• Cocalico sophomore Ammala Moua (center), flanked by her father Levy (left) and Coach Chip Kappesser, qualified for States Monday with a round of 80 in the PIAA East Regional held at Golden Oaks Golf Club in Fleetwood.
    Moua headed to States

    Cocalico sophomore punches ticket after placing 9th at regionals For the third-straight post-season tournament, Cocalico sophomore Ammala Moua bested her freshman performance on the golf course. By doing so on Monday at Golden Oaks Golf Club in...

    • Posted October 17, 2018
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  • Cocalico players mob Joe Zimmerman (22) moments after the senior midfielder delivered the gamewin ner Tuesday to lift the Eagles to a 3-2 double-overtime victory over the Blue Streaks in the L-L semifinals played at Conestoga Valley. The win vaults the Eagles into Thursday’s L-L title game (7:30 p.m. at Warwick) where they’ll face fellow Section Three foe Lancaster Mennonite. Photo by Travis Boyd
    Making history

    Zimmerman’s goal in second OT clinches Eagles’ first trip to L-L title game The Cocalico boys soccer program has been in existence for close to 30 years. Never before have the Eagles had a season like the...

    • Posted October 17, 2018
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  • Ephrata’s Mary Campbell heads toward the finish line during Tuesday’s L-L Championships at the Ephrata Middle School. She was fifth in the girls’ race with a time of 19:40.8. Photo by Kirk Neidermyer
    Foster, Campbell post top five L-L finishes

    The bar was raised for Ephrata cross country runner Andrew Foster last year when he finished second (by less than a second) in the Lancaster-Lebanon League meet. Foster was a junior at the time and the runner...

    • Posted October 17, 2018
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  • Cocalico’s Seamus Finnigan (11) and Ben Sola (8) lay the hit on CV’s Booper Johnson
    Back in the Win Column

    Longenecker helps Eagles cruise past After doing a little bit of everything Friday night, Cocalico senior Garrett Longenecker admitted there was one thing he couldn’t do. “I don’t play quarterback. I really don’t know how I’d be...

    • Posted October 10, 2018
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  • Cocalico players congratulate Danny Engel (3) after his second-half goal Tuesday vs. Octorara. The Eagles wrapped up a perfect league season Tuesday after clinching their first-ever Section Three title Friday. Photo by Denise Mitchell
    They are the Champions

    Cocalico clinches first-ever section title with 1-0 win over LMH Friday’s Section Three boys’ soccer game was surely headed for overtime. Throughout the game, Cocalico and Lancaster Mennonite had traded 11 shots on goal and 11 corner...

    • Posted October 10, 2018
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  • Cocalico sophomore Ammala Moua captured the District Three bronze medal this past weekend at Briarwood West in York. Photo by Missi Mortimer.
    Moua captures District bronze

    Twelve days after winning the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ championship, Cocalico sophomore Ammala Moua has come home to Denver with more hardware. Moua bested her L-L score (81) twice over the Briarwood West course in York this past...

    • Posted October 10, 2018
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  • Ephrata’s Tucker Palmer (2) follows the block of teammate Castor Shuman (18) to gain some yardage during Friday night’s game in Columbia.
    Mounts turn Tide, earn 28-26 win

    If not for gaining significant ground in a quest for a District Three playoff berth, then Ephrata had another reason to celebrate its dramatic, come-from-behind 28-26 victory at Columbia Friday night. The Mounts now have three wins...

    • Posted October 10, 2018
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  • Cocalico QB Noah Palm (10) launches a pass down the field during Friday’s game vs. Manheim Central. Photo by Kirk Neidermyer
    Barons’ ground game paves way in 41-23 win over Cocalico

    Manheim Central’s Tyler Flick and his offensive line have a kinship with one another. Like brothers, they look out for each other. “They say they’ve always got my back and I’ve got their back,” the Barons’ senior...

    • Posted October 3, 2018
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  • MC hands Ephrata first loss

    Barons pull into first-place tie with EHS girls following 3-1 result After battling Berks county power Wilson for 80 tough minutes Monday, unbeaten Ephrata had to turn around and face Manheim Central 24 hours later. That certainly...

    • Posted October 3, 2018
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  • Ephrata’s Brock Boyer (35) fights off an Elco defender with teammate Richard Greer (13) looking on. Photo by Missi Mortimer
    Mounts can’t overcome mistakes in loss to Elco

      Throughout the process of rebuilding a program, there are going to be plenty of growing pains along the way. Unfortunately, Ephrata endured such a moment this past Friday at home vs. Elco. In what turned out...

    • Posted October 3, 2018
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