Play Ball!! After another brief COVID pause that forced some schedule shuffling, the E-town baseball team returned to the diamond on April 19th facing McCaskey. Despite a fast start, the Bears fell to the visiting Tornado by a 7-4 final. The early lead was a result of two fielder's choice plays that put Elizabethtown up 2-0 after one. Cael Brandt and Tyler Souders were the beneficiary of those plays, each picking up their lone RBI in the process. The Bears plated two additional runs in the bottom of the seventh thanks to the work of Jake and Justin Black, but it was not enough.

Josh Kreiser surrendered seven runs during five innings on the hill, taking the loss. Alex Baker covered the final two innings. They combined for six strikeouts and four walks.

One of those COVID rescheduled games had the Bears back in action one day later, hosting Manheim Township. The Streaks left Elizabethtown holding a 13-2 victory.

Tyler Souders got the start but lasted just one and a third innings before giving way to Wentling, Mitchell Garber and Baker. Souders absorbed the loss with eight Township runs coming on his watch. Baker recorded the final two outs with Wentling and Garber combining for three innings of work.

The Bears picked up both runs in the fourth with Cade Capello earning the rare hit by pitch RBI after three straight walks. Owen Zell followed with E-town's lone hit of the game, pushing across the final Elizabethtown run.

April 21 the Bears traveled to Lebanon for a match-up opposite Cedar Crest. Elizabethtown was unable to get their offense rolling leading to just three hits and a 3-0 loss. E-town appeared to find a grove to start the third when Capello and Zell opened the frame with back-to-back singles, but three straight strikeouts ended the inning. Wentling accounting for the final E-town hit with his seventh inning double. Jake Black took the loss, going seven innings with three strikeouts, one walk and three runs allowed.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

The season continues to move along for the girl's lacrosse team with the Lady Bears still in search of their first win after losses to Mechanicsburg and Cedar Crest.

The Bears braved the cold and windy weather on April 21st only to fall to the visiting Falcons by a 13-7 final. "Score wise it didn't go in our favor," said head coach Cheyenne Benson, "but missing four starters, a few injuries and other people that had minimal minutes, honestly they put their hearts out there and gave 100% effort. They did all the little things we asked them to do. It just didn't come out in our favor."

Abby Sedun and Moira Shott netted two goals each with Aiesha Rios, Hailey Mertz and Kendall Davies tacking on one each. Jordyn Gutshall turned away six shots in goal.

The Lady Bears opened the week with a trip to Mechanicsburg on the 19th, returning home with a 13-8 loss. Gutshall finished with eight saves while Shott turned in another two-goal game. Rios also netted two scores with Sedun, Victoria Gonzales, Kiaralie Santiago-Ortiz and Lizzy Carter chipping in with one each.

TENNIS

The boy's tennis team played three matches in three days, but the results were 6-1 losses to Penn Manor and Cedar Crest with a 7-0 loss to Ephrata sandwiched in the middle. Hayden Musser picked up the lone win against Penn Manor on the 19th, coming out of his number four singles match victorious. Against Cedar Crest on the 21st it was Trent McBride posting the victory, taking the number one singles.

BOYS' LACROSSE

The boy's lacrosse team suffered setbacks against Garden Spot and Manheim Township to drop to 0-5 in Section One action. The loss to Spot came on the 19th by a 12-7 final despite 21 saves from Joe Zink. Sam Azzalina paced the offense with three goals and one assist. Jacob Wivell, Colby Hall, Matthew Cruz and Nathan Thomas all added one score.

One day later the Bears were in Neffsville. The result was a 15-1 loss to Township. Azzalina picked up the lone score with help from Carson NyeSmith. Zink finished with another 21 saves.

SOFTBALL

The softball team traveled into Lancaster on the 19th to face McCaskey and enjoyed an easy 28-0, three inning victory. Breonna Edgell got the start and tossed a near perfect game with a second inning walk keeping her from perfection. The sophomore added six strikeouts to cap the no-hitter.

Julie Zook drove in three runs over two at-bats in the third to pace the offense. Kristin Geesey, Megan Gray, Brooke Bryan and Carli Zerphey all finished with two RBIs to provide adequate backup.

VOLLEYBALL

The boys' volleyball team appears to be rounding into shape with wins over Cocalico and Lancaster Mennonite bumping the Bears to 4-2 overall and 4-1 in Section Two play.

The 3-1 win over Mennonite on the 20th snapped Elizabethtown's run of three straight sweeps but still pushed their win streak to four matches. After splitting the opening two games, a 25-20 win for E-town and a 25-23 win for Mennonite, the Blazers had E-town on the ropes in game three, up 24-16. The Bears dug in, mounting a comeback that ended with a 26-24 victory. That setup a 25-21 game four win to secure the victory. Rudy Woitas led the way with 15 kills, 10 digs and one block. Dylan Shepherd finished with 23 assists and William O'Connell two aces.

One night earlier the Bears slipped by Cocalico 25-22, 25-21 and 25-17 for their third straight shutout. Shepherd dished out 35 assists with Woitas collecting 19 kills. O'Connell added five digs with Damien Tobias (two aces) and Bryan Murray (three blocks) helping out.

TRACK

The track teams journeyed to Lebanon on the 19th to battle the Cedars. The Lady Bears came home a 97-47 winner while the boy's suffered a 76-74, near miss final.

Ethan Jones was the star, winning three events (long, triple and high jump) while Caiden Herr topped both hurdle events. Herr also took part in both of E-town's relay wins, joining Riley Drager, Zach Verghese and Owen Dommel to claim the 400m relay and Drager, Dommel and Nathan Johnson for a 1600m relay win. Johnson earned the last win on the track in the 800m while Carlton Wise topped the pole vault competition.

The Lady Bears rolled to a big win with a relay sweep helping the cause. Julia McAlonis, Kendell Hein, Adyson Haak and Lydia Heisey took the 3200m relay to open the meet while Haak, Lilah Drager, Lily Heistand and Genevieve McDonald teamed up to close out the meet with a win in the 1600m relay. In between was the 400m relay with Haak, Olivia Anson, Heistand and McDonald enjoying the win. McDonald added two solo wins (100m and 200m), matching Madelina Quinn's wins in the 1600m and 3200m. Etown swept the hurdle events with Haak claiming the 300H and Ruth Wright the 100H. Jordan DiRisio picked up the final win on the track, taking the 3200m while Anson (javelin) and Francine Ohlson (discus) earned the only two wins in the field.