The tennis team wrapped up their regular season, adding three more wins to their tally for a 10-4 overall mark, securing second place in Section One with their 6-1 league record.

The first of those wins came on the 21st with CV clipping Elizabethtown 5-2. The Lady Bucks took two of three doubles matches before closing things out with singles wins by Paula Valverde-Gomez, Sydney Harris, and Paige Harris. Valverde-Gomez joined Jade Flores for one of those doubles wins while Trixie Obeng and Rachel Tsai nabbed the other.

CV topped McCaskey by a 7-0 final on the 23rd with Flores joining Valverde-Gomez, Harris, and Harris as singles victors. Sydney and Paige Harris joined the winners in doubles, completing the sweep along with Valverde-Gomez and Flores as well as Obeng and Tsai.

Conestoga Valley closed out the regular season on the 26th, slipping by Hempfield 4-3. Flores took part in two of the wins, needing three sets to capture her singles match while enjoying a doubles win thanks to an injury withdraw by Hempfield. Sydney Harris was the beneficiary of that Black Knight injury in singles action while Obeng and Tsai posted the final team point with their doubles win.

FIELD HOCKEY

There are many places where close counts; high school field hockey is not one of those places. That means despite being oh so close, the Lady Buckskins dropped their previous two games, in overtime, by matching 2-1 finals.

The first of those setbacks came on the 22nd with Warwick coming out on top despite eight Elizabeth Tally saves. Sophia Livingston, with help from Danae Ulrich, matched Warwick's fourth quarter score but the Lady Warriors were able to add one more in the extra frame for the 2-1 final.

September 26th sent Conestoga Valley to Comet Field to face Penn Manor with the Lady Comets collecting the 2-1 overtime win. This time it was Ellie Hersey going solo to force overtime with Penn Manor securing the win in the extra frame. Tally finished with four saves.

GOLF

The golf team made one last trip for the season, hitting the links at Fairview Golf Course in Lebanon on the 26th for the Lancaster-Lebanon League Championship. The Buckskins top four included Carson Hoover (82), Alex Shiner (83) and Mason and Ethan Tardibuono, both posting a 96.

CROSS COUNTRY

The cross-country teams faced Manheim Township and Hempfield on the 27th with both teams going 0-2 on the day. Seana Dougherty was the lone CV runner to crack the top ten in either race, finishing 6th on the girls' side with a time of 20:58.9. Timothy Gitonga was the top boy's runner, taking 17th with Joshua Yoder crossing a few seconds later in 18th place.

BOYS' SOCCER

The end of days it is not, but not enjoying one win over a three-game stretch can certainly feel like it for those involved. Such is the journey for the boys' soccer team with back-to-back losses following a 1-1 draw opposite Warwick on the 21st. Landen Sunday set up Owen Riggle's first half score and 10 Jacob Carr saves were enough to keep Warwick from the win, just not enough for CV to collect instead.

Two days later Conestoga Valley welcomed Central Dauphin to Witmer with the Rams posting a 2-0 victory. Carr's nine saves were not enough to stave off the Ram attack.

Hempfield was the next visitor to Witmer, collecting a 1-0 win on the 27th. The loss dropped CV to 5-6-1 overall and 2-3-1 in league play. Carr tallied six more saves.

GIRLS' SOCCER

Losing streaks are never fun and the longer they last the less fun they become. Take the girls' soccer team and their current streak of six straight losses that has the Lady Buckskins 4-7 overall and 1-5 in L-L play.

Conestoga Valley was able to hang close to Warwick on the 21st but the Lady Warriors used two second half scores to pull away for a 3-1 win. Leah Buch broke up the Warwick shutout bid with her unassisted score in the 74th minute while Gabbi Moore and her 11 saves kept the final score manageable.

Things did not play out as kind to the Lady Bucks on the 24th with a trip to Ephrata resulting in a 5-0 loss. Moore finished with 10 saves.

Another shutout came on the 27th with Hempfield dishing out the damage. The Lady Knights took a 1-0 first half lead and turned it into the 3-0 final despite Moore's 10 saves.

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL

The girls' volleyball team kept themselves near the top of the Section One standings with wins over Manheim Township and Cedar Crest pushing their league mark to 5-1. CV was able to sweep Crest on the 27th but needed four games to get by Township on the 22nd.

"It was good to see the team be able to make some in match adjustments on the defensive side of the ball," said head coach Devin Moore of the 3-1 win over Township. "We were able to get a good team win with involvement from the entire group."

That involvement led to 29 assists from Summer Getz and 14 kills by Rebecca Hartranft. Emily Kornacki added 19 digs while Madison Williams chipped in with four blocks and three aces.

The Buckskins were able to post a 3-0 win over Cedar Crest, but they had to work for the 25-21, 25-21 and 25-20 wins. Getz (24 assists), Hartranft (10 kills) and Karen Kornacki (five aces) led the offense while Emily Kornacki (11 digs) and Camdyn Mahler (1.5 blocks) fronted the defense.

FOOTBALL

In the game of football there are two ways to get "run over." One is the literal way of running over an opponent to make a play. Then there is the figurative way which is what happened to CV in their September 23rd battle with Solanco. The Golden Mules ran wild for 358 yards and four scores on their way to a 41-21 win, leaving CV with a 2-3 mark on the year.

Conestoga Valley mustered 221 total yards with 176 coming on the ground but it was not enough to slow down the power rushing of Solanco. Nick Tran finished with 77 yards and a score on 15 carries while Ish Camacho added 89 yards and a TD on six carries.