Scoring may get the headlines, but Manheim Township girls basketball team believes defense will be the key to its success.
Returning junior Julia Weaver (right in photo) says, "The goal is to hold teams to 28 points or under." Weaver says, "We take pride in our defense. We have a lot of strong athletes that are willing to put in the hard work to keep opponents from scoring."
Lancaster-Lebanon League coaches selected the following boys soccer all-stars for the 2025 season. (Pictured is Lancaster Catholic’s Carson Spangler.)
First Team
Vincent Edmond, McCaskey
Ismael Dunia, McCaskey
Grant Reesor, Cedar Crest
Isaac Yerger, Warwick
Rowan Bergman, Warwick
Riley Bills, Warwick
Riley Chaffin, Penn Manor
Mac Szulborski, Hempfield
Carter Collier, Manheim Township
Gian Bagapuro, Manheim Township
Lancaster-Lebanon League girls volleyball coaches have selected the following all-stars for the 2025 season. (Pictured are MVPs Peyton Groff, Jaclyn Niven and Shea Moyer.)
MVP: Peyton Groff, Hempfield
Coach of the Year: Caleb Roberts, Manheim Township
First Team
Chloe Saylor Sr, Ephrata
Madison Eiser So, Hempfield
Peyton Groff Sr, Hempfield
Dariana Patterson Sr, Hempfield
Kennadi Strassmann Sr, Hempfield
Dave Anderson, a longtime football official, was named the 2025 winner of the McMillan-Hurst Award presented by the Lancaster Chapter of PIAA Football Officials to its top official.
Lancaster-Lebanon League girls soccer coaches selected the following all-stars and other honorees for the 2025 season. (Pictured is Solanco's Avery Janssen.)
Carly Atkins, Cedar Crest
Chloe Martin, Cocalico
Livia Smith, Cocalico
Emma Strunk, Cocalico
Katherine Gehman, Donegal
Ashlyn Boyd, Hempfield
Piper Miller, Hempfield
Kali O'Connell, Lampeter-Strasburg
Harper Bolesky, Lancaster Catholic
Naomi Dresch, Lancaster Catholic
Avery King, Lancaster Mennonite
Lancaster-Lebanon League Cross Country Coaches Association selected the following all-stars for the 2025 season. (Pictured are Manheim Township's Lexie Kauffman and Kaila Atteberry.)
Section 1 Boys
First Team
Travis Furmanski, senior, Cedar Crest
Joshua Henshaw, senior, Manheim Township
Stephen Atteberry, sophomore, Manheim Township
Kyle Reidenbaugh, junior, Ephrata
Liam Hodge, junior, Hempfield
Ben Doumaux, junior, Manheim Township
Joshua Yoder, senior, Conestoga Valley
Lancaster-Lebanon League coaches selected the following golfers as all-stars for the 2025 season. (Pictured is Cash Landis of Conestoga Valley.)
Benjamin Allwein, Annville Cleona
Logan Francis, Annville Cleona
Bryn Brandt, Cedar Crest
Piper Smith, Warwick
Benjamin Allwein, Annville Cleona
Joe Bilson, Manheim Township
Bryn Brandt, Cedar Crest
Logan Francis, Annville Cleona
Dylan Ramsey, Cedar Crest
Piper Smith, Warwick
Lancaster-Lebanon League coaches selected the following girls tennis all-stars for the 2025 season.
Players of the Year
Section 1: Haley Miller - Manheim Township
Section 2: Dasha Gencturk - Elizabethtown
Section 3: Serafima Billis - Lancaster Catholic
Coach of the Year: Morgan Brady - Lebanon
Haley Miller - Manheim Township
Linden Hall remains a member of the Lancaster-Lebanon League only in girls tennis, where the school has found recent success -- qualifying last year for the District 3 tournament after several near-misses -- and would like to repeat the experience.
Players attending media day:
Sasha Bittner, sophomore, Lancaster
Amina Syed, junior, Lititz
Garden Spot cross country coach Traci Tempone (right) was looking to fill out roster spots as practice got underway for the season. She was hoping enough runners would try out for the team so the "Spartans can compete in the section and make a run at Districts."