The game of football can be fun and exciting for both players and spectators but in the case of Conestoga Valley's match-up with Manheim Central, that was probably not the case for the Buckskins. CV traveled to Manheim on October 17th and returned with a 48-0 loss on their schedule.

Conestoga Valley struggled with Central's offensive and defensive firepower, giving the Barons the edge in first downs (25 to 4), rushing yards (340 to 52), passing yards (209 to 88) and total yards (549 to 140). Add it all up and you get a shutout loss that drops the 'Bucks to even on the year with a 4-4 overall mark and a 2-2 L-L mark. Macoy Kneisley completed two-of-seven for 88 yards passing with Dominick Epstein on the receiving end of both completions. Nick Tran added 48 yards to his season total to front the rushing attack.

FIELD HOCKEY

The field hockey team wrapped up their 2022 regular season campaign on October 12th, rolling Hempfield by a 5-0 final. Elizabeth Talley posted the clean sheet with zero saves, thanks in large part to Alaina Culbert and her three scores. Danae Ulrich matched Culbert's first quarter score while Mikyla Rineer did the same with her third quarter goal. Culbert tacked on one final goal in the fourth for the 5-0 final.

TENNIS

The girls' tennis team officially closed the book on 2022 on October 14th. On that day, Jade Flores dropped her District 3-3A opening round match, falling to Cumberland Valley's Riya Srinivas, the fourth seed in the 3A draw, by 6-2, 6-3 final.

CROSS COUNTRY

The cross-county teams made their annual late October jaunt to Ephrata for the Lancaster-Lebanon League Championship, this year held on October 18th. The Lady Buckskins enjoyed the top individual runner with Seana Dougherty placing 42nd on the girls' side with a time of 21:26.4. Kylee Antrim claimed 65th place, turning in a time of 22:14.6. Belle Marie Alston and Abigail Phillips finished 14-seconds apart with Alston taking 83rd (23:00.3) and Phillips 87th (23:14.9). Abigail Zook rounded out the scoring five and the top-100 with a time of 23:57.5.

While the girls' side enjoyed the top individual finish, the boys had the higher team finish with 12th place. The effort was fronted by Timothy Gitonga and his 45th place time of 17:59.5. Josh Yoder was just off that pace, finishing 53rd with a time of 18:09.2. Carson Miller was up next, taking 66th with a time of 18:35.1. Joey Castronova was the next Buckskin to cross the finish line with a time of 18:50.1, good enough for 85th. Micah Kao was the final runner to count in the team standings, taking 95th with a time of 18:56.7.

VOLLEYBALL

The CV girls' volleyball team shook off a two-game slide with wins over Cedar Crest and Manheim Township earning the Lady 'Bucks a spot in the L-L playoffs.

Prior to those wins, however, the 'Bucks were dealt a 3-2 loss to Penn Manor on the 13th. CV opened with wins of 25-21 and 25-23 but could not close out the match as Penn Manor ripped off 25-21, 25-21 and 15-12 wins to steal the match.

Becca Hartranft finished with 15 kills and Summer Getz racked up 45 assists. Madison Williams added two blocks while Emily Kornacki finished with 30 kills and six aces.

One day later the Lady Buckskins got back on track with a 3-0 sweep over Cedar Crest. It may have been a sweep but the Lady Falcons made CV work for the 25-20, 25-17, 25-17 final. Hartranft (13 kills, 12 digs), Getz (29 assists), Kornacki (12 digs) and Williams (four aces) took their place atop to the stat lines with Rhiannon Henry matching Williams' four aces.

A quick weekend rest had Conestoga Valley traveling to Neffsville for a 3-0 win over Manheim Township on the 17th. CV cruised to a 25-10 game one win but had to work harder to secure the final victory with 25-21 and 25-17 results in games two and three. Getz finished with 31 assists and Hartranft 16 kills to lead the way. Kornacki collected 11 digs while Henry picked up another seven aces. Camdyn Mahler chipped in with 1.5 blocks.