He conquered the 800-meter run in the Lancaster- Lebanon League, District Three, PIAA and national championships last spring.
This winter, Tyler Shue is getting his first taste of international competition.
Shue, an Ephrata senior and a Penn State commit, has been selected to run the 800 in today’s indoor track and field meet at the Reykjavik International Games in Iceland.
In the first of Tuesday’s semifinals, the Knights (13-4) jumped out to an 8-3 lead over the Mountaineers (14-5) then went cold, as Hempfield was held to one goal over the second and third quarters.
“We just moved it around a lot and were playing with each other. And then we got away from it,” Hempfield midfielder Kohl Wesner said.
Before the 2019 season began, the Ephrata boys lacrosse team set some lofty goals, the first of which was capturing the regular season Section Two title and berth in the upcoming Lancaster- Lebanon League tournament.
Tuesday evening at Lampeter- Strasburg, the Mountaineers accomplished just that.
Buoyed by its quickstrike offense, Ephrata ran off nine straight goals in a convincing 14-2 victory.
Zach Werner lined up on the sun-soaked javelin runway at Ephrata for one final series of throws on his home turf. The Ephrata boys were closing in on a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two title — their first in 30 years — and the senior thrower wanted to have a hand in history as the Mountaineers marched toward a 106-44 win over visiting Solanco.
“We just wanted to finish out the season strong,” Werner said. “For us seniors, we just wanted to win the section. Ephrata sports haven’t really won many titles. I play football, too, and we haven’t won much, so if feels good to win the section.”
The Ephrata girls had already clinched the dual-meet win over Manheim Central Monday afternoon.
They also locked up at least a share of their seventh Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two title in eight years.
But when junior Mary Campbell took the baton from Faith Hershberger, the Mountaineers had some unfinished business on their home track in the 4x400-meter relay’s anchor leg against Barons sprinter Laura Good.
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