After struggling through four straight losses, the racket club improved to 3-0 in Section Two with back-to-back wins last Monday and Tuesday. L-S held off CV 4-3 on April 11 and one day later topped Ephrata 5-2.

Weston Weaver and Andrew Reidenbaugh worked an 8-4 win at No. 1 and Reidenbaugh sealed the win when he outlasted CV's Nolan Miller (6-2, 4-6, 10-6) at No. 2 singles.

The Teaman brothers won 8-6 at the No. 2 tandem while Kyle Pawson and Jack Harnish gave L-S a 3-0 edge with an 8-2 No. 3 victory.

L-S won three of four singles matches against Ephrata to secure the win. Reidenbaugh, Spencer Teaman (3) and Cole Teaman (4) all won in straight sets. The Teaman's also worked a doubles shutout while Pawson and Harnish gave L-S an early 2-1 lead.

BASEBALL

Jason Long's two run homer in the bottom of the sixth gave L-S all the cushion they needed in Fridays (April 8) 3-2 victory over visiting Ephrata. Gehrig Harsh relieved Long, who surrendered one run on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk, in the seventh and was greeted by a home run. He gave up another hit before two strikeouts and a ground out preserved the lead.

Andrew Whitehead went 2-for-3 with one run scored to lead the action at the plate.

The baseball team suffered its first league loss with a 16-6 crossover result against Section One leader Warwick on April 11. The Warriors managed seven hits, including three homers, and took advantage of six errors and six walks. Three of those walks and four errors came in Warwick's seven run sixth inning, extending a 9-6 lead to a game-ending 16-6 final.

Peyton Harsh (1RBI), Jason Long (2RBI), and Andrew Whitehead (1RBI) each had two hits.

Wednesday the team scored six runs over the last four innings and topped Cedar Crest 7-4. A four-hit effort by G. Harsh led the 12-hit attack. Will Bailey added two hits and two RBIs. Peyton Harsh earned the win with nine strikeouts and one walk.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

The girls' lacrosse team remained unblemished in Section One play with wins over Ephrata Friday, April 8, and Elizabethtown April 11. The team scored 41 goals while giving up 13 in the lopsided victories.

Hannah Cissne (7g, 2a) effort fueled Lampeter's 22-7 win over the Mounts which included a 10-0 second half. Hannah Gawne (6g, 2a) and Rowan Kimmel (5g, 3a) were also multiple goal scorers while Abigail Welchans matched Kimmel with a team-high three assists.

Emily Lapinski recorded five saves in goal.

The Pioneers took charge of E-town with an 11-3 first quarter and held off a comeback in the 19-6 final. Gawne and Kimmel both racked up five goals and one assist while Leigha Saurbaugh and Ryann Logan recorded hat tricks to round out the multiple goal scorers. Kelly Hostetter's three assists were high for the game.

Zoe Dilling needed just three saves to record the victory.

The seniors' annual fundraiser, "Drive out Cancer," was held that week. T-shirts were sold to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Their charity night game is May 6.

BOYS' LACROSSE

With convincing wins over Ephrata (15-3 on April 8), Warwick (11-3 on April 11) and CV (18-5 on April 13) the boys' lacrosse team sits on top of Section Two with a perfect 6-0 mark.

The winless Mounts fell behind 12-1 at the half. Barrett Denlinger's seven goals sparked the offense. Gavin Denlinger added a hat trick and one assist while Stewart McClain scored twice and dished out two assists. Chase Barber (1g, 1a) and Berkeley Wagner (1g) also contributed.

The Section One Warriors fell behind 3-0 in the first quarter and never got on track as L-S pushed out to a 6-1 halftime advantage. McClain's six goals fueled the attack. Zach Labreque scored twice and distributed three assists. B. Denlinger also scored twice, and Barber added one goal and one assist.

Bryce Thomas recorded 12 saves in the two wins while Jackson Miller added one against Ephrata.

Labreque's five goals sparked Lampeter's 18-5 win over CV Wednesday night. Sullivan led with three assists and he and B. Denlinger each scored four times. Fillius added a hat trick to round out the multiple goal scorers.

SOFTBALL

Little by little, Warwick chipped away and eventually settled for a 5-3 victory over the Pioneers last Monday, April 11. L-S scored single runs in the first, third and sixth innings. Warwick's singles were in the second, third and fourth and pushed the lead to 5-2 with a two spot in the fifth.

Keiva Middleton struck out six batters and gave up seven hits. The Pioneers finished with nine hits, two by Ally Raub, and struck out five times.

On Wednesday, the Pioneers posted a 5-0 shutout over Cedar Crest. Middleton scattered three hits and struck out 12.

TRACK

The track teams competed at the Black Knight Invitational Saturday, April 9 where the girls finished one point behind champion Warwick and then traveled to Ephrata for a Section Two outing on Tuesday, April 12 where the boys suffered their first defeat, and the girls handed the Mounts its first dual meet loss since 2011!

Madison Malcom was a double winner, claiming both hurdle events while Alexis Moran was tops in the triple jump. The girls also ran away from the 4x100 competition with Anya Myers, Hannah Gawne, Maddie Weichler and Lyndi Wall clocking a 50.44.

Ben Devin was the only first place finisher for the boys, taking the 3200 in 10:08.58.

At Ephrata, Maggie Swarr's sweep in the throws anchored a 75.5 - 74.5 thriller.

"It came down to the discus," said head coach Cal Esh. "Maggie had already won the shot and javelin and was leading the discus with a throw of 91-9. Ephrata's best thrower tied that mark on her last throw but in the throws, if you have a tie, you don't split the points, you go back to each thrower's second best throw where Maggie won by six inches.

"It came down to the last event, the last throw in that event, and then a tiebreaker to squeak out a win," explained Esh.

Swarr dominated the javelin, winning by over 33 feet, and did the same in the shot, topping Ephrata's Andes by over three feet.

Malcolm sparked the action on the track, winning both hurdle events and joining Myers, Bruner, and Wall to take the 4x100 relay. Elly Bruner, like Swarr and Malcolm, also scored 15 points. She won the long jump, was part of the 4x100 relay, was second in the 300 hurdles and tied for second in the high jump.

Despite a sweep in the 3200 (Owen Witmer, Ben Devine, Colin Whitaker) and Teagan Weaver's victories in the 100, 200, long and triple jumps, the boys team suffered an 82-68 loss to the Mounts, who swept the relays enroute to a 52-35 advantage on the track alone.

Luka Vranich won the 400 and Whitaker took the mile to round out the track winners.

In the field, Mitchell Livengood won the pole vault (11-0), Aiden Jones won the javelin and Jordan Thode out threw Ephrata's Kunkle in the discus with a winning 112-7.