The E-town field hockey team may not be living in a Charles Dickens novel, but their last two games had them experience the best of times and the worst of times none the less.

The best of times came on September 22nd with a 5-0 romp over Cedar Crest. Sydney Pope needed just two saves to earn her third shutout of the season. Mikaela Condran did the heavy lifting with four goals, three coming in the opening frame. Reagan Flory, who helped start that run by assisting on Condran's first goal, finished the scoring with an unassisted goal in the fourth.

Elizabethtown found themselves on the opposite side of things on the 26th, falling to Manheim Central by a 4-1 count. Pope faced a barrage of shots and finished with 19 saves while Lyla Fair broke up the shutout by converting a Condran pass for a fourth quarter score

GIRLS' TENNIS

The girls' tennis team hit a rough patch with losses to Conestoga Valley and Manheim Central dropping the Lady Bears into third place in Section Two. E-town split up the two losses with a 7-0 win over Solanco on the 23rd but the 5-2 loss to CV and the 6-1 setback to Central still stung. Dasha Gencturk picked up the lone win against Central on the 26th and accounted for one of the two wins opposite CV on the 21st. Julia Laszakovits and Rebecca Mink posted the second team point again Conestoga Valley..

BOYS' SOCCER

The boys' soccer team kept themselves at the top of the L-L, moving to 9-2-1 with wins over Garden Spot and Ephrata running the Bears streak to eight straight games.

Head coach James Sostack pointed out keys to the 3-0 win over Spot, saying, "Executing set piece opportunities and solid defense played a major role in securing the victory."

Four Tyler Bell saves gave the senior keeper his fourth straight shutout while goals from Jason Stark and Xavier Giron provided the necessary cushion. Stark used a Tavon Schoenberger feed for a 1-0 lead before going solo to finish the scoring in the 50th minute. In between it was Emery Morgan setting up Giron's score.

The Bears were able to avenge one of their two losses on the 27th, slipping by Ephrata 1-0. Stark provided the setup for Hayden Flory's goal in the 15th minute while five Bell saves secured the payback win.

GOLF

The golf team made their way to Fairview Golf Course in Lebanon on the 26th to take part in the Lancaster-Lebanon League Championship. The result was an eighth-place team finish with all four scorers missing the cut for districts. Aidan Blyler, with his round of 84, was just four shots over the line. Dylan Parise (85), Jared Louie (88) and Ryan Findley (89) rounded out the top four.

CROSS COUNTRY

The cross-country teams traveled to Carlisle on the 24th to take part in the Carlisle Invitational. The boys saw all five of their runners place inside the top 100 leading to a 10th place team finish while the Lady Bears put four runners inside the top 100 to finish 15th.

Jordan DiRisio enjoyed the top E-town finish, covering her 3.1 miles in 19:38.40, good enough for 24th place. Ali Fink was the next Lady Bear to finish, doing so in 78th place while Lilah Drager crossed the line in 91st place. Jillian Wivell closed out the top 100 with a time of 21:19.40. Kendall Hein was the final scorer and finished in 136th place.

Jaycen Conrad led the boy's push with a 45th place time of 16:43.8 while Nicholas Mascia was next with a 67th place finish. E-town's final three scorers all crossed within five seconds of each other led by Jack Myers (80th, 17:15.5), Jackson Kay (86th) and Bradley Kreider (88th).

The Bears returned to L-L action on the 27th where the Lady Bears topped both Cocalico and Lampeter-Strasburg while the boy's managed a split with a win over Cocalico offsetting a loss to the Pioneers. DiRisio, Fink and Drager went 1-2-3 on the girl's side while Conrad, Checco and Mascia finished 4th, 5th, and 6th on the boy's side.

GIRLS' SOCCER

The girls' soccer team has just two losses on the 2022 season, both coming to Ephrata with the most recent taking place on the 27th. The Lady Mountaineers posted another 2-1 victory, pushing E-town two games back in the Section Two standings. Meiley Shuck used a Liana Endy feed in the 60th minute to bust up the shutout but Ephrata was able to hang on for the 2-1 win. Keegan Miller finished with five saves.

The second 2-1 loss to Ephrata also broke up the Lady Bears six game winning streak that was capped with a 2-1 win over Garden Spot on the 21st. Miller secured the win with 11 saves while Lily Heistand took care of the offense. The senior netted two scores, one with help from Dani Bruno.

VOLLEYBALL

The girls' volleyball team added two more wins to their season tally by topping Garden Spot and Cocalico while slipping in another second-place finish at a tournament, this time at Cumberland Valley's 'Rally in the Valley.'

The Lady Bears posted a 6-2 mark in pool play on the 24th, sweeping Spring Grove and Altoona while splitting with Musselman and Clarion. That slotted E-town in the quarterfinal opposite the host squad with the Lady Bears winning and setting up a semifinal match with Central Dauphin. A win there put E-town in the final against Northern Allegany with the Lady Tigers collecting gold with a 25-19 victory.

September 22nd saw the Lady Bears knock off Garden Spot, posting wins of 25-20, 25-18 and 25-15 to collect their first 3-1 win of the season. Hailey Oller finished with 39 assists while Liz Kerin had 16 kills. Chloe Merkt added 12 kills to her 12 digs while Paige Horst posted 25 digs.

Elizabethtown got back to their sweeping ways on the 27th, topping Cocalico 25-8, 25-15 and 25-5. Oller (24 assists), Merkt (eight kills) and Bella Lutter (seven kills) paced the offense while Horst (13 digs) paced the defense.

FOOTBALL

It is a good thing they never ask by how many, just if you won because the E-town football team narrowly won their September 23rd showdown with Twin Valley. The Bears needed two fourth quarter scores coupled with a two-point conversion to slip out of Elverson with a 47-42 win.

Logan Lentz, who finished with 146 yards and four touchdowns, claimed one of those two scores while Cade Capello claimed the other and accounted for the two-point conversion on his way to a 76 yard, two score night. Braden Cummings (five catches, 226 yards) and Brady Breault (two catches, 54 yards) accounted for most of Josh Rudy's 287 passing yards.