Varsity Club Senior Athlete Spotlight: Jack Banner

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L-S Football: Section 3 Preview

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WR Austin Stolzfus catching a pass in District 3 4A semifinals. (Patrick Blain LNP)
    High school football is back. With or without spectators, it's set to be yet another exciting season for L-S football and the rest of the L-L League. The sections have been re-aligned for the 2020 season with L-S dropping down to Section 3. Let's take a look at the competition.  Donegal Indians RB Garrett Blake runs the ball in a clash with Lancaster Catholic (Chris Knight LNP) Previous Record: 6-4 (6-3)Last Meeting: LS 46-Donegal 0 (2009)The Indians are coming off a solid season where they posted a winning record and almost qualified for the District 3 playoffs. Despite losing the playmaking duo of Connor Ruhl and Jake Shoemaker, who are both now playing for Wilkes University, the Indians are set for another strong season after retaining backfield duo Garrett Blake and Mason Ober, who ran for a combined 1,143 yards last year. 
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Cross Country: Freshmen Lead Way As Both Teams Start Season 2-0

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After weeks of hard workouts both on campus and at Lancaster County Park, the boys and girls XC teams both got back into action on Thursday. The boys were lead by freshman Colin Whitaker, who was last season's L-L junior high champion. The girls were also led by a freshman in the form of Jaclyn Martin. 

All of the top three finishers in the boys' race belonged to the Pioneers, with the previously mentioned Colin Whitaker finishing with a time of 16:20, Parker Stoner with a time of 16:59, and Adrian Elia with a time of 17 flat. LS swept the meet defeating Lancaster Catholic by score of 17-44, and Garden Spot by a score of 15-48. 

The girls' race was tighter, with the Girls only defeating the Crusaders by a margin of 7. Jaclyn Martin, Aubrey Magagna, and Tori Smith headed the attack for the girls with times of 21:07, 21:40, and 22:35 respectively. The Spartans were defeated by a score of 19-37. 

BOYS' TOP 10:

(LS) Colin Whitaker 16:20, (LS) Parker Stoner 16:49, (LS) Adria…
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Pioneers Run Wild, Win Section Opener

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On Friday, the football team was back in action after shellacking arch-rivals Solanco last week. Despite not being a very warm night, both teams felt the burden of a shortened preseason as many players went down with cramps and other minor injuries throughout the game. 
  QB Sean McTaggart Runs Ball In Game vs Lebanon (Patrick Blain LNP)
The Lebanon Cedars opened the scoring at Alumni Stadium three minutes into the game when Matthew Brown scored an 8-yard touchdown run after a big catch by Kaden Harbaugh on the Cedars' first offensive play. The Pioneers quickly responded by driving down the field on a 12-play drive that featured only running plays. Alex Knapp punched the ball into the end zone to level the score at 7.

The Pioneer running game continued to run wild in the second quarter with Alex Knapp, Sean McTaggart, and Owen Fikkert all grabbing rushing TDs in the quarter. L-S ran for 202 yards in the first half and went into halftime leading by two touchdowns. Alex Knapp averaged…
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