In his senior year, Ethan Transue competes as a three-year starter at shortstop. His Penn Manor team returns two starters from a year ago, and Ethan sees the younger players contributing by stepping up and getting the Comets off to a good start.
According to Ethan, Penn Manor’s off-season workouts are a key to this season -- practicing three days a week in the gym, including batting versus pitching machines that served up fastballs and curves.
Delaine Mast has been coaching tennis at McCaskey for 40 years.
"I see what tennis and sports does for kids. It changes people's lives and keeps them on a path to be healthy and active," Mast said.
Junior Hunter Nguyen says Mast inspires him.
"She helps motivate me to keep my head up during a match."
Nguyen, who played Number 3 singles last year, credits his father with getting him started in the game.
"Ever since I was little, my Dad would bring me to the tennis court and hit balls. I fell in love with it," Nguyen said.
Layla Smith, Conestoga Valley, senior, third base, plans to attend Lancaster Bible College and play softball
Have you always played third base?
The Lancaster-Lebanon League's boys basketball coaches have selected the following section all-stars for the 2025-2026 season. (Pictured is Manheim Township's Jack Kenneff.)
DeMere Salisbery, McCaskey (unanimous)
Jemar Pauleus, Cedar Crest (unanimous)
Jack Kenneff, Manheim Township
Jayzen Gant, Hempfield
Manny Martinez, Lebanon
Yianni Papadimitriou, Manheim Township
Top defensive players
Lancaster-Lebanon League’s girls basketball coaches have selected the following all-stars for the 2025-26 season. (Pictured is Janae Patterson, Pequea Valley's unanimous Section 4 MVP.)
MVP: Olive Brandt, Lebanon
Co-Coaches of the Year: Ashli Shay, Cedar Crest; Devonne Pinkard, Manheim Township
Sportsmanship Award: Penn Manor
First Team
Olive Brandt, Lebanon (unanimous)
Lancaster-Lebanon League Rifle has recognized its 2026 all-stars and top scorers at its individual tournament. (Pictured is league champion Dominic Santamaria of Conestoga Valley and coach Hank Oxendine.)
All-stars are based on the average of shooters' top 12 scores of the season with 100 being perfect. The league tournament was based on 20 targets worth 10 points each for a perfect score of 200.
All-Stars
Dominic Santamaria, Conestoga Valley, 99.92
Cody Zeiset, Manheim Central, 99.5
Savannah Casey, Garden Spot, 99.5
Lancaster-Lebanon League swim coaches have recognized league champions and all-stars for the 2025-26 season. All-Stars will be announced later. (Pictured is Henry Paterson, member of McCaskey's two champion relay teams.)
Section 1 Champion: Hempfield
Section 2 Champion: Cocalico
League Champion: Hempfield
Lancaster-Lebanon League coaches have selected the following all-stars for the 2025-2026 season. (Pictured is Avery Planck, Lampeter-Strasburg's Section 2 All-Star.)
Lancaster-Lebanon League football coaches selected the following players as all-stars for the 2025 season. (Pictured is Section 2 Back of the Year Sawyer Esbenshade of Conestoga Valley.)
Outstanding Back of the Year: Orion Abrams, Hempfield
Outstanding Lineman of the Year: Michael Glover, Wilson
Offensive Back of the Year: Isaiah Zimmerman, Cedar Crest
Offensive Lineman of the Year: Michael Glover, Wilson
Mitchell Swarr (left) and Charlie Creighton, both seniors, lead a “good mix of older and younger” Lampeter-Strasburg wrestlers into the ’25-’26 season. Both agree the strength of the team will be in the mid- to heavyweight classes.
For both Mitchell and Charlie, the Elizabethtown team is the Section 2 favorite, though Conestoga Valley or Donegal may
make a surprise showing, but “Do not county out L-S!” they say. Mitchell and Charlie agree L-S is evenly matched against E-town, and the two squads are very familiar with each other.