Lebanon Sports Buzz

The Bond That Exists Between Eli Setlock and Madison Rose Explores the Meaning of Life

BY JEFF FALK Some Photos Submitted We all want to leave this world a...

A Grateful Community Rallies Around Pat Huggins’ Courageous Fight

BY JEFF FALK Most Photos Submitted Parkinson’s Disease hasn’t tempered Pat Huggins’ character. Nor...

Evan Horn’s Incredible Career is Approaching Crossroads of Uncertainty

BY JEFF FALK EASTON – Evan Horn is on a football journey that has...

On The Record

1 day ago
Little Dutchmen Are Exactly Who Their Record Says They Are

BY JEFF FALK ATGLEN – Given what’s gone on to this point of the scholastic football season, it’s kind of amazing that Annville-Cleona is still eligible for a postseason berth. But in order to make it, the Little Dutchmen need to become a little more consistent and a lot more physical. On a chilly Friday […]
2 days ago
With Successful Regular Season Behind Them, Viking V-Ballers Look Ahead to Postseason

BY CHRIS GEORGE FREDERICKSBURG – Senior Night at Northern Lebanon is always an emotional affair, but having played the night before, and following a tough five-game gut-wrenching loss, the Vikings displayed what their coach described as a ‘tough mentality’. For seniors Tori Hollinger, Rachel Swank, and Karissa Adams, it would be their last match in […]
5 days ago
Caleb Hershey’s Bronze Medal Shines Like Gold

BY JEFF FALK EPHRATA – Don’t think about the kids who finished in front of him. Focus on the number of runners who finished behind him. Not only was it a matter of perspective, it was also a matter of relevance. On a picturesque Tuesday evening at Ephrata Middle School, Lebanon High’s Caleb Hershey ran […]
1 week ago
In L-L League Playoffs, Raiders Realize Their Realistic Expectations

BY JEFF FALK MANHEIM – Cautiously optimistic. Realistic idealism. Wide-open expecations. That’s the approach with which the Elco girls’ soccer team entered this year’s Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs. Given how things played out, it was probably the correct way to go about it. On a damp Saturday afternoon, on the turf of Manheim Central’s Rettew Field, […]

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Between The Lines ››

“It’s our physicality. That’s the line of demarcation. We kind of back off against physical teams. That’s the correlation factor in our season. That’s the common denominator. We’ve played four really good games and four really bad games. We’re pretty average.”

– Annville-Cleona Football Coach Matt Gingrich
“I’m happy. It was a good finish. The only guy who beat me in the league was Hodge, so I thought it would probably be between him, me, Colin and Tyler. If you would’ve told me at the beginning of the season that I was going to finish third at the league meet, I would’ve

– Lebanon Senior Runner Caleb Hershey
“You go into it with the mindset that you can win it. We also wanted to give a good showing. You don’t want to get destroyed, and we didn’t. I wouldn’t say we tempered our expectations coming in, but we were realistic.”

– Elco Girls’ Soccer Coach Derek Fulk

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3 weeks ago
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Game Time ››

Northern Lebanon’s Running Out of Chances

BY JEFF FALK FREDERICKSBURG – Since an expectation-filled beginning,...

For Vikings, Continued Improvement Will Produce Playoff Berth

BY JEFF FALK FREDERICKSBURG – There exists this prototypical...

Annville-Cleona Sprints Out of Starting Blocks in Wide-Open Section Four Race

BY JEFF FALK FREDERICKSBURG – Football is all about...

Things are Beginning to Pan Out Just the Way Palmyra Planned

BY JEFF FALK PALMYRA – Before the year began,...

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3 months ago
Following in Earl Wenger’s Footsteps, Beard Brothers Seek to Serve Community in Their Own Way

BY JEFF FALK FREDERICKSBURG – There are few things more patriotic than boys playing our national pastime over the summer, sponsored by local American legion posts. Unless of course its selflessness, freedom and giving the ultimate sacrifice to keep...
4 months ago
Elco’s Seeking Coach to Lead Boys’ Soccer Program Back to Prominence

BY JEFF FALK One of the most successful programs in the history of Lebanon County scholastic sports has fallen on hard times. How hard? It has hit rock bottom. But the thing about rock bottom is that there’s nowhere...
6 months ago
For Neil Weber, All Baseball Roads Have Led to Palmyra

BY JEFF FALK There are many aspects of our lives that are beyond our control. In some ways, life just happens. It has a way of taking us where it wants us to go. Growing up in southern California,...
6 months ago
The Passing of Ed Spittle

BY JEFF FALK Some Photos Submitted Ed Spittle possessed the rare ability to affect the lives around him, to make the people surrounding him better. It’s a special gift. Because when you can put that gift into practice, you...