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Warriors blank Mounts

: 24 October 2018; Written by Tim Gross – LNP News

In the moments leading up to Warwick’s District Three Class 4A boys soccer first-round game with visiting Ephrata Tuesday, the Warriors congregated in a team huddle in the middle of the field. And with the wind howling around them, senior Robbie Heckman delivered an impassioned pregame speech.

“Every year I’ve been on this team,” the senior later said, “we went out in the first round of district playoffs. It was super hard for me as a player to watch the seniors walk off the field for the last time. I didn’t want any of the kids underneath me to have to see that, and I didn’t want to have to say goodbye to my boys for the last time tonight.”

Mounts defeat Trojans

: 24 October 2018; Written by Andrew Kehe – LNP Correspondent

Junior Abigail Weist’s second goal of the game with 26 seconds to play lifted the Ephrata Mountaineers out of the pressure cooker and into the second round of the District Three Class 4A girls soccer playoffs.

The 3-1 victory over visiting Chambersburg wasn’t easy or pretty, and it definitely didn’t happen like they drew it up, but it did earn the fourth-seeded Mounts (17-2-1) a quarterfinal playoff date with No. 12 Carlisle Saturday night at Mountaineer Field. Carlisle beat Red Lion 3-1.

Mounts Keep Building

: 20 October 2018; Written by Andrew Kehe – LNP Correspondent

The building blocks have reached yet another high mark for the Ephrata Mountaineers.

The Mounts overwhelmed host Pequea Valley 45-0 [box score] on Friday night in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Three football action to reach four wins on the season. They would reach the .500 mark with a win next Friday against Octorara, a feat that amid a 52-game losing streak which ended earlier this season was considered unthinkable.

Raiders drop Lady Mounts

: 14 October 2018; Written by Dave Byrne — LNP News

For Ryelle Shuey, Julia Nelson, Jennifer Axarlis and Jordan Rosengrant, the senior core of the Elco girls soccer team, their regular season careers have been an unparalleled success. The postseason, not so much.

Still looking for their first L-L tournament victory, they led their teammates onto the pitch at Lancaster Catholic Saturday morning with a purpose.

“We were very prepared and excited to play,” said Shuey, whose hat trick and assist paced the Raiders to a 4-1 victory over Ephrata.