Donegal hosted Lampeter-Strasburg under the Friday night lights on September 16. Both teams were playing their first Section Four football game of the season.

The Pioneers came into the contest having dominated their opponents in their previous two games by the collective score of 89-7.

"They are a tough team," said Chad Risberg, the Indians head coach.

The Pioneers shut out the Indians 35-0 as Hunter Hildenbrand scored two touchdowns - one on a 49-yard pass from Trent Wagner and the other on a five-yard carry.

"We competed well in the first quarter but couldn't get much going offensively," Risberg added. "We couldn't convert on fourth down on one drive and had an interception on another drive, which hurt us."

Jonathan Mellinger of L-S led all rushers with 91 yards on 15 carries, including a touchdown.

The L-S defense held Noah Rohrer to 38 yards on 12 carries, Ruben Mumper to 39 yards on eight attempts and De'Andre White to 36 yards on 12 rushing attempts.

"We will prepare for each and every game the same way - that is to win," said Risberg.

CROSS COUNTRY

At the Ben Bloser Bulldog Invitational at Big Spring High School, the Donegal girls finished atop the team standings with 83 team points. Warrior Run was second with 110 team points and Lampeter-Strasburg a close third at 119.

Freshman Molly Myers paced the team with a sixth-place finish in only 20:23.93. Crossing the line in 10th place was sophomore Kathryn Fernald (20:26.60) while Marleigh Ballard (18th, 21:17.36) and Addison Houck (20th, 21:34.84) also made the top-20.

Emma Myers (24:12.10) and Bailey Shoaf (25:09.62) also helped their team with a strong finish.

BOYS' SOCCER

The boys' soccer team fell to 2-2-0 in the L-L League following a tough 1-0 Section Three loss at home to the Elco Raiders on Tuesday, September 20.

Camden Maruette scored two minutes into overtime to clinch the contest for the Raiders, who stayed unbeaten (4-0-0) in league play.

It was the second straight heartbreaking 1-0 loss by Donegal. Six days earlier, the Octorara Braves got a late goal by Jesus Juarez as Eduardo Zavala-Lopez registered the assist in the 69th minute of the match.

Senior goalie Keegan Cote had four saves. Fellow senior Caden Mullen manned the pipes against Octorara, recording two saves.

GIRLS' SOCCER

Hailey Sideman played a brilliant match as goalie for Donegal on September 20, making nine saves.

Elco goalkeeper Samantha Nelson (eight saves) also played a great game.

The result of the L-L League girls' soccer match was a scoreless draw. The Indians (3-2-3, 1-0-3 league) played to their second straight tie.

FIELD HOCKEY

Manheim Central edged Donegal 1-0 in Section Two field hockey on Tuesday, September 20.

Ella Miller played a brilliant match in goal for the Indians, keeping the Barons scoreless through regulation, making seven saves in the process. Anna Bosch scored at the 3:10 mark of overtime to hand Donegal the heartbreaking loss.

Donegal fell to 2-6-0 and 0-2-0 in league play.

The Indians were coming off a 6-0 loss to Elizabethtown in their previous game.

GIRLS TENNIS

Donegal evened its record at 4-4 with a 4-1 defeat of McCaskey on Wednesday, September 21.

In the non-league match, the duos of Andrea Hess and Emily Frownfelter (6-3, 6-2 winners) and Hannah Slobozien and Ainsley Jones (6-1, 6-2 winners) set the pace.

Janelle Kingsboro came away with a 6-0, 7-5 win at number two singles. Corrine Watson won 6-0, 6-2 at number three singles.

Despite losing 7-0 to Central on Friday, September 19 in L-L League action, Kensington Edmond gave a tremendous effort at number one singles. Manheim Central's Samantha Williams bounced back after Edmond's 6-4 opening set win.

Kingsboro had a great second singles, coming up short in 6-4, 6-4 sets. Frownfelter fell 6-3, 6-4 at fourth singles.