Ephrata's Sarah Holtz glanced over a her coach, John Keller, before she took the baton for the third leg of the 4 x 400 relay against Lampeter-Strasburg Monday afternoon at Ephrata Middle School.
The Mountaineers already clinched a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two victory but trailed by a few paces in the final event of the blustery afternoon.
“This is amazing. I’m beyond happy. I’m beyond ecstatic,’’ Hartman said after placing fourth in the Class AAA javelin with a career-best throw of 138 feet, 10 inches at the PIAA Girls’ Track and Field Championships Friday.
Hartman was the top finisher among Lancaster County girls at Friday’s opening day of competition in the annual two-day state meet at Shippensburg University.
Ephrata fought off a tough Central York club to notch a come-from-behind 7-5 victory Monday night in the opening round of the District Three Class AAAA playoffs.
Ephrata entered the contest with a 17-5 record, but knew they were up against a talented ball club from across the Susquehanna.
FREDERICKSBURG — Ephrata’s baseball team ground out 18 wins this spring on effort, execution and attention to detail.
But nobody, in this sport, does that every single time out.
Which is why the end of the Mounts’ season bore little resemblance to the rest of it.
Manheim Township’s boys’ lacrosse team got Thursday night what its girls’ team is still waiting for.
A challenge.
Either way, both Blue Streak outfits got the desired result.
Getting the game-winner from Willy Hendrick with 2:35 remaining in the third quarter, Township’s third-seeded boys’ squad outlasted L-L League foe and No. 11 seed Ephrata for an 11-7 District Three quarterfinal victory at Penn Manor’s Comet Field.
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