With half their season in the books, the CV baseball team sits at 3-7. In early April, the Buckskins sat at 3-2. Five straight losses have followed with the two most recent being to Lampeter-Strasburg and Solanco.

The Pioneers made quick work of CV on the 14th, holding the 'Bucks hitless leading to a 7-0 final. Brendan Bossert took the loss after allowing Lampeter-Strasburg's first four runs over six and two-third innings. Jude Thompson was hit for the final three runs.

Conestoga Valley was not able to escape with a win but after a hitless loss, the 'Bucks' can count the 8-3 setback to Solanco on the 17th as a positive. Thompson took the loss after covering five of the six innings for CV with Evan Wilson taking care of the final three outs. Wilson added an RBI, pushing across Conestoga Valley's final run in the seventh via fielders' choice. Caden Miller accounted for the remainder of the offense with his fifth inning blast.

TENNIS

The tennis team took a rare extended weekday trip on April 14th, competing in the Altoona Invitational. The Buckskins returned home with a 5-0 loss to Dallastown coupled with a 4-1 loss to Mount Lebanon. Michael Horst picked up the lone team point on the day.

CV rebounded nicely with their return to the L-L, topping Manheim Central by a 7-0 count on the 18th. Horst was joined by Yuji Wenger, Fabian Heine and Nolan Miller as singles winners while Horst and Wenger teamed up for a number one doubles win. Heine teamed with Boro Kristic and Miller with Eli Lefever to complete the match sweep with doubles victories.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

The girl's lacrosse team suffered losses to Ephrata, Manheim Township, Exeter and Hempfield over the last week.

Despite three goals each by Danai Ulrich, Jordyn Hironimus and Rachel Tsai, CV fell to Ephrata in overtime on the 12th, 17-16. Sophia Hess and Samantha Silvaggio added two goals apiece while Alaina Culbert, Isabelle Miller and Mikyla Rineer finished the scoring with one goal each. Jamie Handwerger finished with seven saves.

Two days later, CV battled the buzz saw known as Manheim Township with the Blue Streaks cruising to a 20-1 victory. Handwerger tallied 11 saves in the loss while Hess accounted for the lone score.

Up next was a visit from Exeter on the 17th with the Lady Eagles collecting a 16-6 win on their way out of town. Hess and Ulrich netted two scores each with Miller and Silvaggio splitting the remaining two goals. Handwerger added 10 saves to her season tally.

One day later the Lady Buckskins made the trip to Hempfield and returned with a 21-2 setback in tow. This time it was Ulrich and Culbert doing the scoring with Handwerger finishing with eight saves.

VOLLEYBALL

A win over Manheim Township was followed by a loss to Cedar Crest over the last week, leaving Conestoga Valley 5-3 overall.

CV used 14 kills and eight digs from Carson Hoover as well as 31 assists from Drew Hultstrand to take out Township by a 3-0 final. Two aces and one block from Garret Funck also helped secure the 25-19, 25-19 and 25-20 win.

Conestoga Valley started strong against Cedar Crest on the 18th, taking game one 25-21 but the Falcons regrouped to hand CV three straight losses, 17-25, 19-25 and 14-25. Hultstrand tallied 34 assists and Hoover 18 kills. Rowan Aisenbrey added 17 digs and two aces while Jemiah Burkholder finished with three blocks.

SOFTBALL

The softball team saw their two-game blip turn into a quick four game slide with losses to Lampeter-Strasburg and Solanco adding to Elizabethtown and Solanco losses.

Rhiannon Henry was hit with both losses, covering six innings in the 8-3 loss to Lampeter-Strasburg on the 14th and eight and one-third innings in the 7-3, extra inning, setback to Solanco on the 17th. She totaled 13 strikeouts and 10 walks over the two games with six CV errors leading to five of the 15 runs counting as unearned.

Izzy Rodriguez and Alexa Freeburn each enjoyed two hits opposite L-S. Rodriguez used a second inning double for her lone RBI while Freeburn did the same with a fourth inning single. CV plated their third and final run on a passed ball.

Against the Golden Mares, the Lady Buckskins plated two of their three runs off a Solanco error in the third with Brylee Bateson capping the rally with a sacrifice bunt for the team's lone RBI.

BOYS' LACROSSE

The boys' lacrosse team had their three-game winning streak snapped courtesy of a 15-3 loss to Hempfield on the 18th. Soren Stoltzfus finished with 16 saves in the loss while Jeff Fisher, Tyson Zwaska and Hunter Silvaggio split the three scores.

The winning streak reached three games on the 12th when CV topped Ephrata 13-9. Eleven Stoltzfus saves were enough thanks to five Fisher goals as well as four from Isaiah Sensenig. Noah Nolt added two scores with Zwaska and Silvaggio picking up one each.

TRACK

The track team posted their second straight double win with the boy's topping Cocalico 107-44 while the Lady Bucks posted a 107.3-42.7 win on April 17th.

Thabo Lautsbaugh and Aiden Zimmerman led the way with two wins each for the boys with victories in the 1600m and 3200m relays also helping the cause. Lautsbaugh claimed the long (21-0.5) and triple (42-2) jumps while Zimmerman was king of the javelin (165-6) and discus (142-3). Yonatanne Desta, Ryan Muckle, Mason Denlinger and Jordan Craighead claimed the 3200m relay while Carson Miller, Hoffner, Zach Phy and Joey Castronova took the win on the 1600m relay. Phy added a solo win in th 300H with Castronova taking the 400m.

Ish Camacho picked up the final field win, clearing 10-6 in the pole vault. Hoffner added a 200m win with Micah Kao (800m) and Timothy Gitonga (3200m) rounding out the winners.

The Lady Buckskins posted wins in all three relays for a quick 15 team points. Asha Marwaha, Abigail Zook, Kylee Antrim and Seana Dougherty claimed the 3200 relay, Halie Schnapf, Brooke Denlinger, Mae Linder and Alondra Ortiz took care of the 400m relay while Bellemarie Alston, Denlinger, Felicia Pius and Ortiz captured the 1600m relay.

The remaining six track wins were split between Denlinger (100H and 300H), Alston (800m and 1600m) and Ortiz (100m and 200m) while five different athletes captured field wins. Pius was the lone field winner to have success on the track adding the shot-put title to her relay leg. Erica Forrey claimed the javelin as the only other victor in the throws. Katelyn Williams (long), Elyse Emrey (triple) and Ellie Hershey (high) teamed up for a sweep in the jumps.