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JUNE 28, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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Barbecue to support Strasburg’s first NNO
championship at the end of the season. This year, the students chose to compete in Overwatch 2, Valorant and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The varsity and junior varsity e-sports teams hold tryouts at the beginning of each season, although there is enough space on both teams to ensure that any student who wishes to participate will get an opportunity to do so.
On Friday, July 7, Strasburg Borough will host a chicken barbecue fundraiser at Strasburg Marketplace, 214 Hartman Bridge Road, Ronks. Meals will be available to purchase at a set price and will include a barbecued half-chicken, chips and a drink. The fundraiser will begin at 3 p.m. and conclude once it is sold out. The profits from the chicken barbecue will assist the borough in covering the expenses for Strasburg’s first National Night Out (NNO), which will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at Jaycee Park, 218B Miller St., Strasburg. The free event will include activities for children, and it will highlight multiple local nonprofit organizations, such as the Strasburg Fire Department and Gordonville EMS. Members of each organization will operate stations to provide information on the services that their group offers the community. Until this year, the Strasburg Borough Police Department participated in West Lampeter Township’s NNO. After receiving multiple inquiries from Strasburg residents who wondered why Strasburg didn’t have its own NNO, the borough decided to introduce the event this year. “It’s a great way to get us more involved with our community,” said Kayla Garver of the Strasburg Police Department. “The money raised from the barbecue will go toward anything we need for (NNO), from fireworks to free food.”
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L-S e-sports teams climb to state matches BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
t the end of May, players on Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School’s e-sports teams competed with students from across the state in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic E-Sports Association (PIEA) state finals and semifinals. The varsity Overwatch 2 team finished its season with a match in the semifinals on May 10, and the
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junior varsity team climbed to the finals and played on May 20. In the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate championship, the school was represented by Jackson Brazzle, who placed in the top eight players in the state. To prepare for the championships, the students on the esports team met three times a week; two of the meetings entailed practice, and the third meeting consisted of competitive matches.
The e-sports teams are coached by L-S graduate Brennan Havey, who often helps the players to hone their skills remotely outside of the practices. Each year, PIEA announces its sanctioned list of video games for the fall and spring seasons. The students on the e-sports teams then vote on which games from the list they will focus on, with the goal of competing in the
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Members of the 2023 varsity Overwatch 2 team are (front, from left) Riley Kurau, Ian Havey, Evan Taggart, co-advisor Mike Keene, (back) coach Brennan Havey, Nick DiPace, Connor Hess, Josh Klein and Aidan Havey.
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