Pioneers fall to Cocalico, 13-41

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Last Friday night, Cocalico beat the Lampeter-Strasburg Football team, 13-41. The pioneers overall record is now 7-3.

Photos by Jonathan Klein, LS News Editor-in-Chief.










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