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Top of the Mountain


In the span of three games in the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs, the Ephrata baseball team has seen almost everything. From a shutout victory to a comeback win, a two-hour rain delay to extra innings.

Thursday night, the Mounts made sure to add one more thing to their collection — the 2018 L-L championship.

Falling behind Lampeter-Strasburg early, Ephrata battled back for a 9-6 victory in this year’s final, capping the game with a fly ball to left field and a dogpile near the mound at War Memorial Field.

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Ephrata Seems Built to Last


Consistently successful high school sports teams raise this question: Is this cyclical, or something more?

In the case of Ephrata’s baseball team, all evidence points to something more.

The Mounts won their 10th Lancaster-Lebanon League section title of the 21st century last month, sealing it with a 10-run-rule romp over Solanco.

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Foster Gets Edge in 3200


When Ephrata’s Andrew Foster and Conestoga Valley’s Nathan Grucelski had 200 meters to go in their race, it looked nothing like a distance run.

In fact, the casual observer at Friday’s first day of the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys track championships may have thought they were watching a 400 dash instead of the 3,200 run.

The two juniors, close all race, were in a fullbore sprint in their final turns at Hempfield.

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Mounts Move on to Title Tilt


Taking the field for the Lancaster-Lebanon League semifinals Tuesday afternoon, the Ephrata baseball team hadn’t lost in its past 12 games. The Mounts hadn’t lost a game since April, when visiting Warwick walked away with a victory in nine innings.

Fittingly, it was the Warriors standing opposite Ephrata again at War Memorial Field on Tuesday, this time with a spot in Thursday’s championship on the line.

And, yet again, seven innings wasn’t enough to decide the winner.

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Shue Makes His Big Move


Everything changed for Tyler Shue in the 800-meter run at the Lancaster-Lebanon League Championships last year.

As a wiry Ephrata freshman, Shue fought to stay at the front of the senior-laden field, pushing the pace against the likes of McCaskey’s Nathan Henderson and Lebanon’s Derin Klick as they barreled toward the end of their high school careers.

Step-for-step with Henderson in the race’s final 100 meters in a torrid race for second place, Shue’s legs locked up with the Mc-Caskey senior’s stride and gave out with about 25 meters to go.

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