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Boys’ Soccer Wins Six Straight, Now 7-2-1

BY ERIC PYLES

The E-town boys’ soccer team found the cure for early season struggles - winning. After opening 1-2-1 the Bears have ripped off six straight wins and now sport a 7-2-1 mark.

The last three of those wins have all been by shutout and came over Cedar Crest, Solanco and LampeterStrasburg.

“Against Cedar Crest and Solanco, we displayed better defensive organization while continuing to score,” said head coach James Sostack. “We continue to work on composure on the ball and maintaining our team shape as we head into the second half of our schedule while recognizing that many section rivals raise their level of play when facing Etown.”

Against Cedar Crest it was the Tavon Schoenberger show with the senior collecting a first half hat trick. Jason Stark, Xavier Giron and Max Gerhart joined the action with assists. Tyler Bell needed one save to post the shutout.

One day later the Bears sent Solanco home with a 4-0 loss. Bell collected another one-save shutout while Stark collected two second half scores. Schoenberger and Noah Locke accounted for the two first half scores.

Shutout number three came on the 19th via a 3-0 final over Lampeter-Strasburg. Elizabethtown used second half scores from Dak Kelly and Giron to pull away. Schoenberger assisted Giron’s goal in the 72nd minute while Flory made it 1-0 with an unassisted score in the 29th minute.

TENNIS

The Lady Bear tennis team hit a bump in the schedule, resulting in losses to Hempfield and Lampeter-Strasburg.

“We knew going into the final two weeks of regular season that we were going to into the gauntlet of competition,” said head coach Brenda McBride, “Considering that this was projected to be our ‘rebuilding’ year we feel very excited about the season we’re having.”

The 7-0 loss to Hempfield took place on the 16th with a 5-2 setback opposite Lampeter-Strasburg taking place on the 20th. E-town’s two wins against the Pioneers were split with Julia Laszakovits and Rebecca Mink winning at number two doubles while Dasha Gencturk picked up the singles win.

“Dasha had a very impressive win at #1 singles,” said McBride.

Against Garden Spot on the 14th, the Bears had little trouble leading to singles wins by Gencturk, Laszakovits, Mink and Kathryn Barraclough and doubles wins by Gencturk and Barraclough, Laszakovits and Mink as well as Calla Stolzfus and Noa Williams.

VOLLEYBALL

The girls’ volleyball team shook off their five-set setback to Ephrata on the 13th by sweeping Solanco and Lebanon to improve to 7-1 overall while picking up a silver medal at the Black Knight Invitational on the 17th.

The Lady Bears did not drop a set in pool play, topping CV, Governor Mifflin and Hunterdon Central (NJ) before taking out CD East in the semifinals. That set up a rematch of last year’s finals, but this time Etown was unable to slay the host squad, settling for second place.

Bookended around that silver medal were 3-0 sweeps over Solanco and Lebanon. That action started on September 15th with 25-10, 25-17 and 25-9 wins over the Mares. Liz Kerin (12 kills, one block) and Halley Oller (22 assists, four aces) fronted the attack while Paige Horst chipped in with 16 digs.

Up next was a visit from Lebanon on the 20th with Elizabethtown collecting wins of 25-16, 25-3 and 2521. Oller finished with 13 assists, 11 digs and four more aces while Kerin had four kills and four blocks.

GOLF

The golf team wrapped up their regular season with a trip to Foxchase GC on the 14th. The Bears went 1-3 on the day to finish with a 7-13 mark. Jared Louie finished atop the scorecard with a round of 88 while both Aidan Blyler and Dylan Parise checked in one shot back.

CROSS COUNTRY

Cross-country began their postseason ramp-up with a trip to Big Spring HS on the 17th to partake in the Ben Bloser Invitational. Both squads posted top five team finishes and earned four top 30 medals which included Jordan DiRisio (15th), Alison Fink (27th), Jaycen Conrad (22nd) and Jackson Kay (29th).

GIRLS’ SOCCER

When you are hot, you are hot, and the E-town girls soccer team is HOT. The Lady Bears, behind a fivegame winning streak, sport a 9-1 overall mark that has them knotted with Manheim Township for the most wins in the league.

Despite all that success, not everything has come easy, case in point would be a 3-2 win over Lampeter-Strasburg on the 19th where head coach Mark Brown cited a loss of focus as the driving force in needing a come from behind win.

“We showed a lot of character in sticking with it right to the end,” said Brown, “My girls have a belief that they are never beaten and showed a lot of character in ‘sticking with it’ at a tough venue and not playing to the level we can play.”

E-town opened a 1-0 lead on a Lily Heistand goal. L-S battled to go up 2-1, holding that lead until the 78th minute when Dani Bruno knotted the game. Less than a minute later Bruno found Heistand who took care of the rest to secure the 3-2 win.

“A lot of credit goes to L-S,” said Brown, “They made it very difficult for us. From a coaching standpoint to get the win and not play as well as we can is a positive sign moving forward.”

Elizabethtown had an easier time dispatching Solanco thanks to a Jena Witters hat trick. Ava Glick tacked on a final first half score and Keegan Miller turned away three shots to secure the 4-2 win.

FIELD HOCKEY

The field hockey team defeated Donegal and Lampeter-Strasburg to improve to 7-2.

The Bears blanked Donegal, 4-0, on the 15th with Mikaela Condran picking up three of the four scores. Caitlin Steffie got things going with her second quarter score and Sydney Pope finished with five saves.

E-town nearly made it back-toback shutouts but settled for a 4-1 win over L-S on the 20th. Pope needed eight saves to secure the win while Reagan Flory led the offense with two goals and an assist. Steffie and Condran picked up one score each.

Photo by Cheri Sine

E-town’s Zachary Hershey advances the ball against Lampeter-Strasburg’s Justin Gouger in the Bears’ 3-0, Section Two victory at home last Monday.