The girls' lacrosse team picked up three more wins over the last week, moving their early season record to 7-0 overall.

Friday, March 31, the girls blew past Central York in non-league action. A 14-1 first half sparked the 18-3 road win. Rowan Kimmel led a balanced attack with seven goals. Leigha Saurbaugh (1a) and Ryann Logan (2a) each scored a hat trick while Bethany Stoltzfus and Sophia Labrecque each scored twice with Abigail Welchans, Hannah Cissne, Trinity Wise (2), Abigail Wolff (2) and Denlinger contributing with assists.

At Cocalico Monday night, April 3, the girls posted their closest win of the season, holding off the Eagles 12-6.

"We knew Cocalico is a team stocked with fast and determined athletes and a slew of college commits to boot," said head coach Marshall Krebs. "This was a game that was going to be competitive, and it lived up to its billing.

"Two things gave us the upper hand: our defense including six saves and some critical clears from keeper Jordan Dilling, and an attack that utilized the skills of the personnel we have," he added. "We were down two players for a 3:30 span in the second half but the defense was spirited and determined."

The Pioneers, up 7-3 at the half, got a three goal, one assist effort from both Saurbaugh and Kimmel. Labrecque, a freshman, chipped in with two goals and two assists. Stoltzfus (1g), Logan (1g) and Welchans (3a) rounded out the offensive stats.

L-S earned its second league win on Wednesday, using a 9-2 first half run over Warwick to spark a 17-6 final. Kimmel tallied eight goals while Labrecque dished four assists and notched a hat trick along with Stoltzfus (1a) to highlight the top scorers.

BASEBALL

The baseball team used a six-run fifth inning to spark a 9-3 non-league win over Ephrata on Monday, April 3. L-S pounded out 15 hits on the day with Anthony Turek going 2-4 with 3RBI. Justin White was 3-3 with 2RBI and Logan Leaman also had 2RBI with his double in the fourth inning.

Peyton Harsh picked up the win with nine strikeouts and four walks, giving up just two hits over five innings. Mason Coe gave up three earned runs in the top of the seventh.

The Pioneers were coming off a non-league road win at CD East on Friday, March 31. Turek struck out seven, walked three and scattered three hits in a complete 1-0 victory.

L-S scored the only run of the game in the second inning. See singled, stole second and scored on Groff's two out base hit to left field.

At Solanco on Wednesday, Leaman's 3-4, 3RBI effort sparked a 10-7 victory while Long's ten strikeouts helped anchor the defense.

Solanco scored once in the first, but L-S took the lead for good with a four-run third inning. Both teams scored five runs each over the last two innings, but the damage was done.

TENNIS

After a 5-2 league win over Ephrata on Thursday, March 30, the Pioneers suffered their first shutout of the season against Cedar Crest Monday, April 3.

Highlighting the win against the Mounts were the doubles play of Justin Gouger and Kenny Finn (8-2 at No. 1) and Cole Teaman and Spencer Teaman (8-1 at No. 2).

Kyle Pawson added a dominating 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles while S. Teaman (No. 2) and C. Teaman (No. 3) both won in straight sets.

At home against Warwick on Wednesday, L-S posted a 4-1 win. The Teaman brothers secured straight set wins while Owen Lapp and Pawson earned a 6-2, 6-0 No. 1 doubles win and Gouger and Finn were solid at No. 2, winning 6-0, 6-1.

TRACK

The track teams split results against Conestoga Valley last Monday, April 3 and turned in some outstanding performances along the way.

The girls' team pulled out a 77.5-72.5 squeaker with the pole vaulters getting the nod.

"That meet came down to the pole vault and Natalie Holland (8-0), May Carl (7-0) and Meadow Shussler (7-0) swept," noted head coach Cal Esh. "And Lyndi Wall tied a long-standing record in the 200 (Sara Brackbill - 1997) with a blistering 25.7."

Wall also won the 100.

Elly Bruner and Maggie Swarr each won three events with Bruner handling the jumps (long, triple, and high) and Swarr controlling the throws (shot, discus, and javelin) as the top point getters.

Kelsey McTaggert chipped in with seconds in the shot and discus and was third in the javelin.

Back on the track, Kauffman won the 3200 and Magagna was tops in the 800. They joined Smecker and Coe for a win in the 4x800 relay.

Despite a 97-53 loss, the boys' team also turned in some standout performances. Freshman Collin Shelley won the shot put and the pole vault team of Aidan Wiley, Greyson Myers and Carter Weaver swept the competition.

On the track, Smith, Devine, and Colin Whitaker posted their own sweep, taking the 3200. Whitaker was also tops in the mile while Stoler claimed the 800. Stoner, Devine, Whitaker and Colosi also joined to win the 4x800 relay.

SOFTBALL

After suffering losses in each of their first four non-league games, the softball team opened Section Two play Monday, April 3 with an 8-5 victory over Ephrata.

"We've played some tough teams to start the season," said head coach Earl Rutledge. "We were also missing Julia Gerard who is slated to catch for us this year. We also have three inexperienced pitchers that are trying to find their way," he added. "We do have the capability of scoring a lot of runs, unfortunately we are giving up more right now. We hope to turn things around this week."

The Pioneers fell behind 3-0 after three innings before rallying to victory with two runs in both the fourth and sixth innings and taking charge with a four-run seventh. Brooke Zuber (2-4 1 RBI), Paige Baxter (3-4, 5 RBI) and Gabby Hiles (1-4, 2 RBI) each collected RBI hits in the seventh.

Maura Savoca went the distance in the circle, allowing six hits while striking out one and walking three.

Kara Scranton also collected two hits in Lampeter's 10-hit attack.

The Pioneers made it 2-0 in section play with a convincing 14-4, five inning win over visiting Solanco Wednesday.

"That's a good team and they were on a roll," said Rutledge. "But we got out of that bases loaded, no outs first inning. That was huge. If they capitalize there, the outcome could have been very different."

L-S stopped Solanco in that first inning, then turned around and scored four in the bottom half. Solanco came back with two in the top of the second but then the wheels fell off as L-S sent 12 batters to the plate, took advantage of three errors, and collected five of their 12 hits for a commanding 12-2 lead. The rest was just a matter of what inning the game would end.

Hiles (2-3, 3RBI), Zuber (3-4, 2RBI) and Meck (2RBI) were the RBI leaders.

Raub struck out two, walked three and gave up two hits over the first two innings and Baxter scattered five hits, and struck out two in relief.

BOYS' LACROSSE

The Pioneers' 3-0 record quickly moved to 3-2 as L-S dropped a heartbreaking 7-6 non-league outing at Central York on March 31 and then suffered a 9-4 defeat at the hands of Cocalico in the section opener on Monday.

The Eagles exploded for six first quarter goals and never looked back. Chase Barber and KJ Kessler handled the scoring for L-S with two goals and one assist each.

Bryce Thomas was busy in goal recording 15 saves.

L-S got back on track with a solid 7-2 win over Warwick last Wednesday, April 12. Holding a 4-2 lead at the half, the Pioneers took control when they denied the Warriors in the second half while racking up three goals.

Kessler was the only two goal scorer.