As the days in October move along so does the high school sports season with the boys' soccer team reaching the end of the 2021 line. The Bears closed the regular season on a down swing leading to a 6-7-3 overall record.

One of those down swings came via a 1-0 loss to Manheim Central on the 7th. Dominic Santana turned away three shots but was unable to stop Bradyn Dombach's shot in the 63rd minute, giving the Barons the win.

E-town closed out the season on the 11th with a 3-2 overtime loss to McCaskey. Santana finished with four saves while Juan Lopez netted a first half score and Tavon Schoenberger, with help from Wyatt Rachel, accounted for the second half goal.

In between the two losses the Bears managed a 1-1 tie opposite Governor Mifflin on the 9th. Rachel picked up another assist, this time knotting the game in the 73rd minute by setting up Jason Stark. Santana preserved the tie with a six save game.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Count the field hockey team as another squad marching toward the finish line of the 2021 season. The Lady Bears suffered losses to Ephrata and Lower Dauphin, dropping their overall record to 6-9-2.

The 3-1 loss to Ephrata came on the 6th while the Lower Dauphin loss was by a 4-1 final on the 11th. Regan Flory took part in both goals, going solo against Ephrata and setting up Mikaela Condran for E-town's lone goal opposite LD. Alaina Telenko tallied 10 saves against Ephrata and 15 saves in three quarters against the Lady Falcons. Sydney Pope took over for the final LD frame and finished with five saves.

CROSS COUNTRY

The cross-country teams got in one last tune-up before starting their postseason journey with a trip to Conestoga Valley on the 12th. The boy's topped CV but lost to Penn Manor while the Lady Bears went 2-0 on the day.

Jordan DiRisio collected the top finish, taking second but she was not alone as Ali Fink (5th), Lilah Drager (6th), Sierra Kapcsos (7th) and Kendall Hein (8th) all finished inside the top 10.

Nathan Johnson posted the top boy's finish, taking 5th, while Dalton Fink (8th) and Nicholas Mascia (9th) led Jaycen Conrad (10th) and Gubbins (11th) across the line.

FOOTBALL

The football team suffered their second straight setback on the 8th, dropping their record to 3-4 on the year. The Bears' undoing were four missed extra points leading to a two-point, 42-40, loss to Warwick. Despite the setback the Bears held a 379-280 edge in offense thanks to Josh Rudy's 318-yard, three score day through the air. Braden Cummings, Patrick Gilhool and Brady Breault topped the receiving corps with Cummings catching seven balls for 163 and one score. Gilhool added another six catches for 92 yards and two scores with Breault rounding out the trio with five catches for 71 yards.

GIRLS' SOCCER

The girls' soccer team may have come up short on a postseason bid but the Lady Bears closed out the regular season with a four-game winning streak. The winning started on the 6th when E-town topped Manheim Central 3-2 in overtime. Keegan Miller needed one save to secure the win thanks to Lily Heistand's two scores coupled with the game winner from Jena Witters.

Heistand continued her Central scoring spurt one day later when she put E-town up early in a rematch against Manheim. Danielle Bruno's score in the 25th minute proved to be the difference thanks to Miller's five saves.

A short three-day rest gave way to another back-to-back setup, this one to close out the season. Elizabethtown topped McCaskey by a 5-0 count on the 11th before finishing with a 3-1 win over Cocalico on the 12th.

Heistand netted another two scores against McCaskey and added two assists. Witters matched Heistand's two assists but had just one score while Adyson Haak and Taryn Hummer finished the scoring. Miller split time in goal with Zoe Boksan.

E-town's season ended one day later with that 3-1 win over Cocalico. This time it was Witters pacing the offense with two scores while Aivery Shuck tacked on a penalty kick score late. Miller went solo between the pipes and finished with four saves.

VOLLEYBALL

The girls' volleyball team continued to march toward a perfect regular season, picking up wins over Ephrata, Penn Manor and Lebanon to improve to 13-0 overall. Elizabethtown needed all five to get by Ephrata on the 7th, posting a 25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 23-25, 15-11 win. Angela Costa-Ouimet (34 assists), Kallee Locker (28 kills) and Sydney Stewart (19 digs, six aces) led the way with help from Liz Kerin via her five blocks.

The Lady Bears had an easier time dispatching Penn Manor on the 11th, winning 25-15, 25-15 and 25-13. This time it was Stewart (16 kills) and Costa-Ouimet (15 assists) leading the way with help from Hailey Oller (four aces), Paige O'Connell (six digs) and Kerin (two blocks).

E-town barely broke a sweat in their 25-10, 25-15 and 25-16 win over Lebanon on the 12th with Stewart (six aces), Locker (14 kills), Kerin (two blocks) and Costa-Ouimet (17 assists) fronting the victory.

TENNIS

The banner season for the girl's tennis team continued on October 7th, 9th and 11th as the Lady Bears took part in the L-L Flight Tournament. "Seeing so many of our girls playing on finals day in intense playoff matches represented such an amazing day for our program," said newly anointed L-L Coach of the year Brenda McBride. "It is a rare and special thing to have this many players that have advanced this far in the league tournament. Each of them played inspired tennis."

One of the 'final day' players was the Section Two Player of the Year, Allison Evans, who earned Section Two All-Star honors along with L-L All-Star honors. Evans topped Ryan Gerhardt of Lampeter-Strasburg to take fifth in the Flight One Singles tournament which also earned her an at-large bid into the District 3-3A Singles Tournament.

Elizabethtown's other Section Two All-Star, Rylee Bender, fell to Manheim Township's Jade Miller in the semifinals. Julia Anderson brought home silver after a loss to Hempfield's Alex Gregory in the Flight Three finals. Nizaly Ortiz-Kreiner brought home gold for her work in the Flight Four bracket. Ortiz-Kreiner also enjoyed a silver medal for her doubles work with Anderson in the Flight Two bracket while Bender and Evans bowed out of the Flight One bracket in the quarterfinals. Kathryn Barraclough and Rebecca Mink dropped their opening Flight Three match.