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Baseball Team Tops E-town, Blanks Solanco
BY ERIC PYLES
You can tell a lot about a team by how they respond to a season opening, 13-3 setback. The Buckskin baseball team showed they are bounce back tough. CV followed that loss to LampeterStrasburg with a 9-3 win over Elizabethtown and a 2-0 shutout of Solanco. Sam Thompson picked up the complete game shutout against Solanco on the 4th, allowing two hits while striking out six. Abdiel Fernandez pushed the first run across with a bases-loaded walk in the fifth while Caden Miller tacked on an insurance run with a sixth inning double. A few days prior, the Bucks used a six-run third to blow by Elizabethtown. Fernandez and Owen Fisher led that charge, driving in three runs on a 711 E. Main St Ephrata, PA 17522
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VOLLEYBALL A slow stretch for the volleyball team left a 3-0 loss to Hempfield on April 5th as the lone action. Camden Clapper and Ethan Tardibuono both finished with eight kills in the 25-14, 25-23 and 25-23 loss. Kenji Pha tallied 28 assists while Kyle Hutchinson added 16 digs. LACROSSE The 2022 season could not have started better for the boy’s lacrosse team. Wins over Conrad Weiser and Bishop McDevitt have the Buckskins at 5-0 with an 88-26 scoring edge. CV racked up nearly a third of that tally in their 24-8 victory over Conrad Weiser on April 1st. Keller Dillman (7g4a) and Hunter Silvaggio (6g-1a) paced the attached while Isaiah Sensenig (4g), Noah Nolt (3g-2a), Jeff Fisher (2g3a) and Tyson Zwaska (2g-1a) enjoyed multi-goal games as well. Ben Nolt (seven saves) and Soren Stolzfus (eight saves) split time in goal. The Buckskins were back at Saturday morning opposite McDevitt claiming a 14-5 win. Nolt went solo in goal and finished with 17 saves. Silvaggio, Zwaska and Jeff Fisher netted four goals apiece and combined for six assists. Dillman picked up the final two goals. The Lady Buckskin lacrosse team picked up their initial victory of the 2022 season with a 9-4 win over Conrad Weiser on March 31st. Sophia Hess paced the attached with four goals while Danae Ulrich and Caroline Kulp added two scores each. Bella Miller tacked on the final score. Jamie Handwerger turned away 13 shots to earn the win. TENNIS The boy’s tennis team rebounded from a season opening loss to rip off three straight wins, perching the Buckskins atop the Section Two standings. CV’s most recent win came via a 4-3 final over Ephrata on April 4th. The Bucks split those wins between singles and doubles action with Henry McQuate-Krahnke and Jason Schlegelmilch earning the singles victories. Schlegelmilch was also part of a winning doubles team, getting help from Nolan Miller. Grady Ray and Ivan Shrom picked up the final win.
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The Buckskins’ Evan Lapp hustles to beat out an infield hit in Conestoga Valley’s 2-0, Section Two win at Solanco on April 4.
March 30th saw the Buckskins post their second straight 6-1 win, this one over Manheim Central. CV claimed all three doubles matches with Yuji Wenger and McQuate-Krahnke joining the Miller/Schlegelmilch and Ray/Shrom duos. Miller, Schlegelmilch and McQuate-Krahnke rounded things out with singles victories. In between the two regular season matches was the 2022 edition of the Buckskin Invitational with the host team claiming the team title and tournament MVP. “All-in-all an excellent day for CV tennis,” said head coach Dale Gregg. McQuate-Krahnke was the MVP with his title at number four singles wrapping up the team title for CV as well. Shrom and Luke Snader collected CV’s other flight win, topping the field in number one doubles while earning Shrom a spot on the all-tournament team. Schlegelmilch took silver in number three singles with Josiah Dillman and Eli Lefever adding a second silver in number two doubles. Ray missed the title at number five singles, settling for silver. Wenger and Miller tacked on bronze medals for their work in number one and number two singles. “The team performed very well. They exceeded my expectations,” said Gregg. “We always look to get a flight champion (it is a tradition). However, to have 5 finalists - 2 champions and have everyone win a match throughout the day was amazing. Everyone responded well to coaching and played to their strengths.” SOFTBALL A fast 2-0 start led to a three-game slide for the softball team with losses to Lampeter-Strasburg, Elizabethtown and Solanco leaving CV 2-3. Rhiannon Henry’s three-hit, 13-K gem against L-S on March 30th was for naught with the Lady Pioneers stealing a 1-0 win. More heartbreak
followed on April 1st when Elizabethtown plated two runs in the bottom of the seventh to steal an 8-7 win. Henry yielded 10 Lady Bear hits and eight runs with two strikeouts and five walks. Laken Smith, Kassie Horning and Becca Hartranft all enjoyed twoRBI games, but it was not enough to stave off the late E-town rally. CV was back in action on the 4th, falling to Solanco by a 2-0 final. Henry covered all seven innings to take the loss and was also responsible for Conestoga Valley’s lone hit, a sixth inning double. TRACK April 4th saw the track teams split their meet with Warwick. The boy’s won 98-52 and the girls slipped 99-50. Joey Castronova (200m, 400m), Ben Eberly (110H,300H) and Carter May (shot, discus) led the way with two solo wins each. CV added wins in the 400m and 1600m relays with Nick Tran (100m) and Emmanuel Gitonga (1600m) taking the final two wins on the track. Zach Stoudt (long jump), Thabo Lautsbaugh (triple jump) and Jordan Sensenig (high jump) finished with field wins. Four Lady Buckskins picked up one each with Jessica Koenig (100H) and Grace Lapp (300H) sweeping the hurdles. Kallie Schnapf added a 100m and Kylynn Frankford a 400m win. CV spent April 2nd at Cumberland Valley for the Bruce Dallas Invitational. The Buckskins put six solo performers on the podium and one relay. Castronova, Micah Aldrich, Carson Miller and Gitonga finished fourth in the 1600m relay. Gitonga was fifth in the 800m while Castronova claimed sixth in the 400m. Cameron Swinton added a bronze in the triple jump while Stoudt earned a silver in the high jump. Lapp posted the best finish on the girl’s side, taking fourth in the 300H. Elle Emrey was seventh in the 100H.
