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Indians Move to 3-0 With Win Over Ephrata

Photo by Mark Palczewski

Donegal’s Noah Hinkle works towards a 5-0 decision over Ephrata’s Noah Thumach at 113 pounds in the Indians’ 37-28, Section Three victory last Tuesday in Ephrata.

Photo by Mark Palczewski

The Indians’ Landon Baughman controls Ephrata’s Brandon Shimp on his way to a 12-2 major decision at 138 pounds to help Donegal to a 37-28, Section Three win in the Ephrata Middle School on January 4.

BY ARA GRIGORIAN

Nicholai Brotzman pinned his opponent 13 seconds into the heavyweight bout to help Donegal outduel Ephrata in a close Lancaster-Lebanon League wrestling match on Tuesday, January 4.

The 37-28 victory raised the Indians’ record to 3-0 while the Mountaineers fell to 1-2. Brotzman pinned Frank Riggs to help Donegal pull even 28-28. The win came at a crucial point because the Mountaineers forfeited the 106-pound bout, setting the stage for Noah Hinkel’s 5-0 victory at 113, clinching the victory for the Indians.

It was an up-and-down match with Ephrata taking an early lead on a 12-7 decision at 120, only to see Jordell Jones post an early pin for Donegal at the 126-pound weight class for a 6-3 lead.

Over the next four bouts, the Mountaineers registered two pins while the Indians managed a major decision thanks to Landen Baughman at 138.

Andrew Small came up with a big pin at 160 for Donegal followed by an uncontested 172 by the Mounts, giving Scott Garcia six team points and a 22-18 Donegal lead.

Ephrata’s major decision and pin put the home team up 28-22 before the three straight Donegal wins closed out the match.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Donegal was resilient in its Section Four contest at home against Lancaster Catholic on Wednesday, January 5. The Indians (1-9) came up short in a 54-27 loss, falling to 0-2 in league play.

The Indians had a good second half but were already facing a 21-point deficit at halftime.

Victoria Burton scored 12 to lead Donegal. Sophia Floyd finished with six points.

Rylee Kraft had a gamehigh 23 for the Crusaders (63), who remained unbeaten in league play at 3-0.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Coming off the East Pennsboro Holiday Tournament, which the Indians won with a 39-19 defeat of GreencastleAntrim on December 29, the Donegal boys’ basketball team was poised to take on Lancaster Catholic Wednesday, January 5.

In the victory over Greencastle, the Indians held the Blue Devils to single digit scoring in each of the four quarters, dominating the second stanza 13-6 and the fourth by a 12-6 margin.

Noah Rohrer and Khalil Masden led the Indians in scoring with 13 and nine points, respectively.

But four quarters were not enough for the Indians’ next game - a clash with Lancaster Catholic on the road last Wednesday. The L-L League contest went into double overtime before the Crusaders pushed ahead for a 6157 victory.

It was a tough loss for Donegal (4-5), falling to 0-3 in league play.

Donegal had the upper hand early on with a 16-8 lead to start the second stanza and a 23-15 halftime advantage. The Crusaders charged back to close the eight-point deficit by outscoring the visitors by four points in each of the final two periods of regulation. Each side put up eight points in the first overtime period and Catholic regained momentum in the second.

Masden had a game-high 18 points in this contest while Rohrer scored 12. Each registered one three-point basket on the night as did Cole Hunt (8 points) as well as Deandre White and Joseph Trubedsky - seven points each.

Mason Moore led Lancaster Catholic with 17 points.

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