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In the eyes of both Connor Moran and Jess Rheinheimer, preparing to take on an opponent in athletics is not too far removed from preparing to take a math quiz or write an English term paper.

"In both academics and athletics, you don't want to cram the night before, you want to space it out," Mora...

Throwers, by nature, are a tight circle.

That is, until they actually get into the throwing circle.

Once inside those launching pads, it's every thrower for himself.

Hempfield's Kyle Long and Cocalico's Kyle Felpel are prime examples of friendly rivals who set aside their camaraderie when i...

Leverage is the power or ability to influence events. It's also the ability to move an object.

Sarah Fairbanks and Greta Lindsley certainly have leverage, but use different kinds of levers to move themselves and their objects.

A senior thrower at Elizabethtown, Fairbanks mainly uses her arms, ...

Chrisi Lerchen had the Manheim Central softball team talking to themselves.

Then the Barons' Abi Weaver let her bat do the talking.

Weaver's two-run single in the fifth inning provided the only scoring of the game and Central returned to the L-L League softball championship game with a 2-0 vic...

It was like a movie medley, featuring "There's Something About Mary" juxtaposed with "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."

Ephrata's Mary Witmer did something special, breaking the triple jump record during Friday's opening session of the L-L Track and Field Championships at Hempfield.

There were ...

On their run to last year's PIAA state championship finals, the only game Manheim Central lost was the L-L playoff championship game.

Can they reverse that result this year?

Riding a 16-game winning streak, the Barons have to be at least a favorite, if not the favorite, to take the league crow...

In a showdown for the L-L Section Four title, Pequea Valley's Kayla Wallace needed seven outs.

Needed them for going on five days.

The waiting was not the hardest part, as it turned out. Getting the last three of those seven outs was.

Wallace secured those final outs and the Braves (13-3 L-...

Being hit in the back with a thrown ball stung Donegal's Hayley Bollinger. It hurt Annville-Cleona even more.

Taking one for the team, Bollinger set events in motion that culminated in a 3-1 victory for the Indians in a crucial L-L Section Three-Four crossover, Wednesday afternoon in Mount Joy.
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Midway through her first season in the circle, Donegal sophomore Sophia Leaman still battles nerves on days she pitches.
Midway through her first varsity season, freshman designated player Rachel Mummau has found hitting in the big leagues a big challenge.
Nerves or no, Leaman delivered the key pitc...

The calm expression belies the fiery personality boiling just below the surface.

Ephrata's Mary Witmer, a true Jill-of-all-trades in a track uniform, may appear quite tranquil when she steps onto the track (or runway), but as soon as she gets in motion, she's all business.

"She can hardly fath...