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Donegal Gridders Earn District Playoff Bid
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BY ARA GRIGORIAN
The Donegal football team has demonstrated throughout the year that hard work and practice pay off. Following each of the team’s setbacks, the Indians showed resilience by registering key victories, wrapping up the regular season with consecutive wins.
On Friday, October 28, Donegal posted a 37-6 victory at home versus Lancaster-Lebanon League rival Octorara, thus earning a 10th-seed into the District Three Class 4A playoffs.
“We had a great end to the regular season, working hard and getting better each week,” said head coach Chad Risberg. “The kids are working hard on the little things that make a big difference in games.
“The seniors really stepped up and led this team to victories in our last two games as we qualified for the Class 4A playoffs,” Risberg added.
Quarterback Landen Baughman was one of the leaders on offense Friday night. The senior signal caller threw for 73 yards and had five big rushing plays for 66 more.
Noah Rohrer led the team in rushing yards with 91, taking 16 handoffs and scoring on three of them.
Donegal scored 30 points in the first half and extended the lead to 37-0 in the third quarter on Rohrer’s third touchdown of the night.
Tyler Sload scored the game’s first touchdown. Following Rohrer’s second-quarter score from two yards out, Baughman connected with Sload on a 21yard touchdown pass to make it 21-0.
The Braves finally got on the board in the fourth quarter as Chandler Stoltzfus tossed a 12yard TD to Mason Colligan
The Indians (4-6) enter the districts scheduled to face York Suburban - the seventh-ranked team in Class 4A. Since ten teams enter the playoffs, seeds 7 through 10 battle for the chance to move on to the quarterfinals.
“The kids are excited and I’m excited for them,” Risberg said of making the playoffs. “It means a lot to the program, making the playoffs for the second year in a row.” CROSS COUNTRY
Cross country is one of those sports that’s an individual sport and yet a team sport.
You have individual runners out on the course, attempting to run at their best pace, negotiating the course conditions, the weather and personal fatigue.
Where each runner places, can affect how the team fares.
The Donegal girls’ cross country team competed at the District Three Class 2A championship race on Saturday, October 29, at Big Spring High School.
A shining example of putting forth a great effort and helping one’s team was junior Bailey Shoaf, crossing the finish line in a time of 24:27.10, which earned her 103rd place in the race.
How was that significant?
Both Boiling Springs and Donegal had 143 team points while Annville-Cleona finished atop the team standings with 82 points followed by Bishop McDevitt (106).
Donegal’s leading runner on the day was Kathryn Fernald, who earned a medal with her 11th-place finish. The sophomore’s pace was 20:16.20.
Freshman Molly Myers (21:11.70) finished 24th followed by Marleigh Ballard (25th, 21:16.20)
Addison Houck (44th, 22:06.20) and Natalie Greiner (90th, 23:55.10) also helped with Donegal’s third-place finish. Emma Myers posted a time of 25:06.
In the boys’ Class 3A districts, junior John Hinkle paced the Indians with a time of 18:18.40. Cadel Barber (18:42.76) and John Spackman (20:10.30) also competed.
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Donegal’s Tyler Sload catches a 21-yard touchdown pass in front of Octorara defender Ian Teufert in the Indians’ 37-6, Section Four win at home on October 28.
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DeAndre White sacks Octorara quarterback Braeden Wood during Donegal’s 37-6, Section Four victory in Mount Joy on October 28.
The Holiday Home Market will be held at Teen Central, 15 S. Wolf St., Manheim, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Vendors will include LuLaRoe, Thirty-One Gifts, Tupperware and Mary Kay, and other items for sale will be jewelry, soaps, candles, ornaments and more. “We’ll have some people taking custom orders and the opportunity to purchase personalized items,” Hawkins commented.
Good Eats Catering will be serving breakfast and lunch items, and My Sweet Bliss will sell cupcakes.
New this year, one of the vendors will set up an area for children to shop, Hawkins noted. “Kids can come in and do their Christmas shopping in a place that’s just for them,” she said.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Teen Central, a nonprofit organization that provides Christian-focused programs for youths. Hawkins noted that this will be third Holiday Home Market and all three have supported Teen Central. “Growing up, I was very active in my church, and I had a lot of opportunities through my youth group,” she said. “It was such a huge bonus for us to have a safe place to go to learn about God and to talk about life in general.” Hawkins learned about Teen Central through a relative whose children attend the programs, and she wanted to help promote the organization’s mission. “It’s just really awesome that Teen Central provides so many events for the community and the youth, from meals to church services, to a place just for kids to go and hang out after school, and it’s all free,” she stated. “They are truly giving back to the community in more ways than people might know.”
After organizing the event for the first two years, Hawkins is taking a step back and has recruited Jennifer Bachman to help her coordinate this year’s market. “We’ve been doing a lot to promote the market, from ‘save the date’ cards and flyers to promoting it on social media,” Hawkins shared. “We’re looking forward to seeing people come in for their holiday shopping.”
For more information on the event, search for “Holiday Home Market” on Facebook.
Handmade ornaments will be among the items featured at the Holiday Home Market.
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Berlin’s “White Christmas” Set
The Fulton Theatre, 12 N. Prince St., Lancaster, announced the complete casting of its holiday production of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” Will Ray as Bob Wallace and Hanley Smith as Betty Haynes will join forces once again. Ray and Smith will partner with Fulton Theatre newcomers Luke Hawkins as Phil Davis and Sarah Meahl as Judy Haynes in this song and dance spectacular.
“White Christmas” will open on Thursday, Nov. 17, and run through Saturday, Dec. 31. Previews will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 15, and Wednesday, Nov. 16. Presenting classics such as “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” “Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me,” “Sisters,” and the title song, the cast of 29 and live orchestra of 10 will perform the largest dance show of this season at the Fulton Theatre.
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