You win some, you lose some is a popular phrase in sports with the track teams experiencing both in their recent May 2nd tangle with Lampeter-Strasburg. The Lady Barons were able to collect an 82-68 win with the boys ending up on the other side of an 86-64 final.

The Lady Barons split their 10 wins evenly between the track and the field with Madison Knier earning three of those five field wins. Bella Sensenig (pole vault) and Chloe Enck (discus) added to Knier's long, triple, and high jump trifecta. On the track it was the trio of Malea Stoner (100H), Milan Snell (400m) and Abbie Reed (300H) leading the way with a solo win and relay win each. Rachel Nolt joined the trio to claim the 400mn relay with Sarah Forry finishing with a 1600m win.

For the boys it was Tyler Fahnestock and Landon McGallicher leading the way with two wins each. McGallicher claimed both hurdle events while Fahnestock claimed the shot put and discus. Kahlen Watt added a win in the high jump while joining McGallicher, Larry Marley and Bode Sipe for a 400m relay win.

Central added to their big meet experience by taking part in the Cy Fritz Open at Millersville University on April 29th. Knier came home with silver in the long jump and javelin with a bronze in the triple jump. Laci Nelson added a third place in the shot put as the final field medal. Reed enjoyed the lone solo gold with a 300H win. Stoner (100H) and Snell (400m) added bronze to the Lady Baron haul as did a win for the 1600m relay team.

The boy's collected four top three finishes with McGallicher earing two of them. He picked up silver in both the 110H and the 300H while Fahnestock added silver in the discus. Watt finished with a third place in the 100m.

VOLLEYBALL

The boys' volleyball team absorbed their fourth loss of the season on April 28th, dropping a 3-1 final to Lancaster Mennonite. Central put up a fight but still found themselves on the verge of a sweep thanks to 27-25 and 25-20 opening game losses. The Barons were able to eek out a 25-22 game three win, but Mennonite came back to close out the match with a 25-12 win. Dylan Musser (35 assists) and Barend Oostdam (10 kills) led the offense with help from Jacob Moyer and his one ace. John Wenger finished with 14 digs.

Central was able to avenge one of their earlier losses on May 3rd, using wins of 26-24, 25-20 and 27-25 for a 3-0 sweep over Elizabethtown. Oostdam (nine kills, eight blocks) left his mark on the game as did 27 assists and two blocks from Musser. Wenger finished with 14 digs.

BASEBALL

The wins keep coming for the baseball team with victories over Cocalico and ELCO running the Barons streak to eight straight. Jared Murray picked up the win for four innings on the hill against Cocalico with Cayde Connelly covering the final three innings. Nolan Book cracked a two-run, fifth inning double to give him three RBIs for the game.

May 2nd brough ELCO to town with Manheim needing only five innings to collect the 13-3 win. Connelly got the start this time and earned the win for four solid innings of work. Cole Lawhorne covered the final inning for Central. Book enjoyed another three-RBI game but it was Ky Watson leading the way. Watson finished with three hits and five-RBIs, including a three run double in the second that helped Manheim take control early.

SOFTBALL

The softball team completed their third four game winning streak of the season recently. This version kicked off on April 25th with a win over Garden Spot with victories over Cocalico, Lancaster Catholic and ELCO following.

The April 27th win over the Eagles lasted just three innings with Manheim cruising to a 16-0 triumph. Kayleigh Detz connected for first and third inning home runs on her way to five-RBIs. Brianna Mylin and Miranda Ober each added three-RBIs with Ober's lone hit a three-run shot in the third. Gabby Wettig collected the easy three-inning win.

Central picked up an easy forfeit win over Lancaster Catholic on April 30th, allowing the Barons to turn their attention to a May 2nd clash with ELCO. That additional attention led to an 11-0 win with Wettig allowing just two hits over the five innings. Emma Damon ended up a home run short of the cycle leaving her with a three-hit, two-RBI game as a consolation. Riley Hostetter needed just two hits to push three runs across.

TENNIS

The boy's tennis season came to a close with the completion of the Lancaster-Lebanon League Flight Tournament on May 2nd. Luke Horst posted the lone win, topping Octorara's Avi Vik in the first round of the flight two bracket before falling in the quarterfinals. Manheim Central's other singles player, Ben Ginder, dropped his opening round match to Cocalico's Adam Good.

Ginder and Horst teamed for a spot in the number one doubles bracket but dropped their opening round match to Hempfield's Cooper Lehman and Eric Jordan. Rodney Sauder and Owen Patten had the unfortunate pleasure of facing the eventual champion in the flight two doubles bracket in Elizabethtown's Luke Risser and Jack Nyveldt, with Sauder and Patten falling short. Manheim's final L-L entry was in number three doubles where Cole Lubeskie and Landon Statts dropped out after a loss to Lancaster Mennonite's Zach Abel and Yoseph Chang.