Prep Soccer: Rankings and Scoring Leaders

We’re a little over halfway through the high school soccer season. But much is still to be figured out about our area teams.
Despite Gettysburg’s rather pedestrian record (5-4-0, 3-4-0 Mid-Penn Keystone), the Warriors are as dangerous as any other team in their division. Gettysburg has had more than its fair share of gut-wrenching [...]

Hanover Area Football Leaders: Stats

To find this gem of Bermudian Springs senior Jeisson Lloret, I had to thumb through our online photo archive. This picture was taken two years ago, when Lloret was a sophomore, by Emily Rasinski, now with the St. Louis Dispatch — evidently she was a gem as well.
The picture seems fitting considering Lloret [...]

To Surf is to Live

This is about as obvious a point as can be said around York County: surfing has no place in this area.
And this has mainly to do with the physical limitations. We live in a state that’s bordered by land on all four sides. Duh!
Of course, I’m sure we have ocean lovers and surfing [...]

Week 4 Football Rewind

It seems that, with the start of division play, we’re finally starting to feel some understanding about the season.
For one, Spring Grove, New Oxford and Littlestown aren’t flawless. In all three of their losses Friday — to Central York, Dallastown and York Suburban, respectively — weaknesses were exposed. The Colonials’ defense was solid [...]

Forecasting Week 4: Better Late Than Never

West York 42, Hanover 8
South Western 38, Dover 0
Delone Catholic 33, Biglerville 6
Dallastown 22, New Oxford 14
Spring Grove 34, Central York 28
Gettysburg 21, Shippensburg 13
Bermudian Springs 33, Fairfield 6
Littlestown 21, York Suburban 19
Muhlenberg 28, Gettysburg 17
Dickinson 31, McDaniel 27
Penn State 24, Iowa 7
Week Total: 6-5

Interesting XC Findings

When Tuesday arrived this week, I had a gameplan.
For the first time this season, Littlestown freshman Xavier Sauvageau was going to compete against his brother, Delone Catholic junior Chris Sauvageau. It was a great story.
Unfortunately, Chris entered the meet injured and was unable to perform.
That eradicated my story idea quickly.
But I [...]

Friday Night Preview: Biglerville vs. Delone Catholic

It’s Week 4 and that means it’s the start of league play all across the YAIAA. This begins a figurative “new” season for most teams, as games start to matter in the scope of the division.
It will also begin to define early success in the context of the broader picture. Are South Western, Spring [...]

PIAA State Football Rankings: Hanover area impact

Stacked up against the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia regions early in the season, the YAIAA typically doesn’t see the payoff in state rankings.
That point was illustrated on Wednesday in the Patriot News’ weekly state rankings, compiled three weeks into the season.
The YAIAA had no team in the Class A, AA, AAA or AAAA top [...]

Video: GameTimePA Week 3

York Daily Record reporters Steve Navaroli and John Clayton are at it again with a preview of the week ahead in high school football.
It should be noted that, in the Daily Record’s high school sports blog, The Varsity Beat, five Hanover area teams are in the Week 4 Top 10 — and correctly so. [...]

Week 3 Football Rewind

The best way to gauge how Week 3 unfolded is to take a look at the Fearless Forecasters section in Thursday’s paper. Generally, if most of our Forecasters predict a dominant team over another in more than seven games, it’s likely to be a pedestrian week in terms of intrigue and surprise.
That’s what [...]