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Article RatingIn Class AAA, Mechanicsburg handled Dallastown, 4-0, Friday afternoon in the semifinals at ELCO before bowing out with a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Manheim Twp.
In the semifinals winners for Mechanicsburg included Jarmila Petercakova over Melissa Plowman 5-7, 6-1, 0-1; Tess Herzenberg over Ashley Reeder 6-0, 6-1 and Laura Stokes over Ally Gable 6-1, 7-5.
In doubles action the Wildcat tandem of Late Schankweiler/Ali Matisse beat Molly Norton/Tori Davis 6-0, 6-2 and Hanna Bennett/Allie Black knocked off Jennifer Kearney/Chelsea Nissley 6-4, 6-4.
In Mechanicsburg’s district final loss, Lauren Stauffer fell to Jarmila Petercakova 6-4, 6-1; Herzenberg lost to Caroilne Barry 6-2, 6-3 and Stokes dropped a 6-0, 6-1 decision to Alex Nana-Sinkam.
The Blue Streaks swept doubles as Schankweiler/Matisse lost to Devin Rivard/Emily Leslie 6-1, 6-0 and Hanna Bennett/Allie Black fell to Abby Belser/Emily Kager 6-0, 6-1.
The Wildcats advance to the PIAA team tournament on Tuesday against the winner of the District 2-4 subregional at a site and time to be announced.
Shamrocks’ season concludes
In No. 1 singles action York Catholic’s Ava Spoden beat Amelia Capuano 6-1, 6-3 to help the Irish knock off Trinity, 3-0, in the District 3 Class AA team tournament at ELCO on Friday.
Other winners for York Catholic included Sarah Wargo over Caroline Lauer 6-4, default and Erin Holberg over Nicole Mahaffey 6-1, 6-3.
The Irish, who lost to Reading Holy Name later in the day in the district final, swept doubles as Jami Dumler/Erin Thomas beat Alex Adolph/Kelsey Calaites 2-6, 6-2, 5-4, DNF while Jaci Cobosco/Allison Elliott knocked off Lauren Wagner/Andi Adolph 6-7, 4-2, DNF.
Only the top two finishers — York Catholic and Holy Name — advance to Tuesday’s PIAA team tournament.
District 3 Golf Championships
After Friday’s play at Briarwood East, Cumberland Valley standout Jordan Shuey leads the District 3 boys’ field after shooting a 68.
Teammate Curtis Slike, tied for 18th at 76, is the closest local competitor to Shuey, who leads Chambersburg’s Calvin Mentzer by two strokes.
Another Eagle, Bryan Jordan, and Trinity’s Jack Goyette were in a 12-way tie for 43rd and made the cut for today’s action.
In girls’ action at Briarwood West on Friday, Northern’s Madison Houseal shot an 82 — seven strokes behind leader Kacy Straub of Chambersburg — to make the cut for today’s play.
Houseal was the only area female to advance past Friday.
Field Hockey
Cedar Cliff 2, Cumberland Valley 1 (OT)
Erin Barno scored off an assist from Katie Zapp with less than four minutes to play in overtime to help visiting Cedar Cliff down Cumberland Valley, 2-1, Friday at the CV Educational Park in a Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division game.
Alyson Tamanini put the Eagles (7-7-3 overall, 6-4-2 division) on top with a first-half goal but Alysse Richardson pulled the Colts (11-4-1, 9-2-1) even with a second-half tally.
CV moves into the District 3 play-in round Friday against an opponent to be determined at a site and time to be announced.
Mechanicsburg 2, Boiling Springs 1
Erin Hennessy scored a pair of goals and teammate Carly Day made four saves to help visiting Mechanicsburg stave of Boiling Springs, 2-1, Friday afternoon.
Ashley Weber assisted on the Wildcats’ first goal while Nichole Geiger tallied the lone goal for the Bulldogs.
Central Dauphin 2, Red Land 1
Shannon Weir scored a first-half to forge a 1-1 tie at halftime but Central Dauphin’s Taylor Bender scored in the second half as the Rams held on for a close 2-1 win Friday afternoon.
Elaina White made a remarkable 26 saves for Red Land to keep the guests close.
Central Dauphin held a 28-10 advantage in shots.
Boys’ Soccer
East Juniata 0, Bible Baptist 0
Josh Buser made a game-high 17 saves and teammate Jordan Ehring’s breakaway in the final 30 seconds of the second overtime was squelched as Bible Baptist and visiting East Juniata played to a scoreless draw Friday afternoon in non-conference action.
The District 4 Tigers out-shot Bible Baptist, 27-17, and attempted two more corners (4-2) but couldn’t convert.
Bible Baptist (12-2-2) is idle until Thursday when it enters CCAC tournament play in the semifinal round. The Bobcats are the top seed.
Girls’ Volleyball
Berks Christian 3, Bible Baptist 0
Lydia Deputy collected five kills and 12 digs to lead Bible Baptist but the Bocats fell to visiting Berks Christian, 3-0 (20-16, 25-10, 25-22).
Jessica Snyder pitched in 15 digs for the Bobcats (11-8).
College Football
Johns Hopkins 36, Dickinson 34
The Dickinson College football team rallied but came up just a two-point conversion short in one of the biggest comeback attempts in school history. It was truly a tale of two halves Friday night.
Johns Hopkins (4-2, 2-2 conference) opened up a 19-0 lead at halftime and held off a furious charge by Dickinson for a 36-34 win.
Junior wide receiver Pat O’Connor went his own personal assault on the Dickinson College record book, leading the charge with three school records. O’Connor finished with school records for receiving yards in a game (238), all-purpose yards in a game (396) and tied his own mark with 12 catches. He tallied 137 yards on kick-off returns, the second-highest single game total as well.
Junior quarterback Ian Mitchell threw for a career-best 323 yards, the second-highest single game total, and had four touchdown passes.
The Blue Jays went in front 3-0 in the first quarter on an Alex Lachman field-goal from 39 yards out. He added a 32 yarder in the second before a pair of touchdowns by Andrew Kase gave Hopkins a 19-0 advantage at the break.
Kase scored again at the 5:40 mark of the third and Lyndon O’Connor broke for a 69-yard touchdown to make the score 33-0 with 4:21 remaining in the quarter.
Mitchell connected with O’Connor for a 30 yard scored to close out the third quarter, and the Devils (3-3, 2-2) came alive. Mitchell found O’Connor again from 21 yards out to cut the deficit to 33-14.
The Devils dropped a kick into the corner that was mishandled and recovered by Michael Maxwell on the Hopkins’ eight yard line. Mitchell dove into the endzone on fourth down from the two to pull the Devils within a pair of TD’s at 33-21 with 9:02 remaining in the game.
The Devils still weren’t done. The defense held and Dickinson took over on its own 29-yard line. Mitchell hit junior tight-end Gray Gish, who rambled in from 36 yards out.
The Devils held Hopkins to a field-goal as Lachman hit a career-long 46 yarder to make the score 36-28 with 2:59 to play.
Dickinson is off next week before hosting Gettysburg at 1 p.m. on Oct. 25.
