There are many places a high school athletic team wants to be as they near the midpoint of their season. Searching for their first win is not one of them but that is where the Elizabethtown girl's lacrosse team finds themselves after losses to Hempfield, Eastern York and Lampeter-Strasburg pushed the Lady Bears to 0-8.

E-town opened their most recent three game stretch with a 16-1 loss to Hempfield on the 8th. Hailey Mertz, with help from Josie Spayd, took care of the offense while Jordyn Gutshall turned away 13 shots between the pipes.

One day later the Lady Bears traveled to Wrightsville to face Eastern York and came home on the wrong side of a 9-6 final. Gutshall tallied nine saves this time out while Aiesha Rios scored three goals.

After a short weekend rest, E-town welcomed the Pioneers to Jane Hoover Field and Lampeter-Strasburg responded with a 20-1 victory. Rios provided the setup for Elizabeth Carter's goal with Gutshall finishing with 10 saves.

TRACK

The track team made their weekly appearance on the 12th, traveling to Quarryville to battle Solanco. The Lady Bears came home a 93-57 winner while the boy's suffered a 95-55 setback.

Despite the loss the boys did mange seven wins with Caiden Herr (110H and 300H) and Ethan Jones (long jump, discus) picking up two apiece. Owen Dommel (400m), Nathan Johnson (800m) and Carlton Wise (pole vault) rounded out the winners for the boys.

The Lady Bears cruised to the win thanks to 11 event victories. Despite all the success Madeline Quinn was the lone winner to take two individual events, topping the 1600m and 3200m races. Adyson Haak, and Jordan DiRisio picked up multiple wins but just one came in an individual event, the 100H for Haak and the 800m for DiRisio. The pair enjoyed some relay success, winning the 1600m relay along with Lilah Drager and Genevieve McDonald. That success continued in the 3200m relay where DiRisio was joined by Charlotte Heisey, Drager and Sierra Kapcsos and the 400m relay where Haak got help from McDonald, Olivia Anson and Lydia Heistand. Ruth Wright picked up the final track win in the 300H.

Elizabethtown managed three wins in the field, one each by Abby Sedun (shot put), Francine Ohlson (discus) and Zoe Myers (javelin).

VOLLEYBALL

It may have taken a few extra weeks but it appears the boys' volleyball team has found their groove. Proof would be in back-to-back wins over Ephrata and Lebanon to even the Bears record to 2-2.

E-town needed all five sets to topple Ephrata on the 12th but behind 38 Bill O'Connell assists and 18 kills from Rudy Woitas the Bears managed a 23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 15-10 victory.

"The first win, especially with a team that has a lot of younger plays is always tough," said head coach Lamar Fahnestock. "I was very proud both JV and Varsity as they hung tough in an up and down match and ultimately learned how to finish a match."

That success carried over to E-town's April 13th clash with Lebanon that the Bears claimed 25-20, 25-18 and 25-20. Woitas, with 19 kills and two aces, paced the offense while McCoy and his two blocks led the defense. O'Connell finished with 28 assists and three digs while Damian Tobias chipped in with two aces.

Before the Bears could break into the win column, they suffered their second setback, falling to Garden Spot 3-0 on the 9th despite 15 kills from Woitas and 18 assists from Miller.

BOYS' LACROSSE

Much like their female counterparts the boy's lacrosse team has found wins hard to come by. Losses to Hempfield and Central York by a combined 25-2 dropped the Bears to 0-7 on the year. Joe Zink finished with a combined 13 saves while Sam Azzalina and Elijah Poulos accounted for the scores against the Black Knights.

TENNIS

The boy's tennis team suffered another non-league loss, their third, falling to Lampeter-Strasburg by a 3-2 final on the 12th. Despite the loss the Bears remain tied atop the Section One standings with a pristine 4-0 mark in section play thanks to wins over Conestoga Valley and McCaskey.

E-town topped CV 6-1 on the 8th with Trent McBride, Steven Dupler and Hayden Musser all posting singles wins. The Bears picked up their remaining three team points in doubles action with McBride/Dupler, Jack Nyveldt/Musser and Aiden Blyler and Quinn Dolan enjoying success.

Elizabethtown made quick work of McCaskey on the 9th, winning 7-0. McBride, Dupler and Musser all picked up singles wins with Nyveldt joining them for the sweep. Another sweep went down in doubles play with only Nyveldt and Musser facing a challenge before pulling out a 9-8 (10-8) win. McBride and Dupler picked up an easy 8-1 win while Blyler and Dolan posted an 8-4 final.

E-town was unable to solve Lampeter-Strasburg on the 12th, dropping both doubles matches while winning two of three in singles play. Dupler and Nyveldt were responsible for those straight set singles wins.

BASEBALL

The baseball team has found the frantic pace of the condensed 2021 season difficult, sitting at 2-3 after dropping three of their last four games.

The lone victory came on April 8th where E-town slipped by CV 8-7. Ben Wentling picked up the win in relief of Tyler Souders. The pair, along with Jake Black, combined for four strikeouts and three walks. Souders collected two hits and two RBI while Tanner Breault drove in two runs without registering a hit.

One day earlier the Bears fell to Lampeter-Strasburg by an 11-0 count. Alex Baker took the loss with Mitchell Garber and AJ Russo seeing action on the mound. E-town managed just two hits with Cael Brandt and Souders picking up one each.

April 9th saw the Bears commit five errors in a 5-3 loss to Lebanon. Black was on the hill for all five Cedar runs, taking the loss, but only one was earned, spoiling his eight punchouts. Brandt, Breault and Owen Zell provided the offense with one RBI each.

Solanco made it two losses in a row with a 5-2 final on the 13th. Josh Kreider took the loss despite eight strikeouts and no walks. Souders and Josh Rudy drove in one run each.

SOFTBALL

The softball team slipped an 11-1 win over Lebanon in between losses to Lampeter-Strasburg and Solanco to fall to 4-2 on the year.

Brooke Bryan picked up the win over Lebanon, collecting three strikeouts in two innings. Both Astyn Calaman and Maddie Bell finished with three RBI while Nizaly Ortiz-Kreiner smacked a two-run homerun in the second.

A few days prior, the Lady Bears suffered an 11-6 setback to Lampeter-Strasburg. Kristin Geesey tossed all seven innings to take the loss while Sophia Finch continued her hot start with a one hit, two RBI game. Megan Gray and Ava Fair combined for three hits and two RBI.

Elizabethtown's second setback came six days later in the form of a 3-2 loss to Solanco. Geesey finished with five strikeouts and two walks while Fair provided the offense with a two-run single.