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after Elco, the seven-time Section Three champ, converted the PK, Lauren Stoner evened The volleyball team wrapped the score. After that, it was all up the regular season with Carly Keene who completed four games over seven days the team’s first hat trick of the and came away with just one season, scoring once in the first win, a 3-0 shutout over half and providing a pair of secMcCaskey on October 14. ond half tallies to pull away. The Comets defeated “It’s been ten years since we McCaskey 3-1 in their first half won a league playoff game,” meeting but did one better this lauded head coach Keith Rentime around, winning 25-11, ner. “I think we dominated 25-14, 25-13. Cassidy McColplay, and as we wore them lum had a strong night, killing down, the goals started hapeight balls on eight attempts pening. It was a great team and serving up four aces. win and puts us in a confident Kylie Mattern also served up mindset for the semifinals.” four aces and matched Lezlie That confidence showed in Nguyen with one block. Emma the semifinal round, played Saylor directed the offense Oct. 19 at Manheim Central, with 18 assists and Sophia as the Comets blanked EphraMillhouse recorded 10 digs as ta 3-0 to advance to the finals the Comets earned its second for the first time since 2011. league win of the season. Izzy Kligge’s 22-yard free kick “This was a good opportuniin the 22nd minute fell just ty to try some new tactics,” under the crossbar and gave said head coach Tim Joyce. Manor its first goal of the game. “We used our normal lineup Keene took control after that, in the first set, a senior heavy scoring in the 29th minute and lineup in set two and an again with 47 seconds left to entirely sophomore lineup in play. Defensively the Comets the final set. All three executbuckled down and stopped a ed very well.” Mountaineer squad that tallied One night later, Manor a league-high 58 goals. hosted Manheim Township FIELD HOCKEY but couldn’t stop the Streaks No stranger to the Lancastin a 3-0 loss (25-14, 25-22, er-Lebanon League playoffs, 25-19). the field hockey team opened “ We used all 13 varsity post-season action with a players, trying to get somesolid 3-0 result at Garden thing going, but couldn’t find Spot, the top team in Section the right combination,” said Three, on Saturday, October Joyce. “I felt we played our 16. Isabelle Thatcher spearbest ball defensively.” headed the attack with two McCollum recorded six goals, scoring with 6:06 left in kills. Mattern served up five the first and again with 5:01 aces and Jill Kloc added one left in the second. block. Millhouse again led The third quarter featured with a dozen digs and Emma more mid-field play and neiSaylor distributed 11 assists. ther team capitalized. The Comets pushed through for their final goal of the morning when Riley Robinson collected a rebound off the pads of Bryna Kelly and found the back of the cage with 3:23 left in the game. “The girls worked very hard this week and during the game to implement our game plan,” said head coach Rachel Suter. “We were focusing on what Garden Spot does well and worked on ways to work around their strengths. I was pleased with our ability to capitalize on opportunities.” Last Tuesday, Oct. 19, the Comets worked a 2-0 semifinals In league play Friday, October 15, Penn Manor’s Sophia Mill- shutout over Ephrata at Donehouse gets under the ball for a dig against Manheim Township gal to reach the finals. Tristan BY MONA STEINHAUER
In their first-round meeting with Cedar Crest, the Comets fell short 3-2. Last Monday the Falcons prevailed again, dropping the hosts in another 3-2 battle. Manor rebounded from a 25-8 first set loss with a 27-25 thriller only to see the visitors recover for a second win, 25-15. Again, the Comets responded, this time winning 25-16, but they couldn’t pull out the final set, falling short 15-11. “We were happy with our performance but the whole night was about momentum swings, and we just didn’t have it for a couple of key moments, and it cost us,” Joyce said. McCollum collected a gamehigh 14 kills with Maggie Garvey putting down six. Eliana Knaub racked up 11 aces and dished out 26 assists and Millhouse patrolled the baseline for 24 digs. The Comets capped their season with a second straight 3-2 defeat, this time to Warwick (23-25, 11-25, 29-27, 25-20, 10-15). McCollum (14 kills, 4 aces), Saylor (28 assists), Nguyen (2 blocks) and Millhouse (17 digs) were the stat leaders as the Comets finished at 2-12 overall. for more photos see www.townlively.com GIRLS’ SOCCER The lady booters, in the first game of the L-L League girls’ soccer playoff quarterfinal doubleheader at Manheim Central, Saturday, October 16, opened post-season play in commanding fashion, dispatching Elco 4-1 after falling behind 1-0 on a penalty kick. Two minutes
Penn Manor’s Avery Bradburn fights to score a goal against Garden Spot goalie Bryna Kelly and defender Emma Swatski in the opening round of the L-L League playoffs at Garden Spot, October 16.
Groff opened the scoring, taking a pass from Avery Bradburn off a corner and converting just five minutes in. They made it 2zip in the third when Liv Cox sent a Malayna Kahl pass to the back of the cage. Keeper CC Charles made the shutout stand with five saves. TENNIS Saturday, October 16, Catherine Rabatin and Manheim Township’s Avery Palandjian met for the second time in one week. And for the second time in a row, Rabatin rose to the top, this time the top seed won 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, to defend her District Three Class 3A gold medal at Hershey Racquet Club. Rabatin opened district play on Saturday with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Central York’s Rachel Haupt and then topped Mechanicsburg’s Taryn Zerby 6-1, 6-0. Saturday, she defeated Kayla Kurtz, of Manheim Township, 6-1, 6-0 before securing her third straight district gold. CROSS COUNTRY The harrier teams turned in solid performances at the L-L League Championships last Tuesday in Ephrata and in doing so extended their season. The boys, with a seventhplace team finish, qualified for districts as did Abby Ames and Mackenzie Nafziger. Kaleb Kabakjian (23rd) and JT Hetrick (26th) led the pack while Aiden Gerlach (60th),
Isaac Braegelman (71st) and Carter Vinson (102nd) rounded out the top five. Gabriel Sullivan, Ethan Sauder, and Joshua Richter also competed. “We knew going in that the boys had a chance to qualify for districts,” said co-head coach Tom Ecker. “We got a flawless effort to reach that goal. “Abby was in 15th place at the mile and ran a hard-fought final two miles to move into 10th place,” noted Ecker. “Mackenzie was a bit further back but a challenging pace over the last mile left her with one of her best times for the year and a 60th place finish.” Ana Martin, Bethany Hetrick, Emma Cassel, Zoe King
and Madison Montalvo also contributed to Manor’s 14th place finish. for more photos see www.townlively.com GOLF Keegan Dings was Manor’s lone representative in the PIAA Golf Championships held last Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. The senior carded an 87. “That score did not reflect how she played,” said head coach Tom Reustle. “I can’t tell you how many putts lipped out. It could have been a 79 just as easy. I was proud of the way she hung in there and finished the best she could. She typically shoots in the low 80’s. Getting to states was a great end to her senior year.”
Penn Manor’s Kylie Mattern bumps a pass to the front row in L-L League action against visiting Manheim Township Friday, October 16.
