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Blue Streaks eliminate Mounts

Manheim Township’s boys’ lacrosse team got Thursday night what its girls’ team is still waiting for.

A challenge.

Either way, both Blue Streak outfits got the desired result.

Getting the game-winner from Willy Hendrick with 2:35 remaining in the third quarter, Township’s third-seeded boys’ squad outlasted L-L League foe and No. 11 seed Ephrata for an 11-7 District Three quarterfinal victory at Penn Manor’s Comet Field.

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Mounts named to All-Star Team

Section Two Champion Ephrata listed five First Team selections and 10 overall on the L-L Section Two team chosen by league coaches and released on Wednesday.

Catcher Colin Albright (SR, .292, 13 RBIs), infielder Nate Fassnacht (SO, .431, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, 4 2Bs, 9 stolen bases), outfielder Charlie Warden (SO, .414, 3 2Bs, 7 RBIs) and pitchers Austin Lowrey (JR, 4-0, 0.88 ERA, 15 Ks) and Morgan Stauffer (SR, 5-0, 1.29, 23 Ks) are First-Team choices.

Mountaineers infielder Chase Weik (SO), outfielder Brady Sipe (SR) and pitcher Gavilan Fogarty-Harnish (JR) have been named to the Second Team while infielder Bobby Nye (SR) and outfielder Josh Gehman (SR) are Honorable Mention choices.

Hempfield eliminates Mounts

Hempfield is back to where it had hoped to be all spring, back to where the Black Knights believe they belong:

The L-L League championship game.

Alec Miller pitched a complete game Tuesday night at chilly War Memorial Field and Hempfield scored four runs with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to down Ephrata, 5-1, in a semifinal that was much closer than the final score.

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