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BY ERIC G. STARK
them compete week in and week out as they continue grow. Boiled down, our keys to success are a strong desire, a relentless effort, and a selfless devotion.” The Barons defeated Cedar Crest 57-15 on Dec. 15 and beat LampeterStrasburg 48-21on Jan. 4, making the Barons 2-0 on the young season. Against the Pioneers, Hundru, Daugherty, Groff and Keiffer all won on decisions. Fittery and Hess each had pins. RIFLE After starting the season 3-0, the Barons suffered their first loss to Elizabethtown, 495-494 on Jan. 4. Trevor Frey shot a perfect 100, followed by 99s by Elle McBade and Anna Haldeman. Rod Sauder and Nate Sauder each had 98 scores. Manheim shot right at its 494 season average. They have had 12 shooters shoot in matches and the lowest average is 97. Their high score is 497
in a win against Garden Spot. Depth has been a key to their success. In their win against Governor Mifflin, the In his first year with the Barons, teams finished tied at 498 and Central Quint Eno inherits a loaded roster. won on its seventh shooter. Manheim Central has 10 wrestlers Haldeman has a 99.5 average returning from last season. this season. Genna Eberly has a 99 Ryland Fittery, Rocco Daugherty, average, followed by Frey with a Brett Barbush, Logan Forrest, Ethan 98.67, McCabe, 98.3 and Sauder, Stoltzfus, Jake Hess, Uriah Warner, 98. Seniors Haldeman, McBade and Gabe Thomas, Braxton Keiffer and Frey are returning starters with Taylor Bloom are key returners. experience. Key newcomers include Tyler Groff, “It is nice to have depth, but now Brodie Daugherty, AJ Hondru, Leo we need consistency,” Barons’ coach Bonanno, and Luke Gibble. Steve Waddington said. “We’re doing Eno said the team’s core values are well. I’m happy and pleased with how heart, hustle, and humility. we’re performing.” “So far, the team has bought in SWIMMING and is dialed in,” Eno said. “The staff With three meets under their belt, has been pleased with how they’ve Baron’s coach Heather Fittery said the responded to and embraced change, season is going well with the boys and how they demonstrate our valbeating McCaskey. Central’s numbers ues on and off the mat. The team are low with about seven girls and six continues to develop and make boys swimming in meets so far. strides and we are excited to watch Anderson Pilsner has been swimming well in 200 IM, 100 back and relays. Bryce Garber is competing is the 100 backstroke, 50 free and in the relays. Cayden Schwebel swims in the 50 free, 100 breaststroke. Caleb Bower also competes in the 50 free, 100 free and Ryan Moreno, in the 100 free and 100 back, have been contributing in relays. These boys are all first-year swimmers on the high school team. Returning swimmers include Colton Faulhaber in the 100 free and 100 breaststroke; Makenna Enck in Photo by Bob Diller the 50 free, 100 backstroke and relays; Baron heavyweight Ryland Fittery turns Lampeter-Strasburg’s Olivia Faulhaber in the 50 and 100 for a 2:44 fall to add six points to Manheim’s 42-21, Section Two free and relays; Chloe Enck in the 100 win at home on January 4. back and relays; Gabrielle Fittery in 200 and 500 free and Raegan Nissley in 100 breaststroke and relays.
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BOYS’ BASKETBALL Behind a game-high 28 points by Trey Grube, Manheim cruised to a 6343 victory over Solanco last Wednesday. It was the second time the Barons beat the Mules this season, the first coming during Solanco’s Holiday Tournament in a 54-39 triumph in the championship game. Grube had 25 in the first meeting and garnered tournament MVP honors. Connor Fahnestock added nine points and Judd Novak and Zach Benner each had seven. Central was down five early in the first match up and went on an 8-0 run in the second to take a 27-17 halftime lead and led 33-25 after three quarters. The Barons led by as many as 15 in the fourth, finally figuring out the Mules’ zone. Novak controlled the game at point guard and Grube hit “a huge 3 to kick start things,” Barons’ coach Charlie Fisher said. Since starting the season 0-2, the Barons have been on a roll, winning six in a row. “Night in and night out it has been our defense,” said Fisher, who is going about nine deep. “Sometimes we try to think about scoring too much. ...They own their roles and understand it.” BOWLING Landen Statts led the way with a three-game 556 to pace the Barons to a 2592-1971 victory over Lancaster Mennonite on Jan. 3. Jesse Hurst rolled a 549, including a first-game score of 255. Ethan Howard had a 514. Hailey Kowalski and Holly Hunt posted a 494 and 479, respectively. Worth noting, Josh Shaw, a JV bowler, posted the third highest score with a 534. Overall, Central bowled fairly consistently and did well covering most of their spares, Barons’ coach Alan Slides said.
Statts, a sophomore, has the high average on the team with a 181.7, followed by Hunt, a junior at 180.1. Howard, a sophomore, averages a 179 and had a personal-best 670 triple against Elizabethtown. Hunt and Kowalski average a 158.9 and 153, respectively. “I think, overall, we are improving and basically we are returning the same players next season, so it is nice to see us progressing,” Slides said. “From last year to this year they have improved. My assistant coach, Todd Steffy, has helped make adjustments in positions and correcting their flaws. The kids are really listening to his coaching and making improvements.” GIRLS’ BASKETBALL The Lady Barons (5-2 overall) defeated Solanco 55-30 on Jan. 5. Maddie Knier had a game-high 28 points and Abbie Reed chipped in 20. “We’re playing well,” Central coach Tyson Hayes said. “We’re buying into our roles on the team. It is the best I’ve seen with players playing well
together.” Hayes returns everyone from last year and has added a few new weapons, giving the Barons plenty of depth. Knier, who averages about 22 points a game, is the team leader with her outstanding play and is starting to get serious looks from colleges, Hayes said. He said she will be a coaches dream for whoever she plays for in college. “I just encourage everyone to watch her play and see how she plays hard all the time,” he said. “Any boy or girl could look up to her and want to play like that.” Now Hayes said his staff is working to develop her inside and outside game for the next level. Reed, the point guard, is developing into a solid player, Hayes said. She is a floor general and one of the top on-the-ball defenders, guarding the other team’s best scorer most nights. Rachel Nolt, who averages about 14 points, is a senior leader and is making basketball plays that Hayes has not seen from her previously.
Photo by Mona Steinhauer
The Barons posted a 60-48 win over Conestoga Valley and a 54-39 victory over Solanco in the final to win the Solanco Holiday Tournament on December 29 and 30.
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