Mounts split with Bears

Lexi Fink got off to a slow start on Thursday night.

After a miscue at the start of the 200-yard individual medley, the Elizabethtown senior was the last one off the blocks in the Bears’ Section Two swim meet against Ephrata. The delay made no difference once she hit the water, however, as Fink pushed past the field to win by nearly two seconds.

She posted another first-place time in the 100 breaststroke and, just one event later, Elizabethtown found itself in first-place overall.

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Mounts kick Mules

Ephrata girls basketball fans have known all about Jasmine Griffin as she made her way through the Mountaineers’ pipeline. She arrived as a ready-to-play freshman this season, and she’s hit the floor running.

Thursday night, the nifty ninth-grader had her breakout performance.

Griffin, scoring on a variety of drives, transition layups and long-range jumpers, scored in 25 points, and Ephrata sailed past Solanco 49-32 in a nonleague contest in Quarryville.

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Mounts slip by Eagles

It wasn’t a Picasso. But when you’re playing your backyard rival, it doesn’t always have to be a work of art, just a win at the end of the day.

Gabbie Gerola-Hill scored 11 points, including four clutch foul shots in the waning seconds, Jasmine Griffin chipped in with 10 points, including a couple of key layups in the second half, and host Ephrata held off next-door neighbor Cocalico 39-38 on Thursday night in a hotly contested nonleague girls basketball clash.

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Bowers finishes 2nd at Leagues

She may not be an allstar, but Jada Bender of Manheim Township, like her team, is a Lancaster- Lebanon Rifle League champion.

Which would she rather be? An all-star for her regular season record or a league champion, besting a field of 48 shooters at the league championships Saturday at Conestoga Valley High School?

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