The District Three girls’ lacrosse semifinals will be an all-L-L League affair. Township will play Penn Manor (4:30) and Cocalico will take on Lancaster Country Day/Lancaster Catholic (6:30) Tuesday at Hershey.

Girls brackets here

Girls story here

On the boys side, Hempfield and Ephrata (5 p.m.) will play for the third time this season and Manheim Township will take on Carlisle (7 p.m.) at Lower Dauphin Middle School.

Boys brackets here

Boys story here

Oddly, all of the semifinals are in Dauphin County…I’m told sites are somewhat predetermined and availability is also an issue.

Manheim Township senior Devon Schneider, a three time L-L League Player of the year and first team USL All-American last year, earned a spot on the Under Armour All-American Team.

Schneider, University of Florida recruit, is one of 44 players in the country to earn the exclusive honor. She’ll be on the South team in a game played on Saturday, June 30 at Towson University’s Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson.

More on this late in the print edition once the playoffs end.

Updated boys brackets here

Girls here

Three L-L League players were named U.S. Lacrosse All-Americans.

Ephrata senior goalie Brian Neff, Warwick senior goalie Jake Watson and Penn Manor senior long pole Alex Cummins earned the honors.

First here’s my story and video shot by Marty Heisey.

Ephrata played the way I thought they would. Patient with steady pressure and no man-down goals. Their experience was invaluable Friday.

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First the boys final with Ephrata and Manheim Township. I’ll hedge my bets with this one.

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As voted by league coaches.

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Boys here

Girls here

Some times still need to be determined.

The boys final is now 7 p.m. at Penn Manor on Friday. The time was changed because the girls final was moved to Saturday (2 p.m. at Warwick).

Manheim Township and Ephrata will play again for the L-L championship Friday 7:30 p.m. at Penn Manor. My semifinal story is here

Manheim Township and Penn Manor will also play again in the L-L championship Saturday 2 p.m. at Warwick. Gordie Jones’ semifinal story here

GIRLS ALL-STARS were announced in between the semifinal games Wednesday. The complete list 2012 League All Stars.