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Minutes after he posted game-high numbers Wednesday night with 20 points and 12 rebounds, McCaskey's Devonne Pinkard was meeting with a visitor when Steve Powell approached.

The Red Tornado boss quietly issued a few words to his junior forward, smiled and resumed walking.

"'Lock and load,' " P...

Standing in for Warwick head coach Gary Baylor, who missed the game because of illness, assistant Adam Wood stressed to his team before puck drop that a successful opening to the first period was important.

The Warriors listened.

Casey Witmyer scored 52 seconds into the game and Warwick added ...

Now in her second year as a starter, Emily Martin is well educated on the multiple benefits of Lancaster Catholic's trademark press.

"The press is kind of our backup," the Crusaders' junior center said Wednesday night. "When it's not a great shooting night, it helps us get back into the game."

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Elizabethtown and Lancaster Mennonite won first-round games in the District Three Boys' Basketball Tournament Wednesday.

The Bears toppled host South Western, 67-52, in a Class AAAA contest while the visiting Blazers knocked off Tulpehocken, 60-47, in Class AA.

In Class AAAA:

Elizabethtown ...

Keisha Steele-Hook scored 13 points to lead Susquehanna Township to a 45-34 win over Manheim Central in the first round of the District Three Class AAA playoffs.

Township will play Oley Valley in Saturday's quarterfinals at Dallastown.

The Barons never led in the game, but kept the contest clo...

Being a part of the postseason is nothing new to Yvonne Kauffman.

Her 42-year career at the helm of the Elizbethtown College women's basketball team included many playoff games. Championships, too.

Her current team? That's a different story.

The Blue Jays, appearing in the postseason for th...

Dover's first district basketball playoff win in 22 years served as the exclamation point on a stunning close to the season for Manheim Township.

After winning 18 of their first 20 games, the Streaks lost Wednesday night for the third time in their last four games.

The latest, a 47-43 loss at ...

A year ago they were decided underdogs.

Now they're the top-seeded team in the District Three Class AAA boys' basketball bracket.

Different scenarios. Same results.

Fronted by 16 points apiece from Josh Miller and Jordan Groff, Lampeter-Strasburg continued its impressive district play with ...

While she wasn't aware of the exact figure, Molly Hendrick admitted her season scoring average "isn't that much."

Such is life when you're a defensive specialist, used primarily to stalk one of the opposing team's leading scorers.

But in an ironic twist Tuesday night, Hendrick was the one bein...

Palmyra backup guard Chris Lynn hit a shot with two seconds left to lift the Cougars over third-seeded Donegal in a District Three Class AAA first-round boys' basketball game Tuesday night in Mount Joy. And in the process he revised a word currently in vogue.

"Lynn-sanity," one of his teammates w...