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Mounts claim George Male Trophy

The streak is history for Ephrata.

Not since 2005 had the Mounts taken down Warwick in the annual battle for the George Male Trophy. It was a stretch of 15 straight losing games for the purple-and gold.

But that ended on Friday night, as Ephrata rallied from a 21-13 halftime deficit, limiting the Warriors to just 81 yards of offense in the second half while scoring 16 unanswered points to pull out the streak-busting 29-21 nonleague football victory at War Memorial Field.

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Expectations at Ephrata

Another girls volleyball season is freshly underway around the Lancaster-Lebanon League, and there’s noticeable excitement surrounding several teams and players.

Nowhere is that anticipation more palpable than at Ephrata, where the Mountaineers return five of seven starters from a team that reached the L-L semifinals and the District Three quarterfinals, falling one win shy of a PIAA tournament berth.

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Indians eliminate Mounts

RED LION — Landon Robertson was adamant that he made the tag — at least once.

Either way, the Donegal third baseman was ready when Ephrata’s speedy catcher, Coy Schwanger, attempted to swipe third as part of a double steal with two outs in the last inning of Thursday’s PIAA Class 5A baseball quarterfinal.

“He might have gotten there a little early, but he did slide off the bag and I kept the tag on so either way he would have been out,” Robertson said.

Schwanger was called out on the bang-bang play, ending the game as Done-gal advanced to Monday’s state semifinals with a 5-4 victory over the Mountaineers.

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