Football  

Roughly 70 Lancaster-Lebanon League seniors have committed to play in the Tri-County All-Star Football Game, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at Manheim Central High School's Elden Rettew Stadium.
It's by necessity a loose commitment, given the other things — spring sports, proms, gradua...

He spent the past dozen years taking his Manheim Township football teams to the University of Pittsburgh's seven-on-seven passing camps, all the while wondering what it would be like to compete against western Pennsylvania's best teams.

Now, Mike Melnyk will experience the real thing.

"It's an...

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Manheim Township football coach Mike Melnyk will become Mount Lebanon's new football coach pending school board approval on March 19.

If approved, Melnyk will succeed former Mount Lebanon coach Chris Haering, who left in January to become the linebackers ...

Scott Shelley, a 1971 Ephrata graduate, was unanimously approved as the district's varsity football coach on Monday.

Shelley was a football and track athlete during his high school years. He has several years of coaching experience including midget football, special teams coordinator, defensive s...

Lancaster Catholic lineman Adam DePietro and Columbia wide receiver Mike Burke IV made news for their commitment to Northwestern and Villanova, respectively.

But the list of Lancaster-Lebanon League athletes who will play football at the next level doesn't stop there.

Manheim Central QB Caleb ...

Lancaster Catholic, the reigning PIAA Class AA champions, highlighted the list of 46 Lancaster-Lebanon League players named to the Pennsylvania Football News All-State team. The Crusaders placed nine players on the Class AA team.

Adam DePietro (offensive line), Brandon Hollister (athlete) and Rom...

 

The 2011 sports season was a golden one for the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
The L-L had five teams win state championships and seven individuals step on the top podium at states. Five teams were state runners-up.
The league won 11 District Three team titles and 26 individual championships.
L...

By all accounts, last Friday's PIAA board meeting, where a vote on shortening the scholastic football season from 16 weeks to 15, was supposed to be short and sweet.

A rubber stamp on a motion that had already passed 29-1 in the first two readings. It was a motion most felt was needed because the...

Three key members of Lancaster Catholic's second state championship season in three years, and one of the best receivers in the L-L League, earned the state's top honor for football players Thursday.

Crusader seniors Adam DePietro and Charles Sweigert and junior Roman Clay were named to the Penns...

Michael Burke IV has been one of the best receivers in the L-L League for two seasons.

Bryan Flory, outside of Columbia, is one of the most underrated linebackers in the area.

Both received one of their sport's highest honors Tuesday when the Columbia teammates were named to the First Team Cla...