Exeter girls lacrosse falls in district title game
The Exeter girls lacrosse team will compete in the PIAA Championships for the first time this week after reaching the District 3 championship game. The Eagles head west face District 7 champion Mount Lebanon at Hempfield Area on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
KENNARD-DALE12EXETER8>> Kennard-Dale took down Exeter, 12-8, in the District 3 championship at Hershey on May 26. The Eagles outscored Kennard-Dale 5-4 in the second half but couldn’t overcome a fivegoal first half deficit. Lexi Einsig, Kylee Hubiak and Maryn Hubiak all had two goals for Exeter. Leah Franklin saved seven shots. Ariana Kline and Jordan Kotas both scored for the Eagles.
EXETER 10 YORK CATHOLIC 9 >> Exeter advanced to the District 3-AAAA championship game with a 10-9 double-overtime win against York Catholic on May 24. Lexi Einsig scored her third goal of the game in the second overtime to give the Eagles the one-goal victory, Mackenzie Anton also added a hat trick for Exeter. Jordan Kotas and Maryn Hubiak both scored two goals. Hubiak also had two assists. Ariana Kline added an assist. Leah Franklin had eight saves.
Baseball
GOVERNOR MI FF LIN 6 RED LAND 5>> Governor Mifflin advanced to the District 3-AAAA semifinals with a nine-inning win against Red Land on May 26. Trailing 5-2 heading into the seventh inning, the Eagles rallied for three runs to send the game into extras. After a scoreless eight, Ajay Sczepkowski knocked in the game-winning run in the ninth. Joe Adametz and Noah Angstadt worked 7.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen with Angstadt picking up the win.
GOVERNOR MI FF LIN 6 MECHANICS BURG 1>> In the first round of the District 3-AAAA playoffs on May 24, Governor Mifflin topped Mechanicsburg, 6-1. The Mustangs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning and held the advantage throughout the game. Noah Weber held Mechanicsburg to five hits in seven innings of work. Governor Miffline tallied 10 hits in the contest. Earl Kochel had two doubles and drove in two runs, and Phillip Henry and Hunter Reeser both had two hits and scored runs.
The fifth annual Amity Calamity tennis tournament was held on Friday, May 27, at the Daniel Boone Middle School courts. The outing is held to promote tennis in a friendly and inviting atmosphere. The tournament included 20 players who faced off against each other in a round robin, doubles format. Teams were made up of girls and boys – some current and some former Daniel Boone students. Players ranged in age from 11 to 21.
In this year’s clash, teams were paired and had ten minutes to win as many points as possible in the round.
After two hours, the round robin was completed and the four teams with the most points played semifinal matches. For this, standard sets were played to determine the finalists.
The four semifinals pitted former Boone standout Kyle Jones and Mike Owens against Cooper Duffie and Cole Reinert. Riding the strength of Reinert’s deep well-placed groundstrokes Duffie and Reinert advanced to the finals.
In the other semifinal, drama unfolded as two sets of brothers, Greg and Owen Blume, squared off against Carter and Griffin Adams in a battle royal. The match was a see-saw affair with multiple lead changes and close points that kept the fans and family glued to their seats.
On this day, the Blume brothers saw their run come to an end as neither had an answer for the booming forehands of Griffin Adams.
At age 11, Owen Blume became the youngest player to earn a medal in the tournament’s history.
In the finals, the stage was set as Boone tennis teammates Griffin Adams and Reinert squared off with their partners to see whowould be crowned this year’s champs. It was a match up worth waiting for since just one year ago Reinert and Adams teamed together to take the crown.
In the end, it was team Adams nudging ahead to stay, winning the finals by a score of 9-7.
Registration money was donated to Operation Backpack, a non profit-organization who gather and assemble food provisions for low-income area students.
Boys Lacrosse
Daniel Boone freshman Tommy Buchert was named a 2016 Brine National High School All-American and has been selected to represent Pennsylvania at the 2016 Brine National Lacrosse Classic in Richmond, Virginia, July 19-22, 2016.
The Brine National Lacrosse Classic brings the top high school lacrosse players in the country to one venue, where regional teams compete to become the 2016 National Champions.