Five York-area graduates played in Saturday's MAC Commonwealth Conference women's basketball championship game.
South Western alum Nikki Lobach and Delone Catholic's Michelle Schleich were a part of Messiah College's 54-47 win over Lebanon Valley College.
Lobach, who was recently named the MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year, scored 32 of her team's 54 points in the win.
The senior shot 11-of-16 from the field and 9-of-10 from the free-throw line. Schleich played three minutes and did not score.
While Lobach knew of Andrea Hoover, a Susquehannock grad, who started and had nine points for Lebanon Valley and Red Lion's Mindy Bennett, who came off the bench for two points, another player was even more familar.
Younger sister Shelly Lobach played 12 minutes for Lebanon Valley in the loss and did not score.
Sport shorts: Talk about amazing swims.
At the PIAA District 3 Class AA swimming championships East Pennsboro star Leah Gingrich, shattered her own District 3 Class AA record in the 500 free with a time of 4:46.64.
The senior bested her own mark by more than eight seconds, but what is really amazing is that Gingrich's time was faster than all of the AA boys, except gold medalist Ben Appleby of York Suburban.
I have covered high school swimming for many, many years and I never really remember a feat that impressive.
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