in the 64th minute. Moore finished with seven saves.

GOLF

The CV golf team wrapped up their 2022 regular season on the 14th, going 2-2 at Foxchase to finish 11-9 overall. Carson Hoover paced the team with his round of 82 while Ethan Tardibuono checked in with an 89.

VOLLEYBALL

The girls' volleyball team enjoyed a light week with only one match opposite Penn Manor on the slate. The Buckskins pulled out a 3-0 win but not without having to work. The first game finished 26-24 while the third game nearly went long as well with CV winning 25-23. In between was a comfortable 25-18 victory.

FIELD HOCKEY

It may be early with league play having just started for the field hockey team but by splitting games against Cedar Crest and Manheim Township, the Lady Buckskins have as many league wins (four) as the other four teams in Section One have combined.

The win over Cedar Crest came on the 14th with Mikyla Rineer scoring two first half goals to help CV win 4-1. Alaina Culbert also enjoyed a first half score while Jamie Handwerger tacked on one final goal in the fourth quarter. Elizabeth Tally needed just two saves to pick up the win.

Things were flipped around for CV's September 16th tilt with Township with the Streaks winning by a 5-1 final. Tally finished with 13 saves while Sophia Livingston, with help from Culbert, accounted for the lone CV goal.

BOYS' SOCCER

Back on the pitch, the boys' soccer team posted their first two game winning streak of the season, taking out Palmyra and McCaskey.

"Our team is growing into the season," said head coach Dave Hartlaub. "We are doing a solid job of defending and really starting to show some ability to move the ball through the midfield and into the attacking third.

"Our last two wins came from a team commitment to play better in the final third and to finish our chances," he continued. "We found seams in opponents defense and our guys put the ball in the back of the net. May this trend continue."

CV topped Palmyra, 2-1, on the 17th with Jacob Carr (four saves) and Trevor Forney (one save) teaming to secure the win. Rowan Aisenbrey played facilitator, setting up both goals, the first going to Thabo Lautsbaugh in the 58th minute and the second to Andrew Jones in the 60th minute.

Two days later CV posted a 3-0 win over McCaskey with Carr going solo for the two save win. This time it was Landen Sunday setting up two first half scores, one to Nate Showvaker and one to Caden Bredeman. Showvaker added to his goal by assisting Lautsbaugh for a third and final first half score.

Those two wins came after a 2-0 loss to Manheim Township on the 15th. Carr needed eight saves to keep things close.

FOOTBALL

One week after a thrilling OT win over Garden Spot, the football team ended up on the wrong end of a 21-10 final, falling to Warwick and dropping their overall record to 2-2.

The Warriors held CV to 105 total yards, stifling back stud running back Nick Tran (14 carries, 19 yards) while holding Macoy Kneisley and the passing game to just 41 yards. Tran did bust off a 95-yard kick return for a TD with a 22-yard David Irwin field goal counting as the only other points.