Despite significant player losses from graduation, Annville-Cleona’s football program, under the leadership of Matt Gingrich, continues to demonstrate resilience by fielding a competitive team, emphasizing quality over quantity, and focusing on daily improvement.
Sports
ELCO football team starts 2023 season with record turnout and high hopes
As ELCO football enters the 2023 season, they boast their largest roster ever in Bob Miller’s decade-plus as head coach with 67 players, prepare to unveil a new turf field, and aim to cement their standing in one of the state’s top leagues, Lancaster-Lebanon Section 4.
Fifth Ward wins American Legion league championship; back on top after 40 years
The Fifth Ward baseball team came together, put it all together, and scored one for hope.
Reifsnyder wins second straight Lebanon County Amateur Golf Championship
On a humid Sunday morning at the 6,059-yard, par-71 Blue Mountain Golf Course in Fredericksburg, Blake Reifsnyder secured his second straight title at the 65th annual Lebanon County Amateur Golf Championship.
Up-and-coming Ben Allwein and Logan Francis cut their teeth on county amateur
This past weekend at Blue Mountain Golf Course in Fredericksburg, Logan Francis and Ben Allwein became two of the youngest local players ever to compete in the annual Lebanon County Amateur Golf Championship.
People ahead of wins: Joe Buehler retires as Lebanon Valley College football coach
Joe Buehler was the face of the Lebanon Valley College football. Behind the scenes, he was the Flying Dutchmen’s heart and soul.
Tokyo Games sparks memory of Cedar Crest alumna winning Lebanon County’s only gold medal
Nine years have passed since Corkish became what is believed to be the first and only Lebanon County native to ever win an Olympic gold medal.
ELCO seeks coach to lead boys’ soccer program back to prominence
One of Lebanon County’s most successful interscholastic sports programs – ELCO boys’ soccer – is on the hunt for a new coach to lead the squad in its next chapter.
Lebanon native Chris Shaw records 1,000th harness racing win
Lebanon native Chris Shaw recently recorded his 1,000 career victory in the sport of harness racing.
Think it’s hard being a rookie head coach, try it during a pandemic
For first-year coaches, the importance placed on those three skills increases exponentially. Now try to imagine the challenges a coach taking over an athletic program faces during a pandemic faces.
At Palmyra sports complex In The Net, athletics is more than just a business
In The Net didn’t create the need, but it continues to meet it. The Palmyra sports complex has built a business around the proliferation and specialization of youth sports.
Myerstown man competes in Toughest Mudder in Georgia
A Myerstown man explored the symbiotic relationship between body and mind while competing in the ultra-competition, “World’s Toughest Mudder.”