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Strength of Mind

: 20 October 2020; Written by John Walk – LNP

Alyssa Fedorshak was at her family’s Ephrata Township home one October evening about a year ago when she went into her bedroom in search of the charger for her laptop.

That’s when Fedorshak, who was barefoot, felt a pinprick on the bottom of her left foot. On the red carpet beneath her, she found one tiny, silver piece of a sewing needle. The other piece? That had snapped off in her foot. Three days later, she underwent an hourlong surgery to have it removed.

Just a week earlier, Fedorshak, then a junior at Ephrata High School, had competed in the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls cross country championship race. After her surgery, she thought she could heal fast enough to compete in the upcoming District Three Class 3A championship race, just four days later.

Mounts Joust Crusaders

: 10 October 2020; Written by Kyle Kutz – LNP

Coming off a tough loss in Week Three against Lebanon, Ephrata bounced back with a 24-7 win on the road over Lancaster Catholic on Friday night.

This marks the Mountaineers’ first Lancaster-Lebanon League victory over Catholic since both teams joined Section Three in 2018.

Cedars Follow Brown to Win

: 03 October 2020; Written by Jeff Reinhart – LNP

Too much Matt Brown. Too many turnovers. And a gut-punch setback for host Ephrata, which couldn’t overcome five giveaways Friday night in a 31-20 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Three loss against Lebanon in War Memorial Stadium.

Brown ran wild, piling up 204 yards on 25 carries, and his three second-half touchdown runs iced it for Lebanon, which trailed 7-6 at the half, but clinched it when Brown found the end zone three times in the fourth quarter alone.

Mounts Pull Away from Spartans

: 26 September 2020; Written by Eric Stark – LNP

Something had to give.

If Garden Spot won Friday, it would break a 25-game losing streak. If Ephrata won, it would start afresh. After winning four games in a row to end last season, Ephrata lost a heartbreaker to Elco last week by a point.

One way or another, this week, someone would start a new streak.