Ephrata Tabs Gaffey as Coach

Ephrata has found its new varsity boys basketball coach. And it might be a somewhat familiar name to those in Lancaster-Lebanon League hoops circles. At its meeting last week, the Ephrata School Board approved Scott Gaffey as the next Mountaineers skipper.

Gaffey, 25, is the son of Mike Gaffey, whose 30-year coaching career includes a five-year stretch at Annville-Cleona from 2003 to 2008.

A native of Palmyra in Lebanon County, Scott Gaffey comes to Ephrata after having spent his last two years as the head coach at Mifflin County in the Mid-Penn Conference. It was his first stint as a head coach.

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Lancaster Country Day drops Lady Mounts

Ashanti Duncan challenged herself to step up and play big on the boards on Saturday, when Lancaster Country Day welcomed Ephrata for a Lancaster-Lebanon League girls basketball quarterfinalround showdown.

She outdid herself.

Duncan poured in 19 points and pulled down 23 rebounds, and the host Cougars beat the Mountaineers 49-40 to earn a spot in Tuesday’s semifinals.

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Dallastown eliminates Lady Mounts

About a minute into the second quarter on Monday night, Ephrata looked up at a gargantuan 23-4 deficit against Dallastown.

And then, out of nowhere, the floodgates opened.

The Mountaineers battled back with a 14-0 blitz to end the first half, and Ephrata capped its rally in the third quarter, coming all the way back to take the lead.

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Mounts drop Cocalico

There was a moment of trepidation.

Then he saw the determination.

And when Chad Jones won the 200-yard individual medley by storming back on the freestyle leg, Ephrata coach Mickey Molchany realized his boys swim team “took a big step toward our biggest goal.”

The Mountaineer boys (4-0 Section Two, 6-1 overall) handed Cocalico (3-1, 5-2) its first section loss of the season, winning eight of the 11 events for a 107-63 triumph Thursday at the Ephrata recCenter.

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