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Mounts upset Hempfield


It didn't really matter if nobody outside of Ephrata believed in the Ephrata's girls' soccer team going into its District Three Class AAA first-rounder match with Hempfield, what was important was the Mountaineers believed in themselves.

With time running out in the second 15-minute overtime period, and penalty kicks looming, Brittany Lutz took a ball from Taylor Moore and buried it in the back of the net, sending the Mountaineers to Saturday's quarterfinals, 2-1.

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Braves topple Mounts


Pequea Valley scored on their first three possessions and coasted to a 42-7 [box score] win over Ephrata on Friday night at War Memorial Field.

The Braves (2-3 Section Three, 4-4 overall) took advantage of four Ephrata (0-4, 0-8) turnovers, converting three of them into 21 points.

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Streaks stop Mounts


Denis Pasic scored two goals to lift the Blue Streaks to a 3-0 win over Ephrata in the quarterfinal match at Comet Field on Saturday night.

Willie Ransing accounted for the other goal for Township (14-3-1), which will meet Lancaster Mennonite in Tuesday’s semifinals, a 5 p.m. start at Warwick. Ephrata bowed out at 10-7-2.

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Hempfield Eliminates Lady Mounts


Hempfield, the top team from L-L Section One, put together a solid match winning 4-0 in its quarterfinal-round girls’ soccer tournament match with Section Two third-place finisher Ephrata on Saturday afternoon at Manheim Central High School.

Three second-half goals from Hempfield (15-3) provided more than enough of a cushion to get past Ephrata (13-5-1) by a 4-0 score.

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Soccer Playoffs Start Today


The LL Playoffs start today for both the boys and the girls teams.

You can start your day off by heading to Manheim Central [directions] where the girls team is in action at 4:00 against Hempfied

Then point your GPS [directions] to Comet Field where the boys team begins play at 7:45 vs Manheim Township.

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