The boys' volleyball team rebounded nicely from a 3-2 loss to Garden Spot on April 5th with a 3-2 win over Manheim Central on the 7th. The Bears got matching 13 kill games from Seth Rajnic and Bryan Murray as well as matching 25 assists games from Dylan Shepperd and Billy O'Connell. Adam Reedy chipped in with 18 digs to aid the 23-25, 25-18, 20-25, 25-18 and 15-13 win.

Elizabethtown had an easier time dispatching Lebanon on the 12th, posting wins of 25-15, 25-17 and 25-17 for the 3-0 sweep. Sheppard collected another 23 assists while Damian Tobias led the team with eight kills. Elijah Miller added 18 digs and five aces.

TRACK

Saturday, April 9th sent the track teams to Landisville for the Black Knight Invitational. The Bears put all six of their relay teams on the podium and added five solo podium trips. The Lady Bears brought home two bronze medals for their efforts in the 1600m and 3200m relays while adding a fifth place in the 400m relay. Anna Rank added a bronze by clearing 10' in the pole vault. Ali Fink picked up a sixth-place finish in the 800m while Genevieve McDonald enjoyed a seventh-place finish in the 100m.

On the boy's side, it was the 3200m relay with the top finish, taking fifth with a time of 9:12.12. The 400m relay team added a sixth-place finish while the 1600m relay team finished seventh. Juan Lopez tacked on a seventh-place finish in the 400m while Chaz Mowrer added an eighth place in the pole vault.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

The search for win number one continues for the girl's lacrosse team after losses to Hempfield, Eastern York and Lampeter-Strasburg dropped the Lady Bears to 0-8 on the season. Elizabethtown nearly pulled out their April 8th clash with Eastern York, falling by a narrow 7-6 final, despite a 6-3 edge in the second half. Aiesha Rios and Dannielle Bruno paced the offense with two goals each with Josie Spayd and Joy NgaFua splitting the final two scores. Sydney Pope finished with eight saves.

One day prior it was an 18-1 loss at the hands of Hempfield. Moira Shott accounted for the lone goal while Pope turned away nine shots.

April 11th saw the Lady Bears fall behind Lampeter-Strasburg 11-3 over the opening half on their way to a 19-6 loss. Pope tallied another 10 saves while Shott, Rios, Spayd, Bruno, NgaFua and Charley Lengel-Kramer all netted one score.

BOYS' LACROSSE

On the boy's side of the lacrosse world, the Bears are also still in search of that tricky first win with losses to Hempfield, Eastern York and Central York putting the Bears at 0-8 on the season.

The boys also suffered a near miss against Eastern York, falling by a 10-8 final with the Golden Knights posting a 3-1 edge in the final frame to secure the victory. Elijah Poulos collected three of those eight scores while Holden Haver and Matthew Cruz picked up two each. Carson NyeSmith accounted for the final score. Connor Alleman finished with five saves.

One day prior saw Elizabethtown fall to Hempfield by a 21-3 final with the Black Knights putting the game away thanks to a 15-0 first half. Poulos netted two of the three scores while Carter Ketchum made the final deposit.

E-town followed the loss to Eastern York with a 19-1 setback to Central York on the 11th. Poulos accounted for the lone score while Joe Zink finished with 13 saves.

TENNIS

The boy's tennis team suffered just their fourth loss of the season on April 11th. Trent McBride picked up the lone team point in the 6-1 setback to Cedar Crest.

Elizabethtown countered that loss with wins over Conestoga Valley and Lampeter-Strasburg pushing their overall record to 8-4.

E-town enjoyed a sweep over the Buckskins on the 6th with Steven Dupler, Luke Risser and Jack Nyveldt joining McBride as singles winners. McBride and Dupler, Risser and Nyveldt as well as Jared Louie and Emery Morgan accounted for the doubles wins.

Against Lampeter-Strasburg on the 8th, E-town was unable to pick up the sweep thanks to a loss at number one doubles but Louie and Morgan kept things from getting out of hand with a win at number two doubles. McBride, Dupler and Risser all posted singles wins.

BASEBALL

The baseball team broke-up a three-game slide on April 8th, topping Solanco 7-2. Kaden Kimble covered the initial six innings to get the win while Alex Baker covered the final frame. Kimble allowed both Solanco runs to go with six strikeouts and four walks.

Mitchell Garber led the offense with a two-hit, three-RBI game, splitting his run production across two singles and a sac fly. Josh Rudy connected for a fourth inning solo shot for one of his two hits.

Monday April 11th brought Hempfield to town with the Black Knights leaving after posting a 10-2 win. Cole Chrzanowski accounted for two of Elizabethtown's three hits, including a two-run shot in the third that made it a 3-2 game before Hempfield pulled away. Pike Burkett, Baker, and Thaddeus Poff combined to cover the seven innings, allowing seven earned runs to go with one strikeout and six walks.

SOFTBALL

On the softball diamond, the Lady Bears enjoyed two wins by a combined 28-1. The bulk of that damage came from E-town's 26-0, three inning, shelling of Lebanon on the 12th. Breonna Edgell was in the circle and finished with three strikeouts and one walk to go with one hit and no runs allowed. Carli Zerphey and Sydney Stewart combined for six hits and seven-RBIs while Jess Zimmerman, Astyn Calaman, Nizaly Ortiz-Kreiner and Madison Bell all pushed two runs across.

Things were not so easy one day prior with E-town needing an eighth inning rally to secure a 2-1 win over Hempfield. The Lady Bears looked to be on their way to a 1-0 win behind Brooke Bryan's work in the circle and Stewart's RBI single in the fifth, but a single Black Knight run in the bottom of the seventh pushed the game to extra innings where Leah Aldous connected for the game winning single.