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Full Stream Ahead ccording to Penn Manor High School (PMHS) esports coach Scott Hertzog, esports came to Lancaster County four years ago and was brought to PMHS in 2019. Within the PMHS esports program, three teams exist on both varsity and junior varsity levels: League of Legends, Overwatch League, and Rocket League. All matches are streamed. About 50 PMHS students have been participating in esports for the 2021-22 academic year, which is nearly twice as many as in the team’s first year in 2019. Not only do esports team members compete against students from other schools, but they are also responsible for streaming their matches and handling social media and photography duties for the team. This past February, the Rocket League varsity esports team finished first at the state championship with a 3-0 win over Coatesville High School. The team
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PMHS Rocket League Varsity Esports Team Wins State Title of PMHS students Tyler Moore, Seth Lyter, and Nate Mintzer finished the winter season with a 9-0 record and the Pennsylvania Scholastic Esports League (PSEL) state title. Rocket League is a vehicular soccer game that was first released in July 2015. The highest level of Rocket League is supersonic legend, with the next highest being three levels of grand champion. Hertzog noted that all of the Rocket League varsity esports team players fluctuate within the grand championship levels. “There is a lot of teamwork that goes into it, anticipating where the ball is going to bounce and communicating with teammates,” explained Hertzog. “It’s really no different than any other team sport.” A senior at PMHS, Seth has been playing Rocket League since the end of 2016. “It’s insane the amount of time you need to spend perfecting tiny things and the mechanics,” he commented. Penn Manor High School Rocket League varsity esports team members (from left) Tyler Moore, Seth Lyter,
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Mission trips can be life-changing experiences. The trips can give people the opportunity to meet like-minded people around the world, broaden their perspectives, be introduced to other cultures, learn new skills, and change the lives of others. See Benefit Auction pg 2
and Nate Mintzer won the state championship.
A Bittersweet Celebration
All proceeds from the campus celebration will benefit Christcentered education through Lancaster Mennonite School.
“When you have a wedding or baby shower, you get all your favorite people together that you haven’t seen in a really long time,” said Aubrey Kreider, director of marketing and communications at Lancaster Mennonite School (LMS). “New Danville’s annual campus celebration is like that, even though it’s changed a lot over the years.” For the first time in three years, LMS’ New Danville location will host its annual campus celebration. This year’s celebration will take place from noon to 7 p.m. on Friday,
April 1, at 393 Long Lane, Lancaster. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event took on a different form in recent years, with an online auction in 2020 and a drive-through chicken barbecue in 2021. This year’s fundraiser is unique in that it will be the last celebration at the New Danville location before LMS unifies prekindergarten through 12th grade at the Lancaster campus on Lincoln Highway East in the fall. “It’ll be really fun to just have all those decades of people in one place to eat, have fun, get to be together, feel connected, and give New Danville a big hug,” stated Kreider. See Campus Celebration pg 9
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