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Lampeter-Strasburg had good results in Ephrata's Holiday Tournament, despite committing a couple of the same old mistakes.

Erasing the sting of 26 turnovers with a tenacious, second-half defensive effort, L-S (5-2) battled past Ephrata for a 35-27 victory in the opening round of the Ephrata Holiday Tournament Tuesday night.
 

But tonight, when Ephrata hosts Lampeter-Strasburg in the Ephrata Holiday Tournament title game, only one of them will walk away with the gold trophy.

Nicole Martin (500 free, 200 medley relay), Laura Hoffer (100 back, 200 M.R.) and Ashylnn Eidemiller (50 free, 200 M.R.) all won two events.

Lia Denlinger was also on the winning 200 medley relay team. Kayla Fritz won the 200 free, while Allison Royer was first in the 200 individual medley. Courtney Reading and Caitlin Davies won the 100 fly and the 100 free respectively.

Heather Ashton finished up the victories by finishing 1st in the 100 breast.

On the boys side, the Mounts were also victorious winning 88-73. Evan Callihan (100 free, 200 free relay, 100 breast), Tyler Eshelman (500 free, 200 F.R., 400 F.R.) and Nathan Brown (50 free, 200 F.R., 400 F.R.) all won three events.

Matej Vaculik (200 F.R., 400 F.R.) and Paul Ashton (200 I.M., 400 F.R.) both earned double wins for the Mounts as they eased by the Barons.

Jamar Horst (145), Blake Crowther (171), David Belousov (189), Jordan Becker (215), Dylan Binkley (285), and Austin Wealand (103) all picked up wins for Ephrata to gain the early lead before Solanco answered with wins from Brandon Oswald (112), Jordan Hastings (125), Alex Fisher (130) and Kyle Beane (140) to keep it close.

Jared Becker (135) was knocked out in the quarterfinals, but wrestled back to take 5th place. Jordan Becker (189), also eliminated from the winner's bracket in the quarterfinals wrested back to take 6th place.

Joey Kline, after losing on Friday at 130, wreslted back to finish in 8th place.

Overall the Mounts nudged ahead of host Solanco, finishing in 14th place 82.5 to 75.5. Warwick, the only L-L school to finish higher earned 5th place with 142.5 points.

Ephrata led 11-0 after the first quarter.

Ephrata led 22-0 at the half.

“First time as a coach that one of my teams shut the other team out in the first half,” Ephrata coach Mike Garman said.

Palisades didn’t score until there was 6:59 to go in the third quarter, making it 25-2. Ephrata went on to win 49-12.

Soph guard Mel Andrew paced the Mounts with 8 points, leading a very balanced attack. Needless to say, Garman used his whole bench.

Ephrata, which fell to Schuylkill Valley 47-27 in the opener on Friday night, improved to 1-1.

Unfortunately the boys team was defeated by Central by a score of 103-51.  There were many personal bests at the meet on Tuesday, Kole Reddig and Alex Martin in the 200 free, Tyler Eshelman in the 100 free, Mickey Molchany in the 100 back, and Alex Martin and Levi Smucker in the 100 breaststroke.  Great job guys!

Jordan Becker, 189, stopped the bleeding by doing what he does best, pinning his opponent. Feeding off Becker’s quick fall, Zach Zimmerman made his return to the line-up and decided to make short work of his opponent by picking up a fall. Not to be outdone by little brother, James Zimmerman picked up a fall at heavyweight. Mike Evans picked up a forfeit at 112 before Jared Becker, 130, closed out the scoring by matching his brother with a fall.

The Mounts return home to wrestle the Blue Streaks of Manheim Township on Saturday the 23rd at 1:00pm.

This meant that the Mounts were in for an extremely long day. Despite the difficulties that they were enduring the wrestlers still had positive attitudes and each wrestler went out and wrestled their hardest for all of their matches. Hanover 57-24, North Penn 53-24, Norristown 48-36, and Gettysburg 48-21 defeated the mounts. They did pick up their second win of the year by defeating Springfield Township 42-36.

