The boy's basketball team was able to top Conestoga Valley 61-53 ton Tuesday, February 7 thanks to four double digits scorers. Caiden Zeager led that pack with 18 points while Braden Cummings added 15 with both Noah Locke and Brenden Lehman chipping in 13 points.

Locke paced the Bears in the first and fourth quarters, splitting his 13 points between the two frames. The remaining trio helped control the middle two quarters which is where Elizabethtown took over thanks to a 37-19 run. Zeager scored 10 of his 18, Cummings 11 of his 15 and Lehman all 13 of his points during the crucial run.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

In the world of sports there are seasons you never want to end, and others where the end cannot come fast enough. The girls' basketball team has just about wrapped up the latter type of season where a 53-40 loss to Conestoga Valley on February 7th dropped the Lady Bears to 3-18 overall and 1-10 in league play.

Despite the final outcome, Elizabethtown opened strong with a 14-13 first quarter leading into a 26-23 halftime cushion. From there it was all CV with the Lady Buckskins holding a 30-14 edge in the second half, flipping E-town's three point halftime lead into a 13-point CV victory. Chloe Wilkinson netted a team high 17 in the loss.

BOWLING

The bowling team wrapped up their regular season with wins over Lebanon and Spring Grove, both by 7-0 finals. Zach Wentzel went wild against Lebanon on the 2nd, posting a 749 series with Mason Moore adding a 686 series and Elle Eberle a 682 series. Add in a 610 series from Derek Deardorff and a 595 series for Declan Lentz and you get a 7-0 win.

One day later the Bears traveled to Spring Grove and returned a 7-0 winner over the Rockets. This time Moore stepped to the top of the leader board with a 650 series while Eberle moved up with a 617 match. Deardorff (578) and Lentz (576) finished just two pins apart while Wentzel rounded out the win with a 518 series.

RIFLE

The rifle team split their final two matches, settling at 8-6 on the season. Elizabethtown topped Conestoga Valley on the 2nd, using a 100 from Parker Bryant as well as 99s from Luke Turner and Branden Rain to pick up the easy 494-487 victory. Adilynn Ginder and Calista Bryant rounded out the scoring five with matching 98s.

The Bears finished their season on the 7th with a trip to Neffsville where they fell to Manheim Township, 497-495. Rain and Parker notched a perfect match with Kylie Mummau just missing with her 99. Calista Bryant and Turner completed the top five with scores of 98.

WRESTLING

The wrestling team moved a few steps closer to the end of their regular season with a February 7th match opposite Governor Mifflin as well as a February 4th trip to Wrightsville for the Eastern York Duals.

The Bears were 4-0 in Wrightsville, collecting the team title as the lone undefeated team. Elizabethtown's toughest match was against York Tech where they were a 46-27 winner. E-town had one forfeit winner, Kai Laszakovits at 145 but added the max team points with pinfall wins by Ryan Findley (152), Bradley Candy (215), Hayden Best (114), Francis Burke (121) and Nathan Thomas (139). Top things off with tech fall wins by Aiden Robins at 160 and Austin Reitmeyer at 127 and you get a runaway victory.

Against Harrisburg, E-town was able to withstand five straight Cougars wins from 152 through 215 by answering with six straight wins to close out the 46-25 victory. Best was the lone grappler in that six match stretch that failed to record a pinfall, settling for a 13-3 major decision win at 114. Candy (285), Trent Smith (107), Burke (121), Reitmeyer (127) and Dakota Petrosky (133) completed the match winning stretch. The Bears opened the action with two more pinfall wins with Thomas (139) and Laszakovits (145) earning those two victories.

Against Eastern York the match was close in the beginning with Robinson's pinfall win at 160 the lone victory over the opening three matches. Candy quickly turned things around with a forfeit at 215 that kicked off nine straight wins for Elizabethtown. Smith (107), Best (114), Burke (121), Laszakovits (139) and Findley (145) all posted pinfall wins in that run while Andrew Kouyateh followed Candy's forfeit with an old fashion decision at 285. Reitmeyer added a tech fall at 127 and Thomas a major decision at 133 to cap the victory.

The Bears final win of the day was an easy 60-12 thrashing of Lancaster Catholic. Elizabethtown won 11 of the 13 matches with eight coming with the full six team points. Four of those were quick forfeit wins with Devin Forney (172), Collin Huggins (189), Smith (107) and Best (114) enjoying the easy points. Djemba N'Dikwe picked up the first pinfall win at 152 while Reitmeyer accounted for the final pinfall at 127. Candy at 285 and Robinson at 160 added the remaining two pinfall wins. Findley opened the match with a major decision at 145 with Burke's tech fall at 121 and Thomas' decision at 133 cleaning up the team scoring.

February 7th sent Elizabethtown to Governor Mifflin with the Bears returning after a 39-36 setback. The match started well for E-town with wins in six of the first seven bouts, starting with four straight pinfalls. Best (114), Burke (121), Reitmeyer (127) and Thomas (133) were the winners of those four matches with Findley (145) and Robinson (152) picking up the final two wins. The Mustangs played spoiler by claiming the final six matches, stealing the win.