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Spot Football Notches Second Straight Shutout

BY ARA GRIGORIAN

If groups of fans at Garden Spot’s homecoming game on Friday night, October 8, were brandishing the often-used prop where one person holds up a giant D and the person(s) next to them a cardboard fence - thus making a chant for defense - then they would have been pleased with that particular unit of the Spartans football team.

Garden Spot recorded its second straight shutout, limiting Lebanon to only 58 total yards in the 36-0 victory. The win was the Spartans’ first of the year in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.

In terms of scoring, this was still a close one until the second quarter. The Spartans (2-4, 1-0 league) took a 7-0 lead into the second period thanks to Kyle Harting connecting with Derrick Lambert on a 15-yard touchdown pass plus Walker Martin’s extra point.

Harting finished with a big night, completing 12 passes for 206 yards and two touchdowns. The beneficiary of most of those receiving yards was Zecheriah Nagle. The Garden Spot junior caught six passes for 146 yards.

Harting also helped keep the Garden Spot offense versatile. In addition to 12 completions, he also ran the ball 11 times for 68 yards. Joel Martin gained 65 yards on 13 carries.

Martin broke through the Cedars’ defense for a six-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter, making it 14-0. Martin connected on the first of his three field goals and made his second one before halftime, giving the home team a 20-0 lead.

Nagle hauled in a 28-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter and Harting dashed to the Lebanon endzone from 46 yards out in the second half. Sandwiched in between these was a long 41-yard field goal by Martin.

BOYS’ SOCCER

The Spartans finished their regular season with an exclamation point, defeating Cedar Crest by a score of 6-2 as Trey Dwyer, who also had an assist on the day, and George Rohrbaugh each scored two goals.

In this non-league home game played on Wednesday, October 13, the Spartans (9-5-1) went up 1-0 in 12th minute of the match. Dwyer scored his second goal of the game 12 minutes later and Nicklas Gleason, who had one assist as well, made it 3-0 in the 29th minute.

Taking a 3-0 lead into the second half, the Spartans allowed the Falcons to swoop in and score twice as they narrowed the lead to 3-2 seven minutes into the second half.

Rohrbaugh gave Garden Spot a cushion with his first goal at the 51-minute mark. He increased his team’s lead four minutes later while Luke Steiner added one more score with three minutes to the final whistle.

Two days earlier, the Spartans and Lampeter-Strasburg played to a 2-2 draw. The draw against the L-L League foe was the first one of the year for the Spartans (5-4-1 league).

Garden Spot wrapped up the regular season ranked 11th in the District Three 3A power rankings.

FIELD HOCKEY

In its 5-0 shutout of Solanco back on October 5, the Garden Spot field hockey team improved to 9-1-0 in the L-L League. The Spartans held on to first place and claimed the Section Three title while compiling a solid 13-30 record overall.

That placed the Spartans seventh in the District Three AA power rankings - just shy of Susquehannock.

Garden Spot’s win streak ended at seven games in a tough 1-0 loss at Ephrata on Saturday, October 9. Three days later, the offense came through at crucial times, especially in overtime, for a 4-3 victory at Cedar Crest.

This match was an uphill battle for the Spartans, who gave up three goals in the first quarter. Erin Gonzalez provided the scoring to start and to end the game. She scored in the opening minute of the first stanza. After Lauren Horning scored two goals - one in the second quarter and another in the fourth - Gonzalez sent everyone home with her gamewinner at the 11:58 mark of overtime.

Horning also added an assist while Melanie Esh assisted on two goals.

After giving up the three early goals, Bryna Kelly stayed undaunted in front of the Spartans cage, making seven saves.

VOLLEYBALL

In a tough L-L League match, the Spartans came up short against Lebanon 3-2 on Thursday, October 7.

Other than Garden Spot’s 2516 victory in the first set, every other set was a close one. The Cedars tied the match with a 2519 win in the second set and pulled ahead, winning 25-20. Garden Spot regained momentum and won 25-21 only to fall short in the tiebreaker, 15-12.

The Spartans evened their league record at 5-5 (6-7 overall) by beating Cocalico 3-0 on Tuesday. The host Spartans posted winning sets of 25-6, 25-19 and 25-21.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

The Spartans fell to 2-8-0 in league play with a 4-0 loss to Lampeter-Strasburg on Tuesday, October 12. Hannah Cissne, Chloe Bucher, Ashlynn Keys and Jenna Daveler each scored for the Pioneers.

Garden Spot fell to 3-12-0 overall.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Garden Spot boys’ squad (5-5) outran Manheim Central 22-36 in a Section Two race at Central on Tuesday, October 12.

Despite Michael Greenwald posting a first-place finish at 18:04 for the Barons, the Spartans took second place through fourth in the race.

Alan Krock was only one second behind Greenwald as he took second. Josiah Martin’s pace of 18:08 was good for third. Will Culbert was fourth overall.

Another trio of Garden Spot runners crossed the line in successive order. Finn Wenrich took sixth at 19:08 while Thomas Watt registered 19:13 for seventh place. Evan Graham was eighth with 19:15.

The girls team fell to 5-5, losing to Central 17-43. The top four finishers in the girls’ race were Central runners. Julia Hoover came across the finish line in fifth place, posting a time of 22:25 for Garden Spot. Nicole Kelch (23:30) was sixth.

Hayley Zimmerman finished ninth at 24:46.

Photo by Connor Hollinger

Mikaela Bernek and William Fithian pose after being crowned Garden Spot’s 2021 Homecoming Queen and King during halftime ceremonies at the Spartans’ 36-0 victory over Lebanon on October 8.

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