The sign of a true champion is how you bounce back from defeat. For the boys' volleyball team, a solid bounce back win over McCaskey after a loss to Hempfield was welcome but most likely not enough to earn the Buckskins a playoff berth. CV sits just outside the cutlines for both playoff spots with only a few regular season matches remaining.

That bounce back win over McCaskey was via a 3-0 final on May 3rd with CV posting wins of 25-17, 25-11 and 25-16. Kenji Pha piloted the offense with 20 assists with Carson Hoover collecting eight kills. Hoover added seven digs while Camden Clapper chipped in with three blocks and Jayden Rice four aces.

Conestoga Valley needed that win after falling to Hempfield 3-1 on April 28th. CV opened the match with a 26-24 win, but Hempfield shut down any upset bid with back-to-back 25-10 victories. The Knights closed out the match with a 25-18 game four. Hoover tallied 20 kills while Kyle Hutchinson had 13 digs and Drew Hultstrand 25 assists.

BOYS' LACROSSE

The boy's lacrosse team is holding out hope that the roller coaster season that saw them follow an 8-2 opening run with a 1-4 stretch has one last upswing that pushes the Buckskins into the postseason. CV kicked off that two-game push on May 3rd, topping Garden Spot 10-4 behind Tyson Zwaska's three goals. Jeff Fisher added two scores with Hunter Silvaggio, Noah Harrison, Isaiah Sensenig and Justin Corson and Noah Nolt cleaning up the offense. Ben Nolt turned away eight shots to earn the win.

Before the 'Bucks got to the win they finished that 1-4 stretch with losses to Cocalico and Great Valley. Twenty-three Ben Nolt saves were not enough to keep Cocalico at bay on April 29th, with the Eagles posting a 10-7 win. Fisher (3g-2a) and Silvaggio (2g) led the attack with help from Keller Dillman (1g) and Noah Nolt (1g).

CV closed out April on the 30th with a 12-9 loss to Great Valley. Only three players scored led by Fisher's five. Dillman added two goals while Noah Nolt picked up the final two scores. Ben Nolt turned away 19 shots.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

The girl's lacrosse team experienced two kinds of heartbreak in losses to Cedar Crest and Penn Manor. Up first was the setback to Cedar Crest on April 28th where the Lady Buckskins were unable to maintain their halftime lead leading to an 8-7 loss. Danae Ulrich (4g) and Jordyn Hironimus (3g) accounted for the offense while nine Jamie Handwerger saves fell just short.

The second round of heartbreak came on May 3rd where a failed second half surge left Penn Manor with a 17-14 victory. CV trailed 12-5 at the break, meaning a 9-5 second half surge was not enough. Handwerger posted another nine save effort while Sophia Hess led the offense with four goals. Ulrich tacked on two more while Annika Bredeman, Cassandra Malles, Bailey Post-Raeburn, Caroline Kulp, Allyson Stauffer, Isabelle Miller, and Mikyla Rineer divvied up the remaining seven goals.

BASEBALL

The baseball team enjoyed a double sweet win over Lampeter-Strasburg on April 27th not only snapping a seven-game slide, but also avenging a 13-3 season opening loss. Connor Esbenshade allowed three hits, two runs, and added 10 strikeouts during his nearly six innings on the mound, earning the win with help from Preston Fisher and his relief work. Abdiel Fernandez, Tucker Hastings, Evan Wilson, and Owen Fisher split the run production with one RBI each.

Things turned on the 30th with a 10-7 loss to Elizabethtown. Hastings got the start but exited after five runs and one out. Caden Miller covered the remaining five plus innings with the pair combining for seven strikeouts. Owen Fisher and Evan Lapp covered the offense, each posting a two-hit game. Fisher collected three RBI while Lapp drove in two runs.

Up next was Solanco on May 2. CV used three pitchers in the 11-6 loss with Owen Fisher taking the hit after getting the start and covering four innings. Lapp and Jude Thompson split up the remaining three frames and four runs and combined with Fisher for eight strikeouts. Titus York made the most of his one hit, driving in two-fifth inning runs while Miller smacked a one run double in the sixth to highlight his two-hit game.

TENNIS

The boy's tennis team wrapped their regular and postseason over the last week, posting a 4-1 win over Governor Mifflin on April 27th to close out the regular season. One day later CV welcomed most of the L-L League for the Flight Tournament, but that hospitality did not lead to success. Henry McQuate-Krahnke went 2-1 with wins over Justin Weist (Warwick) and Daniele Lerner (McCaskey) before falling to the eventual champion at number four singles, Jack Nyveldt of Elizabethtown. Jason Schlegelmilch picked up the only other singles win, topping Manheim Township's Luke Welch in the first round before bowing out with a loss to Hempfield's Andre Hurst. Yuji Wenger, in No. 1 singles and Nolan Miller at No. 2, dropped their first-round matches, falling out of their respective brackets in the process.

The going was just as difficult in doubles action with Grady Ray and Ivan Shrom posting the only win, by topping Annville-Cleona's Henry Waldhausen and Wyatt Alcala. A quarterfinal loss to Lampeter-Strasburg's Kyle Pawson and Jack Harnish ended the pair's No. 3 doubles title run. CV's two other doubles teams, Wenger and McQuate-Krahnke and Miller and Schlegelmilch dropped out of their brackets with opening round losses.

SOFTBALL

The positive momentum gained by the softball team's recent three-game run disappeared with a three-game slide. That slide started on April 27th with a 13-5 loss to Lampeter-Strasburg. L-S jumped on Rhiannon Henry, scoring 11 of their 13 runs in the first three innings. Henry finished with nine strikeouts but still took the loss. CV plated three of their runs via the long ball with Laken Smith, Becca Hartranft and Henry all connecting on solo home runs.

Conestoga Valley lasted just five innings in their 10-0 loss to Elizabethtown on the 29th. Henry covered all five innings with 10 runs and seven hits allowed. Hartranft picked up the lone hit, a third inning single.

The May 2nd loss to Solanco went just four innings with the hosts posting a 16-0 win. Henry, Smith, and Alexa Freeburn collected one single each while Henry absorbed the loss after working three-plus innings.

TRACK

The track team participated in the Schuylkill Invitation on April 30th with both squads enjoying third place team finishes. The Buckskins earned five gold medals with three of them establishing new meet records. Zach Phy (300H) and Zach Stoudt (long jump) handled the boy's meet records while the 400m relay team of Hallie Schnapf, Isabelle Johnson, Alondra Ortiz, and Mae Linder handled the girls. Nick Tran added a gold with a win in the 100m. Jaz Cintron, Linder, Johnson, and Kylynn Frankford also earned gold winning the 1600m relay.

CV returned to dual meet action on May 2nd where the boy's fell to Manheim Township 95-55 while the girl's won 76-74.