On the day the Mounts were paced by Jordan Becker, 189, and James Zimmerman, HWT, both going 5-0 on the day. Becker picked up 5 more falls to push his season total to 11; his record now stands at 13-1. Zimmerman added 3 falls, a forfeit, and a decision to up his record to a perfect 10-0. Blake Crowther turned in a good day by going 4-1 and pushing his record to 12-4.

Rounding out the records for the day were: Mike Evans 3-2, Corey Horst 3-2, Jared Becker 1-2, Pat Baker 0-5, Jeremy Martin 0-5, David Belousov 1-4, Joel Yoder 2-1, and AJ Peters 2-3. The Mounts continue their season on Thursday night at Lampeter Strasburg for their first league contest.

Picking up victories were Jordan Becker, Mike Evans, Corey Horst, and Blake Crowther. Becker continued his pinning ways with another first period fall, which makes 6 falls in 8 wins, both of which lead the team. Both Evans and Horst picked up forfeits at 112 and 119.

Blake Crowther closed out the night with an 11-3 victory. Blake kept pace with Becker with his team-leading 8th win in this young season while extending his lead in most takedowns.

The Mounts were without three starters last night. James and Zach Zimmerman were battling illness and injuries and will return within the next week. The third starter that was out was one who was expected to miss all season while recovering from an injury sustained during football. He is Jamar Horst and looks to make his return next week, two months prior to the original date. Jamar will help to solidify the line-up, leaving only the 103-pound weight class open.

The Mounts are in action this weekend at the Hanover Duals competing with several schools: Hanover, North Penn, Norristown, Springfield Township, Warwick, Hamburg, Boiling Springs, and Gettysburg.

Where Zimmerman found success Becker found frustration. Becker wrestled a stingy wrestler thus limiting his offense. Becker suffered a 9-1 loss, his 1st loss on the season. He had picked up 2 more falls and a major decision on his way to the finals.

After suffering an opening round upset Blake Crowther, 160, had a long road ahead of him if he wanted to place. After 4 victories on Saturday morning, one of which was a redemption over his opening round opponent, Blake lost a close 3-1 match to pick up a 4th place finish. Jared Becker picked up a 7th place finish after hitting a last second “Peterson” to win the match. Jared finished 3-2 on the weekend. He was joined in 7th place with Joel Yoder at 171. Joel won his match by way of forfeit. Joel also finished 3-2 on the weekend.

Rounding out the medals was Mikey Hanna picking up an 8th place finish at 125 pounds. Mikey was 2-3 on the weekend. The Mounts resume their season on Thursday the 14th with their first home match against the Golden Mules of Solanco.

The girls swim team took a tough loss with a score of 80 to 90. The Lady Mounts 200 Medley relay swam a District time of 1:58.08. The relay consisted of Noelle Brossman, Lia Denlinger, Shannon Ream, and Nicole Martin. Freshman Nicole Martin had Ephrata's only 1st place finish in an individual event in the 50 free. However the Lady Mounts collected many 2nd places with great times…Lia Denlinger in the 200 Free, Kayla Raptosh in the 200 IM, Shannon Ream in the 100 fly, C. Reading in the 100 free, Noelle Brossman in the 100 back, and Heather Ashton in the 100 Breaststroke. The swim teams next home meet is Wednesday, 12/13 against Penn Manor.

James Zimmerman earned his 50th career victory by way of forfeit at 285.  The wrestlers continue their season on Friday and Saturday as they travel to Solanco for the Mule Classic.

Defensive Pressure gets the job done

Varsity Box Score and JV scoring

COLUMBIA (42)
Kuhn 0 2-2 2, Deets 1 0-0 2, Shelley 1 2-2 4, Anspach 8 2-3 18, Gilbert 0 0-0 0, Aston 3 1-2 8, Afari 1 2-4 4, Simms 2 0-0 4.   Totals 16 9-13 42.
 
