It wasn’t pretty, and there was a lot of starting and stopping, but Palmyra’s girls’ basketball team improved to 10-0 on Tuesday night.
Kristen Smoluk popped in a team-high 16 points, the Cougars sank 22 free throws for a large advantage from the foul line, and Palmyra remained perfect compliments of a 45-39 win over Ephrata in the championship game of the Mountaineers’ holiday tournament at Ephrata Middle School.
Call it an early Christmas present, for one of the most unlikely recipients.
Johanna Hoffer’s layup with one second left in overtime was the difference for Ephrata’s girls’ basketball team Tuesday night, when the Mountaineers escaped Lebanon’s gym with a 46-44 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two victory over the Cedars.
Ephrata girls Coach Mike Garman has seen just about everything in his years on the sidelines.
However, Saturday’s Fleetwood Tournament title game between his Lady Mounts and the host Tigers may just take the cake for one of the more crazier finishes to one of his games.
They filled the purple bleachers at Ephrata Middle School on Wednesday evening, waves of white-clad Mountaineer Maniacs alongside dozens of fans and parents, ready to roar after the home team’s opening weekend.
But the Maniacs and fans waited and watched as visiting Cocalico to command in the first half, pulling away early for a 54-29 nonleague girls’ basketball victory.
We here at www.ephratamounts.com are proud sponsors of the Dodgeball for Diabetes tournament.