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Indians Top Eastern York, Manheim Central
BY ARA GRIGORIAN
The Donegal boys’ basketball team did a good job of rebounding. The rebounding wasn’t necessarily the act of hauling down a basketball shot attempt that went awry but rather, it also pertained to how the team bounced back from a January 14 loss at Lampeter-Strasburg by posting two straight victories. Donegal had fallen below .500 following an 89-46 loss at L-S on the 14th. The Pioneers, Photo by Bob Diller the first-place team in Section The Indians’ Noah Rohrer drives the baseline on Manheim’s Zach Benner in Donegal’s 49-30, Section Four - Section Three Four, improved to 11-0. They outscored their opponents by crossover win in Mount Joy last Tuesday.
Photo by Bob Diller
Donegal’s Cole Hunt looks to get the ball inside past Manheim defender Zach Benner during Indians’ 49-30, Section Four - Section Three crossover win at home last Tuesday.
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victory as the Indians’ comeback bid - winning five of six weight classes in one stretch fell short. Donegal slipped to 42 on the season in L-L League matches. Ruben Mumper’s first-period pin at the 145-pound weight class was Donegal’s lone victory in the first six bouts. The Indians fought back with pins by Silams Mumper at 172 pounds and fellow senior Owen Champ (215) sandwiched around an 8-0 decision in favor of E-town’s Hayden Haver at 189. Champ’s pin and Nicholai Brotzman’s at 285 narrowed the gap to only 26-24. Of the final three weight classes, however, an 11-8 decision for Noah Hinkel (113) would be the only Donegal win. Mark Overlander was on the short end of a close 7-6 decision won by Elizabethtown’s Austin Reitmeyer at 120. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL The girls’ basketball team kept pace with South Western in a non-league home game on Saturday, January 15. The Mustangs used a 16-6 run in the third quarter to ride to a 38-33 victory at Donegal. The Indians led 19-16 at the half Victoria Burton carried the scoring load for the Indians, scoring 18 on the day. Teammate Sophia Floyd finished with eight. The hard-fought defeat was the middle game of a threegame losing skid by Donegal (214). The previous evening, Lampeter-Strasburg bolted out for a 17-point fourth quarter of an LL League match at Donegal. It was only 38-30 in favor of the Pioneers heading into the final period. The first half of the contest was a different story as the Photo by Bob Diller Indians went into the locker Deandre White challenges the putback by Manheim’s Trey Grube in Donegal’s 49-30 victory over the visiting Barons on room at halftime trailing by only three points. January 18. Burton again led Donegal in scoring, racking up 13 on the FRESH STEAKS, PORK CHOPS & SEAFOOD night. Kiersten Hostetter had a game-high 16 points for L-S, including a perfect 8-for-8 at the charity stripe. Coming off the close contest against South Western, the BREAKFAST Indians played Manheim Cen15% OFF tral in a league game at Doe Run Total Breakfast Bill Elementary School on Tuesday. Valid Mon.-Thurs. 6-11 a.m. Not valid w/any other offer. With this coupon. The Barons’ early dominance led Not valid on holidays. Exp. 2/8/22. to a 31-13 halftime lead and an Gus’s KEYSTONE eventual 52-33 margin of victoFAMILY RESTAURANT ry. Donegal fell to 1-5 in league play. DINNER 1050 W. Main St., Mount Joy Buy 1 Main Entree at Reg. Price, Get 2nd While Maddie Knier of Cen717.653.2140 Main Entree of Equal or Lesser Value for tral led all scorers with 23 3687 Rothsville Rd., Ephrata 25% OFF Valid Mon.-Thurs.11-8 p.m. Only. Not valid w/any 717.738.7381 points, Burton was a scoring other offer. With this coupon. Not valid on holidays. machine on the court herself, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & DINNER Exp. 2/8/22. Please present coupon when ordering. OPEN 6AM • 7 DAYS A WEEK finishing with 21 to lead Gus’s KEYSTONE FAMILY RESTAURANT Donegal. www.guskeystone.com
over 20 points per game and improved to 6-0 in the Lancaster-Lebanon League with this win. The Indians, who fell to 2-4 in league play and 5-6 overall, had a huge deficit to overcome, trailing 24-6 after one period. Pacing the Pioneers in scoring were Ben Wert and Ty Burton, who scored 27 and 25 points, respectively. The Indians got 10 points form Dutch Good and nine points by senior Khalil Masden. Donegal rallied in the fourth quarter of Saturday afternoon’s non-league game at Eastern York. In what was anybody’s game heading into the final period, the Indians outscored the Golden Knights 23-15 to post a 55-47 win. Deandre White was the scoring leader for Donegal, finishing with 15 on the day. Masden poured in 14 points while Good chipped in with eight points. Joe Turbedsky provided more
offensive support with a sevenpoint game - all coming from the foul line where he went 7-for-8. Austin Bausman led the Golden Knights with 11 points. The Indians didn’t give the Barons a chance to overcome an early 17-5 Donegal advantage in Tuesday’s L-L League clash at home. Holding a 24-16 halftime lead, the Indians outscored the Barons 14-9 in the third quarter, going on to post a 49-30 win, and improving to 8-6 (3-4 league). Good and Masden hit double figures in scoring with Good pouring in 11 and Masden 10. Turbedsky had another seven-point game, tying Rohrer for third highest point total on the team. WRESTLING The Elizabethtown Bears charged ahead to a 22-6 lead over Donegal in Wednesday’s Section Two wrestling match. The Bears held on for a 35-27