EPHRATA (52)
Beamesderfer 1 0-0 2, Goodman 6 0-0 13, C.Woolley 1 0-0 2, Thorp 0 0-0 0, Andrew 0 0-0 0, Gordon 3 2-2 8, Lyons 4 1-2 10, C.Weaver 4 1-4 9, A.Wilson 0 0-0 0, A.Weaver 0 0-0 0, Hondros 2 2-3 6, Martin 0 2-2 2, J.Woolley 0 0-0 0.  Totals 21 8-12 52.
 

3-Point Goals – Aston 1; Goodman 1, Lyons 1.   Fouled Out – none.  Officials – Wiggins, Novak.
JV Score – Ephrata 41, Columbia 25.
 
Ephrata JV Scoring – Andrew 10, J.Woolley 7, A.Weaver 6, L.Wilson 5, Miller 4, A. Wilson 4, Throp 3, C. Woolley 2.

Downingtown East was the champion, followed by Daniel Boone, Reading, Ephrata, Garden Spot, Columbia, Hempfield, and then Cedar Crest. 

The Mounts opened up with a victory over Columbia before falling to Daniel Boone and then Reading in the 3rd place match.  Three wrestlers went 3-0 on the day.  They were Jared Becker at 135, Blake Crowther at 160, and Jordan Becker at 189.  Rounding out the line-up were Mike Evans 1-2 at 112, Corey Horst 2-1 at 119, Mike Hanna 1-2 at 130, Pat Baker 0-3 at 140, David Belousov 0-3 at 152, Joel Yoder 1-2 at 171, Dylan Binkley 1-2 at 215, and Zach Zimmerman 2-1 at 285.

www.ephratamounts.com is also excited to announce that we have our fourth "sister" site. If you look to the left you should see a link for "Mounts Wrestling" which will provide you with team leaders, results, the schedule and all the wrestling history you can shake a singlet at. Enjoy! 

In the first game it was all Panthers. Corielle Yarde earned a spot on the All-State team last year as a sophomore. She is on her way there again after pouring in 30 points as she led Schuylkill Valley over Ephrata, 70-54, in the opening round of the Daniel Boone Tip-Off Tournament on Friday.
 
Ephrata unveiled their new look, run-and-gun style. While they trailed by 6 at the half, the 37-31 score indicated that the game was played at Ephrata's pace. However, a 24-7 third quarter gave the Panthers enough cushion to hold off the Mounts.
 
Brynn Lyons led Ephrata with 12 points. Aly Goodman had a nice all-around game in her first career varsity start, scoring 8 points to go with 6 assists and 6 steals.
 
Christine Weaver set a team record with 5 blocks, while also scoring 7 points and added 12 rebounds.
 
Ephrata was down 22-13 late in the first, but put together a 9-0 run that featured a three-pointer from Claire Woolley. The Mounts were down 39-33 early in the second half, but an 18-2 run closed them out.
 
Ashton Pachuilo added 25 for the Panthers.
 
In the second game, Ephrata started a little slowly in the consolation game of the Daniel Boone Tip-Off Tournament Saturday. The Mounts, who aren't doing much slowly this season, got it in gear with a 24-6 run to cruise by Palisades, 61-36.
 
The balanced attack of Ephrata was demonstrated during that big first-half run, as 7 different players scored. Arielle Gordon (game-high 13 points) hit a three to open the second quarter and give the Mounts the lead for good.
 
Gordon added 6 assists and 5 steals for Ephrata. Brynn Lyons nearly had a triple double, with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 steals. The Mounts picked up 58 rebounds and collected 23 steals.
 
Aly Goodman added 8 points and 9 rebounds. Nicole Martin had 7 points and 6 boards, while Emily Beamesderfer scored 5 points and collected 8 rebounds.
 
Schuylkill Valley cruised to the tournament championship with a 64-35 win over host Daniel Boone.