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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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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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Lady Mounts top Bears

In absolute crunch time, with the game — and sole possession of first place — hanging in the balance, Ephrata’s girls basketball team needed a run.

The Mountaineers got it.

Elizabethtown’s Elise Hassinger hit a free throw with 7:20 to play, and the Bears sliced Ephrata’s lead to 37-36. The Mounts responded with a punishing, gamechanging, 9-0 blitz, and Ephrata went on to top Elizabethtown 56-45 in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two first-place showdown game Friday night in Ephrata.

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