The Solanco boys basketball team's losing streak is up to 11 following three losses last week.
Octorara 61, Solanco 52 Zed Baker led the Mules with 16 points and Colesen Sheaffer supplied 13. Ryan Smith scored 11 and Tyler Burger chipped in eight. Solanco eclipsed the 50-point plateau for the second time all season but Octorara pulled away late. The Solanco boys basketball team lost twice last week.
Palmyra topped the Mules 57-41 in a game at Manheim Central Saturday, January 11. Solanco's girls basketball team split a pair of games last week, winning a section game and losing a non-league contest.
The Mules lost 43-41 to New Oxford Saturday afternoon, January 4, in the West York Shootout. The game was tied 22-22 at halftime before New Oxford outscored Solanco 12-6 in the third quarter. Weston Bare had been in a similar position earlier this season.
The Solanco sophomore wrestler lost the final bout in a match with Hempfield, which allowed the Black Knights to tie the score and ultimately win on criteria. Bare earned some redemption in the Mules' 42-28 triumph over host Conestoga Valley Tuesday, January 2. The Red Lion girls basketball team stole the spotlight at the Solanco Holiday Tournament.
The Lions downed the host Mules 45-34 in the championship game Saturday night, December 28 to give their coach Don Dimoff his 500th career victory. The Solanco boys basketball team dropped a pair of games in its holiday tournament including a heartbreaker in the opening round.
The Solanco boys basketball team dropped three games last week.
Lancaster Catholic 68, Solanco 42 Colesen Sheaffer led the Mules with 12 points Saturday. Ryan Smith supplied 11. Trailing ELCO 15-12 after a lackluster first half, the Solanco girls basketball team was in desperate need of a spark.
Senior Jenna Dombach delivered. Dombach scored 10 of her team's 12 third quarter points as the Mules took the lead for good on the way to a 34-28 triumph Wednesday, December 18. The Solanco boys basketball team tallied the game's first 10 points and cruised to a 46-27 triumph over visiting Donegal Friday night, December 13.
The Mules (2-3) enter the week on a two-game winning streak. When Derek Jennings and his sister, Priscilla, were younger, the siblings would run from their home on Oak Bottom Road to their grandmother's house near The Buck with their mother, Teresa, trailing in the family van.
More than 25 years later, Derek and Priscilla followed in the family footsteps by joining their parents in an exclusive club. Derek Jennings and Priscilla Jennings Landis were each inducted into the Solanco Cross Country Hall of Fame during the program's end of season banquet. |
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