At the beginning of each high school sports season, team's layout their goals with all the normal things like improving from game to game or beating your rival, but two of the most important remain, making the playoffs and winning your final game.

The boys' lacrosse team is on track to have the playoff berth covered, sitting in the 12th spot of a 12-team District 3-3A bracket. The winning your final game part was trickier with the Buckskins falling to Manheim Township by a 16-9 count on May 11th. That puts CV at 9-8 as they wait for the district power ranking deadline to confirm the postseason berth.

As for the Township loss, Soren Stoltzfus turned away 10 of the 32 shots he faced while taking the loss. Jeff Fisher added an assist to his hat trick while Isaiah Sensenig had one assist and two goals. Noah Nolt tacked on two scores while Tyson Zwaska and Hunter Silvaggio cleaned up the final two goals.

VOLLEYBALL

The boys' volleyball team endured a similar stretch with a loss in their regular season finale forcing the Buckskins to play the waiting game. CV currently sits 11th, just inside the 14-team cut line with a tentative District 3-3A first round match up opposite Governor Mifflin.

As for the May 11th regular season finale, it was a 3-0 loss to Cedar Crest where the Falcons posted wins of 25-22, 25-19 and 25-18. Carson Hoover finished with 11 kills, 11 digs and three blocks to lead CV in the loss. Rowan Aisenbrey matched Hoover's 11 digs while Drew Hultstrand had 25 assists and Ethan Tardibuono one ace.

TRACK

The track and field teams made their annual trek to Landisville for the 2023 edition of the Lancaster-Lebanon League Track and Field Championships. The result was a fifth-place finish for the Lady Buckskins and team title for the boys, who clipped Ephrata 86-69.5 in the team standings.

The Buckskins enjoyed nine podium finishes, highlighted by the victorious 400m relay team of Jayden Johnson, Andrew Hoffner, Zach Phy and Nick Tran. The quartet clocked a 43.21 to finish a mere 0.03 seconds ahead of Cedar Crest. Phy made two more trips to the medal stand, picking up another gold for his 39.17 in the 300 hurdles. Phy's final medal came as part of the 1600m relay where Hoffner, Tran and Castronova joined for a third-place time of 3:27.92.

The Bucks added one more bronze medal to their haul thanks to David Irwin, Yonatanne Desta, Carson Miller and Timothy Gitonga and their 8:17.38 in the 3200m relay.

CV just missed placing three runners on the 400m podium with Hoffner finishing tenth, his 52.06 putting him 0.46 seconds off the podium. Castronova and Irwin did manage to make the podium with Castronova finishing fifth with a time of 51.33 and Irwin eighth thanks to his 51.60. Tran added a fifth place in the 100m to his tally while both Jordan Sensenig and Caleb Malari worked their way to the 110 hurdles medal stand. Sensenig posted a 15.50 to finish fourth while Malari ended up eighth with a time of 15.82.

The Lady Buckskins were fronted by Brooke Denlinger with an assist from Alondra Ortiz. Denlinger went double gold, sweeping the hurdle events with a 15.58 in the 100's and a 46.31 in the 300's. Ortiz also picked up two individual medals, taking fifth in the 100m (12.608) and just missing gold in the 200m with a 25.76, settling for second place. The pair made two podium trips together with Hallie Schnapf and Mae Lindor joining for a bronze run in the 400m relay while Belle Marie Alston and Ellie Hershey joined for a fourth-place finish in the 1600m relay.

Lindor nabbed the final solo medal for the Lady Buckskins, finishing sixth in the 200m with a 26.44. CV's final medal was their first with Alston, Megan Kime, Kylee Antrim and Seana Dougherty teaming up for a 10:03.47 in the 3200m relay, good enough for seventh place.