The obnoxious winter weather still hanging around has not prevented the boy's tennis team from reaching flaming hot status. The Bears claimed victory in their first six matches with four of them coming via 7-0 sweeps. The lone exceptions were both 6-1 wins, one opposite Donegal in the opener on March 15th and the other on March 21st over Cocalico. E-town broke up that pair with a 7-0 win over Lebanon on the 18th and followed with back-to-back-to-back shutouts over Warwick on the 23rd, Garden Spot on the 25th and McCaskey on the 30th.

VOLLEYBALL

Boys' volleyball has also come roaring out of the gate thanks to a 3-0 win over Ephrata on the 29th and a title showing performance at the Buckskin Classic on the 26th.

Elizabethtown opened that title run by knocking off Wyomissing 25-18, 25-18 and 25-17 before outlasting the host Buckskins in the championship match. E-town needed to outlast CV after dropping the first two games 21-25 and 18-25. The Bears were able to get on the board with a 25-15 game three win and evened the match with a 25-17 game four victory. Elizabethtown secured the title with a 15-13 game five win.

The Bears opened regular season action on the 29th, rolling over Ephrata by scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 25-16. William O'Connell tallied 14 assists and three blocks while Damian Tobias finished with seven kills. Joshua McCoy matched O'Connell's three blocks as did Seth Rajnic who added four aces while Bryan Murray added 13 digs.

TRACK

The track teams stumbled out of the gate with both sides falling to Manheim Central on the 29th. The Lady Bears dropped a 90-60 final while the boy's lost a 93-56 decision.

Two of the six wins on the girl's side came in relays. Sierra Kapcsos, Liah Drager, Ali Fink, and Jordan DiRisio picked up the 3200m relay win while Jadea Pinkerton, Lily Heistand, Genna McDonald and Addy Haak took the 400m relay. McDonald added solo wins in the 100m and 200m while Fink tacked on a 1600m win to her day. Anna Rank accounted for the final win after topping the pole vault field.

The boy's managed five event wins against Central with just one coming from a relay. It was Juan Lopez, Owen Dommel, Nate Johnson and Taidou N'Dikwe picking up that relay win with a 3:53 in the 1600m relay. N'Dikwe also picked up a solo win, taking the 400m in 54.9. Maxwell Gerhart (800m) and Jaycen Conrad (3200m) accounted for the final two wins on the track while Carlton Wise won the pole vault.

SOFTBALL

The softball team made the most of their light opening stretch, knocking off Palmyra 6-1 on March 25th. Brooke Bryan tossed all seven innings, allowing one run on five hits to go with eight strikeouts, on the way to the win. Jess Zimmerman paced the offense with a three-hit, three-RBI day but received help from Sydney Stewart, Astyn Calaman and Carli Zerphey who enjoyed one RBI each.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

The season opening stretch has been rough for the girl's lacrosse team. The Lady Bears dropped their season opener to Carlisle on the 25th by a 14-6 final and followed with a 19-0 loss to Manheim Township on the 29th. Sydney Pope was in goal for both games, finishing with 15 total saves. Moira Shott, Aiesha Rios, Charley Lengel-Kramer, and Emma Coolbaugh netted one goal each against Carlisle with Danielle Bruno picking up the remaining two.

BOYS' LACROSSE

The going has been just as tough for the boy's lacrosse team with the Bears sitting at 0-3 after losses to Lampeter-Strasburg, South Western and Manheim Township.

E-town opened with a 20-2 loss to Lampeter-Strasburg on the 25th, followed by a 17-0 loss to the Mustangs one day later and capped the trifecta with a 17-1 loss to Township on the 29th.

Elijah Poulos scored both goals against the Pioneers while Holden Haver netted the lone score opposite Manheim Township. Joe Zink stopped a total of 15 shots in two games, 12 against South Western with Grant Gunther recording seven saves against L-S.

BASEBALL

A slow first week of action has left the baseball team to enjoy their season opening win over Palmyra a bit longer than expected. The 2-0 win came on March 25th with Isaiah Shayter tossing a one-hit complete game while adding 10 strikeouts for good measure. The Bears plated their runs in the fifth and sixth innings with Elijah Macfarlane driving in the fifth inning run and Mitchell Garber the sixth inning run. For both, it was their lone hit on the day.

The enjoyment finally ended on the 30th with a 3-1 setback to Ephrata. Shayter tossed another gem, covering all six innings racking up 10 strikeouts and one walk with none of the three Mountaineer runs counting as earned. Jonathan Hinkle drove in the lone Bear run in the fourth, making it a 2-1 game, but Ephrata tacked on an insurance run in the sixth for the 3-1 final.