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8 - MERCHANDISER - Elizabethtown Edition - January 12, 2022

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Bears Knock Off Previously Undefeated Hempfield of the break. The Bears were able to force OT by chipping away at Hempfield’s oneMany sports mantras have point edge in the fourth to do with always looking before securing the win in the forward or not dwelling on extra frame. Techeal Gonquoi the past but as we kick off picked up the final three our 2022 sports coverage, it points for E-town. is a good time to look back at The four remaining wins how the Elizabethtown wincame opposite Boling Springs, ter sports teams have fared 54-40 on December 11th, in their short 2021-2022 Conestoga Valley, 62-52 on journey. the 17th, Wyomissing, 48-44 We’ll start with the boys’ on the 23rd and Red Lion, basketball team where the 51-49 on the 30th. The four Bears sport a 5-4 mark with losses came at the hands of the highlight coming January Exeter Township, 59-51 on 4th via a 43-38 final over prethe 13th, Warwick, 55-37 on viously unbeaten Hempfield. the 14th, Lebanon, 47-42 on E-town needed overtime and the 21st and Hershey, 50-44 every one of Matthew on January 3rd. Gilhool’s game high 28 points RIFLE to pull off the upset. The rifle team has shot out Thirty-Two minutes of of the gate with a sparkling 4-0 mark thanks to wins over Manheim Township (495-486) on December 14th, Governor Mifflin (494-488) on the 16th and Ephrata (494-489) on the 21st. The Bears were pushed to the limit in their first meet of 2022, picking up that fourth win by edging Manheim Central, 495-494, on the 4th. BOWLING Over on the bowling lanes the Bears are rocking an impressive undefeated season posting 7-0 sweeps over Cocalico on December 9th, Cedar Crest on the 14th, Conestoga Valley on the 17th, Manheim Township on the 21st and Manheim Central on the 22nd. Add in another Staff photo sweep on January 4th, this E-town’s Matthew Gilhool maneuvers against Hempfield’s Cole Overbough during the Bears’ 43-38 victory over the visiting one over Lebanon and the Bears are sporting a pristine Black Knights on January 4. BY ERIC PYLES

back-and-forth action led to a 36-36 deadlock before the Bears, behind Patrick Gilhool, Braden Cummings, and Matthew Gilhool, used a 7-2 spurt to secure the five-point win. Patrick Gilhool netted half of his eight points in OT to lead the charge while 6-foot, 9-inch ‘little’ brother Matthew capped his 28-point effort with a single free throw. Cummings finished the OT scoring, picking up the final two of his four-points game. The back-and-forth action saw Elizabethtown up 10-8 after the opening quarter with Hempfield using an 11-10 edge to control the second. E-town’s, 20-19, halftime edge disappeared completely with the Knight’s 9-7 run out

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42-0 record heading into the back half of the season. SWIMMING Elizabethtown swimming has enjoyed a stellar start to the 2021-2022 season with both squads posting a 3-1 mark after thrashing Manheim Central on January 4th. The boy’s claimed a 130-20 victory while the Lady Bears posted an equally impressive 126-31 win. E-town’s other two victories, over Milton Hershey on December 10th and Penn Manor on the 21st, also came by lopsided finals. The boys blew by Milton Hershey 130-49 and Penn Manor 132-28 while the Lady Bears cruised to a 138-28 win over Milton Hershey and a 121-42 win over Penn Manor. The lone setback for both sides came on December 16th when the Bears tangled with Hempfield. The Black Knights took the boy’s meet 107-63 and the girl’s meet 111-59. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Back on the hardwood the Lady Bears sit at 4-3 with the highlight of the young season being a title in E-town’s own Tip-off Tournament. The Lady Bears opened the season on the 10th by surviving McCaskey 36-32 before claiming the title one day later with a 35-22 dismantling of Red Land. A 27-20 setback to Warwick followed on the 14th but Elizabethtown bounced back with a 44-30 victory over Conestoga Valley on the 17th. The Lady Bears’ final game before the holiday break went in the books as a 50-44 loss to Lebanon on the 21st and with a 51-31 setback to Columbia in the opening game of the Northeastern Holiday Tourney the Lady Bears had a quick two game slide. Elizabethtown did right the ship in the second half of the Northeastern Holiday Tourney, blowing out Kennard-Dale by a 49-16 final. WRESTLING E-town wrestling has come out of the gate busy and strong, sporting a 5-1 mark with wins over Hershey and Warwick in the Warwick Duals on December 11th followed by regular dual meet wins over Lampeter-Strasburg, Garden Spot & Cedar Crest. Only the

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Braden Cummings goes to the basket on Hempfield’s Miguel Pena in the Bears’ 43-38 win at home on January 4.

December 22nd showdown with Garden Spot was close with E-town posting a 39-29 win. The Bears had no trouble dispatching L-S on the 15th or Cedar Crest on January 4th, topping the Pioneers 53-9 and the Falcons 50-12. The Bears busy stretch continued on the 18th with a short trip to Donegal for the Donegal Holiday TournaStaff photo ment where E- The Gilhools, Patrick (13) and Matthew, town came battle for a rebound in E-town’s 43-38, Two - Section One crossover home with a Section victory over visiting Hempfield on January 4. fourth-place team finish. Elizabethtown and 29th. Once again E-town missed both gold medal could not capture gold this opportunities with Jake Rudy time with Nathan Thomas (160) and Hayden Haver (138) and Hayden Best (106) (189) falling in their respec- falling in the championship tive championship matches. bouts. Aiden Robinson took Ryan Findlay picked up a the lone bronze, doing so at bronze with his consolation 152 while Findley (132) and championship win at 132 Haver (189) missed their while both Sam Yoder (106) bronze shot, settling for and Austin Reitmeyer (126) fourth instead. Reitmeyer at settled for sixth place. Dalton 120 was the lone Bear in a Becker rounded out the medal fifth/sixth place match, winners with his eighth-place adding valuable team points finish at 172 while Wyatt with his win and fifth-place Mummau (120) and AJ Bush medal while Mummau (113) (215) added seventh-place and Bradley Candy (285) did team points to E-town’s tally. the same with their seventhThe Bears added another place finishes. Rudy (160) and fourth-place team finish, this Anthony Salcedo (145) roundtime at the Governor Mifflin ed out the Elizabethtown Holiday Tournament that medal winners with their took place on December 28th eighth-place finishes.


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