Lancaster-Lebanon League has honored its individual wrestling champions, and league coaches have selected the following all-stars for the 2024-2025 season. (Pictured are McCaskey's Jurelys Peguero del Rosario, girls wrestler of the year, and Kevin Franklin, girls coach of the year.)
League Champion: Conestoga Valley
Section 1: Ephrata & Manheim Township
Section 2: Conestoga Valley
Section 3: ELCO
107 — Sean Morley, Conestoga Valley
Lancaster-Lebanon League baseball and softball teams participated in a media day as practices get underway.
Hempfield’s baseball team is looking to defend its first state championship after defeating LaSalle last spring. Austin Hinkle takes over as coach for the Black Knights. Hinkle played in the Tampa Bay Rays organization and was an all-state player at Hempfield. The Black Knights return key starters in Brody Gebhard, Brayden Hostetter and Josh Toole. Hinkle says "We have a good foundation and hope that having that experience will pay dividends."
The Lancaster-Lebanon League girls basketball coaches have selected all-stars for the 2024-25 season. (Pictured is Ephrata's Leah Caldwell, Section 2 MVP. Photo by Missi Mortimer.)
MVP: Kailah Correa, Lebanon
Coaches of the Year: Michael Glackin, Penn Manor; Jaime Walborn, Lebanon
Sportsmanship award: Penn Manor
Lancaster-Lebanon League boys basketball coaches have selected the following all-stars for the 2024-2025 season. (Pictured is Chase Hurst of Lancaster Mennonite.)
Section 1
R.J. Young, Cedar Crest (unanimous)
DeAndre Jones, McCaskey (unanimous)
Tyler Gray, Manheim Township (unanimous)
Danny Speaks, Cedar Crest
Michael Lower, Penn Manor
Top defensive player: R.J. Young, Cedar Crest
Coach of the year: Tommy Smith, Cedar Crest
Section 2
Lancaster-Lebanon League swim coaches have recognized league champions and all-stars for the 2024-25 season. (Pictured is Warwick champion Brody Reber.)
League Champion: Hempfield
Section 1 Champion: Hempfield
Section 2 Champion: Elizabethtown
200 Medley Relay: Gates, Fatta, Shirey, Taylor, Hempfield
200 Fresetyle: Trevor Olson, Penn Manor
200 Individual Medley: Brody Reber, Warwick
A sign of Spring: Lancaster-Lebanon League girls Lacrosse begins its 20th season of competition with its first day of practices after teams gather in Hempfield High School's Buchanan Gymnasium for the sport's first ever Media Day.
Manheim Township is looking to repeat as league champions, a crown it has worn constantly since 2010, while Lampeter-Strasburg is looking for a three-peat as Section 2 champs. Teams in both sections see them as their primary competition this year. Cocalico, the fourth playoff qualifier a year ago, is looking to build on its strong season in Section 2.
Lancaster-Lebanon League Rifle has recognized its 2025 all-stars and top scorers at its individual tournament.
All-stars are based on the average of shooters' top 12 scores of the season with 100 being perfect. The league tournament was based on 20 targets worth 10 points each for a perfect score of 200.
Lancaster-Lebanon League bowling coaches have recognized the following top bowlers and all-stars for the 2024-25 season. (Pictured is Conestoga Valley's Josiah Casler, over MVP.)
Champions: Manheim Township
High Average: Priest McKenzie, Hempfield, 234.59
High Series: Blake Garman, Hempfield, 720 (Priest McKenzie 789)
High Game: Cameron Getz, McCaskey, 288 (Priest McKenzie 289)
Champions: Warwick
Lancaster-Lebanon League football coaches selected the following players as all-stars for the 2024 season. (Pictured is Lancaster Catholic's Brandon Way, Section 5 Outstanding Back of the Year.)
Outstanding Back of the Year: Declan Clancy, Manheim Township, and Madyx Gruber, Wilson
Outstanding Lineman of the Year: Tristan Long, Cedar Crest
Wide Receiver of the Year: Brayden Charles, Hempfield
Offensive Back of the Year: Madyx Gruber, Wilson
Lancaster-Lebanon League coaches have selected the following as field hockey all-stars for the 2024 season. (Pictured are Warwick's All-League selections and state champions: 1 Bree Zoccolo, 5 Addy Zimmerman, 7 Taylor Hess, 22 Karys Craver.)
Addy Miller, Hempfield
Gracie Clawson, Manheim Township
Addy Zimmerman, Warwick
Bree Zoccolo, Warwick
Brooke Weaver, Manheim Township
Julia Weaver, Manheim Township
Taylor Hess, Warwick
Karys Craver, Warwick
Marie McCracken, Ephrata