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Barons Claim First District 3 Baseball Title
Photo by Cheri Sine
Manheim Central Barons 2022 District Three Class 5A Champions BY ERIC PYLES
There is an old saying that goes ‘sometimes it is better to be lucky rather than good.’ That saying does not apply to the Manheim Central baseball
team. Sure, they are good, you do not compile a 22-3 mark and reach the PIAA playoffs without being good. And the luck part, you can chalk some of those wins up to luck but again, you do not get to 22-3
on just luck, even if you have five straight come from behind or walk-off post season wins. Their most recent victory may have come in the first round of the PIAA-5A tourney
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but Central’s 2-1 win over Ephrata on June 2nd was much more important as it secured the team’s first ever District 3 title. “A great day and memories these guys will have forever!” said head coach Jason Thompson. The win was Manheim’s fourth of the district playoffs, all of them the come from behind variety. “Super proud of the guys fight in the district tournament, there was never any panic,” Thompson said. That calmness allowed the Barons to outlast Ephrata via a 2-1 final with Manheim plating both of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, flipping a 1-0 hole into a 2-1 cushion. From there it was just a matter of hanging on as Connor Rohrer was able to keep Ephrata in check save for a lone third inning run. Jared Murray closed the game out by securPhoto by Cheri Sine ing the final out via strikeout, giving the win to Rohrer while Baron shortstop Nolan Book fires to first base for the out after collecting the save for himself. fielding an Ephrata ground ball in Manheim’s 2-1, District-ChamSee Sports pg 9
pionship clinching win at Earl Wenger Field in Fredericksburg on June 2.
