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Bears Take 2nd in LL Playoffs, Advance in Districts
BY ERIC PYLES
Third time being the charm might work for most but not for the E-town softball team, at least not when it comes to the LampeterStrasburg softball team. With an 11-4 victory in the L-L Championship game on May 20th, the Lady Pioneers are officially responsible for half of Elizabethtown’s six losses on the year. This one does have a bit of déjà vu to it as L-S also topped the Lady Bears back in the 2019 championship game. As for the 2021 title game, Etown appeared to be on their way to a win after a four-run burst in the top of the third broke open a scoreless game. Carli Zerphey led off the frame with a triple and looked to be stranded there after two quick outs. Ava Fair got the scoring started
when she reached on an error that allowed Zerphey to score for a 1-0 lead. Jess Zimmerman (1-2, RBI, run scored) followed with a one-run single before Megan Gray (2-3, 2 RBI, run scored) capped the rally with a two-run shot and a 4-0 lead. Elizabethtown enjoyed that lead for just over an inning before Lampeter-Strasburg began chipping away at the cushion. The Pioneer comeback started with a two-run fourth and continued with another two runs in the fifth. The Lady Bears were unable to counter the Lampeter-Strasburg push, leaving the game knotted at 4-4 until the bottom of the sixth. That is when the Lady Pioneers sent 11 batters to the plate, scoring seven runs on eight hits that put E-town in an 11-4 hole with just three outs to find a way out. Keiva Middleton kept Elizabeth-
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photo by Mona Steinhauer
In the L-L League Championship game against L-S Thursday, May 20, Elizabethtown’s Jess Zimmerman watches the pitch as she gets a lead off first base.
choice plays left the bases loaded Carly Sedun competed in the and two-out but one swing from shot put and discus and snagged Geesey changed everything. The the final Elizabethtown podium senior ripped a triple that plated trip with a fourth-place toss of Zook, Bell and Zerphey, extending 119-4 in the discus. The senior the lead to what would become the also added a 16th place heave of 6-1 final. 30-6 in the shot put. TRACK Elizabethtown had two other Elizabethtown’s annual trek into Lady Bears compete in field Cumberland County for the District events at the district meet. 3 Track and Field Championship Francine Ohlson joined Sedun in took place on Friday May 21st and the discus competition, finishing Saturday the 22nd with five Lady 16th with her best toss of 95-8, Bears competing in a total of seven and Zoey Myers earned 10th place events. The quintet snagged three in the javelin thanks to her 110-7 medals and 11 team points, good throw. enough for 20th out of 42 schools One other Lady Bear, Genevieve represented. McDonald, enjoyed a multi-event Madeline Quinn was responsi- weekend. McDonald clocked a ble for two of the three medals 26.69 in her 200m prelim heat, after competing in both distance sneaking into the semifinal as the races over the weekend. Quinn last time-based qualifier. McDonopened her weekend on Friday, ald was a few steps slower in her finishing the 3200m in 11:07.13, semifinal run, a 27.10 leaving her good enough for seventh place 0.72 seconds from a finals berth. and returned to Shippensburg on Her other event was the 400m photo by Mona Steinhauer Saturday for another four trips relay where Adyson Haak, Lilly In the District Three opener against Solanco in Elizabethtown last around the track, covering the Heistand and Breauna Wertman Tuesday, May 25, the Bears’ Ava Fair takes the lob from shortstop 1600m in 5:03.63 and taking fifth joined her to post a 51.95, good Jess Zimmerman for the fielder’s choice out at second base. in the process. enough for a 14th place finish. town in that hole with three quick allowed in the third inning. That run outs to secure the win and the Lan- came as a result of one of those caster-Lebanon League Champi- walks putting Emily Sims on first, onship for Lampeter-Strasburg. coupled with a two-out Holly Grube Kristin Geesey took the loss for the double that allowed Sims to score. Elizabethtown after covering all six The comeback officially got innings. underway in the fourth where the With the L-L bracket complete, Lady Bears used a combination of the Lady Bears turned their atten- Solanco errors and Gray’s lone hit of tion to the District 3-5A bracket the game, a single, to tie the game where another familiar foe awaited at 1-1. Elizabethtown took the lead in Solanco. The district tangle with another single run in the fifth, between the two clubs would give this one off Astyn Calaman’s lone one side the season advantage after hit, a double that plated Madison Solanco took the April 13th tilt by a Bell, making it a 2-1 contest. 3-2 final and E-town the May 7th Geesey made the one-run lead affair by a 10-9 count. hold through Solanco’s half of the This time around the Lady Bears sixth, setting up the game clinching used a big sixth inning rally to cap- half of the frame. Zimmerman led ture a 6-1 victory, ensuring edges of off with a single and Gray followed seats remained free and fingernails with a walk before a passed ball remained unchewed. Geesey was moved both into scoring position. the star of the show, helping her Finch pushed the first of E-town’s own cause with a two-hit, three-RBI four runs across via a fielder’s day while picking up the win. choice, making it 3-1. Julie Zook photo by Mona Steinhauer Geesey’s work in the circle was was hit by a pitch, loading the bases Elizabethtown’s Megan Gray is all smiles as she rounds the bases not dominant but did result in the with her free pass. Solanco’s Anna after clubbing a two run homer in the third inning of the L-L victory thanks to six strikeouts, Sexton appeared to get out of the League Championship game against Lampeter-Strasburg, three walks and just a single run jam after back-to-back fielder’s Thursday, May 20 in Millersville.
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