For most, a football game is 60 minutes but in high school that is cut down to 32 minutes or 1,920 seconds. Conestoga Valley needed 1,918 of those seconds to secure a 34-31 win over Governor Mifflin on October 7th. The back-and- forth battle ended with CV's David Irwin nailing his second field goal of the game, this one from 28-yards with a mere two seconds remaining to give the Buckskins the win.

The Mustangs jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter only to see Conestoga Valley rally to take a 21-17 lead into halftime. Irwin's first field goal stretched the lead to 24-17 with three quarters in the books before things got crazy.

Mifflin's Brandon Jones knotted the game at 24-24 with his 46-yard score only to have Collin Martin put CV back in front with his 20-yard scamper. Governor Mifflin tied the game again when Deslin McNeil hit Adrian McNeil for a 34-yard touchdown but there was enough time for one final drive and Irwin's game winning kick.

CV totaled just 297 yards with Nick Tran topping the rushing attack with 75 yards on 25 carries and a second quarter TD. Jayden Johnson added 87 total yards with 60 coming via the ground and his one score coming in the air. That one touchdown toss was Macoy Kneisley's lone score, as he finished with 114 yards passing.

FIELD HOCKEY

With the end of the regular season in sight, the field hockey team has hopes of extending their season. The Lady Buckskins sit 14th in the most recent District 3-2A rankings, putting them just inside the 16-team field. They did not help their cause with games opposite Warwick on the 6th and Penn Manor on the 10th as both ended in 2-1 losses, dropping CV to 9-8 overall and just 1-6 in L-L play.

Elizabeth Tally totaled 18 saves over the two games while Danae Ulrich and Mikyla Rineer split the goal scoring. Ulrich got help from Lilyana Good for her score against Warwick while Rineer went solo for her score.

VOLLEYBALL

The girls' volleyball team inched closer to securing a District 3-4A playoff berth despite dropping a 3-1 final to Hempfield on the 6th. It was the second loss to the Lady Black Knights this season, accounting for both of CV's losses in their 9-2 overall mark.

Hempfield opened with a 25-20 game one win, but CV was able to rebound with a 25-21 win of their own. From there CV was only able to make Hempfield battle for the 3-1 victory, pushing the final two games to 25-19 and 25-16. Summer Getz finished with 31 assists and three aces while Rebecca Hartranft had 21 kills. Emily Kornacki added 14 digs.

BOYS' SOCCER

The boys' soccer team reached the end of their regular season on the 11th, falling to Warwick by a 2-0 final. With the loss CV sits at 7-7-2 overall and just inside the 16-team District 3-4A playoff field. The Buckskins will now shift their attention to the October 20th district deadline to see if they will make the postseason cut.

Conestoga Valley's final win of the regular season came on the 6th when they used Nate Showvaker's overtime score to secure a 4-3 win over McCaskey. Showvaker and friends appeared to put the game away with three first half goals, but McCaskey was able to tie things up and force OT. Showvaker got CV going by hitting Caden Bredeman in the 8th minute and picked up a second assist in the 34th minute by finding Owen Riggle. In between Rowan Aisenbrey converted a penalty kick that gave CV a 2-1 lead.

GIRLS' SOCCER

The Lady Buckskin soccer team saw their 2022 season end on the 11th with a 7-1 loss to Warwick. Mae Linder knotted the game at 1-1 with her unassisted score in the 9th minute but it was all Lady Warriors from there. Gabbie Moore finished with eight saves.

CV added one more to their win column, topping Daniel Boone on the 8th by a 1-0 final. Gabriella Neiman netted the game winner, with help from Erin Figart, in the 63rd minute with 10 Moore saves preserving the win.

Conestoga Valley was on the other side of a 1-0 final on the 6th, falling to Cedar Crest in overtime. Moore finished with 13 saves.

TENNIS

The girls' tennis team jumped headfirst into the postseason, taking part in the L-L Championship on October 6th, 8th, and 10th. The Lady 'Bucks made waves in a few different flights including championships from Paula Valverde-Gomez and Sydney Harris but it was the work of Jade Flores in Flight One that will keep CV's season going.

Flores, fresh off her Section One and L-L All-Star selections, battled to a fourth-place finish in Flight One, earning a trip to the Hershey Racquet Club for the District 3-3A Championship. Flores topped Solanco's Destiny Langley and Hempfield's Sophie Carson in the opening two rounds. Losses to eventual L-L champ Catherine Rabatin (Penn Manor) and Manheim Township's Haley Miller saw Flores finish fourth.

Both Valverde-Gomez and Harris posted a perfect 4-0 mark on their way to their titles. Valverde-Gomez needed a tiebreaker to get by Annie Forry (Cedar Crest) in the opening round of Flight Two action and three sets to top Manheim Township's Jade Miller in the semifinals but was able to get by Rowan Kimmel (Lampeter-Strasburg) and Alex Gregory (Hempfield) with ease.

Harris started hot with straight set wins over Donegal's Corinne Watson and Ephrata's Grace Willets but found the going more difficult starting with her semifinal bout. There, Harris needed a tie-break to secure the win before taking all three sets to get by Manheim Central's Bri Mylin for the Flight Three title.

Conestoga Valley nearly picked up another title, this one in Flight Three Doubles. Instead the tandem of Trixie Obeng and Rachel Tsai settled for silver after falling to Ephrata's Barbara Price and Jenna Hornberger. Obeng and Tsai worked their way to that title match with wins over Caroline Lantz and Kiara Chmielecki (Solanco), Selena Felices and Nancy Winand of Hempfield and Delaine Edwards and Nastasia Philip (Lancaster Country Day).

CV's other two doubles teams posted matching 1-1 marks. Flores and Valverde-Gomez were in the Flight One bracket where they topped Solanco's Destiny Langley and Adrienne Dolan before falling to Manheim Township's Kayla Kurtz and Haley Miller. Sydney Harris was joined by Paige Harris for Flight Two action. That resulted in a win over Lancaster Mennonite's Kate Metzler and Madison Cox and a loss to Madeline and Catherine Sanchez of Manheim Township.

Paige Harris saw her Flight Four singles run end with a first-round loss to Autumn Kirkley of Penn Manor.