BOYS BASKETBALL
• Jordan Ashby scored 16 points to lead Lancaster Country Day past Dayspring Christian in the District Three Class 1A quarterfinals. The 5-11 guard is the Cougars’ leading scorer at 14.8 points per game and ranks third in the L-L League with 58 3-pointers.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
• Lancaster County Christian School is making a spirited run through the District Three Class 1A bracket, and junior guard Sophie MacCartney has been a key cog during the seventh-seeded Lions’ ride to the semifinals. In a first-round game last Monday, MacCartney scored 14 points in LCCS’s 57-23 victory over 10th-seeded Harrisburg Christian. In the quarterfinals on Thursday, MacCartney scored a team-high 13 points, when the Lions upset second-seeded Mount Calvary Christian 37-30. MacCartney has helped the Lions lock up a PIAA playoff spot for the second year in a row, and LCCS will make its first appearance in the district semifinals tonight at New Covenant Christian in Lebanon.
BOYS WRESTLING
• Hard to pass up another tip of the cap to Northern Lebanon senior Aaron Seidel, who not only tied the state wins record on Saturday by picking up career W No. 199, but he did it in fine fashion by spending it on his fourth career District Three Class 2A championship. He pinned Delone Catholic’s Gavin Green in 1:53 to win the 133-pound title.
BOYS BOWLING
• On Saturday at Reading’s Hiester Lanes, Garden Spot junior Gavin Courtney rolled a 300 at the District Three championships. And on top of that? After the perfecto in the single elimination finals, Courtney, also the L-L boys champ this season, went on to score his second straight district title. In the final, he rolled past Daniel Boone’s Blake Jeitles 258-231.
GIRLS BOWLING
• The L-L went 2-for-2 at Hiester on Saturday, as Warwick senior Taylor Miller captured her second career District Three crown. Miller, who finished as runner-up in leagues this season, won her first district title in 2023. In this year’s final, though, she was in control most of the way, beating Lower Dauphin’s Skylynn Phillipy 191-170.