There are different ways to describe when a team follows a setback with another setback and none of them conjure good thoughts but that is where the CV softball team is currently. After dropping seven of their last eight games the Lady Buckskins sit at 5-8 overall and currently reside outside the 16-team District 3-5A playoff field.

The Lady 'Bucks did manage to break up the run with a win on April 19th, but it proved to be a blip with Lampeter-Strasburg handing out a loss on the 21st. The 7-2 setback went on Rhiannon Henry's record with the senior hurler tallying six strikeouts while allowing just four earned runs. Brylee Bateson picked up the lone RBI for CV with a fifth inning single.

One day later the Lady Buckskins ended up on the wrong side of an 11-4 final with Governor Mifflin inflicting the damage. Henry took another loss despite allowing only three earned runs as eight CV errors tipped the scales to the Lady Mustangs side. Bateson covered the final two outs and was hit with an unearned run of her own. Bateson, Bianca Henry, and Kaitlyn Humphreville totaled four hits and three RBI.

Conestoga Valley's third loss in as many games was the most difficult with CV going hitless to give Ephrata the 1-0 win. Henry finished with five strikeouts and two walks but took the loss after a single CV error allowed an unearned run to cross.

The win on April 19th came over Lebanon with Conestoga Valley needing five innings to collect the 14-3 victory. Henry gave way to Bateson in the circle with the junior allowing four hits and three runs to go with five strikeouts and three walks. Alexa Freeburn drove in three runs on two hits while Henry, Isabella Rodriguez and Laila Smith all finished with two RBI.

TENNIS

In the case of most sports teams, the best way to finish a season is with a win. That is exactly what the boy's tennis team did, even if it was a regular season finale, the Buckskins still clipped Penn Manor by a 6-1 final. Michael Horst, Fabian Heine, and Nolan Miller did half the work in singles action with all three posting a win. The trio also helped secure CV's first team points with a sweep in doubles action where Horst teamed with Yuji Wenger, Heine with Boro Krstic, and Miller with Eli Lefever.

VOLLEYBALL

The boys' volleyball team continues to walk the line, the playoff line. The Buckskins are 5-4 overall tucked just inside the District 3-3A playoff field as the season hits the home stretch.

One of those losses came on the 20th when a visit from Warwick resulted in a 3-1 loss where CV kept the Warriors from the sweep with a 25-23 game three win. That proved to delay the inevitable by one game with Warwick adding a 25-14 match sealing result to their 25-12 and 25-23 opening wins. Caron Hoover finished with 15 kills and Drew Hultstrand collected 30 assists. Rowan Aisenbrey added 14 digs.

Conestoga Valley rebounded nicely with a sweep of McCaskey on the 25th. Hultstrand fronted the 25-16, 25-16 and 25-22 victory with 31 assists, 13 digs and two kills. Hoover added 13 kills to help the cause.

BASEBALL

A season of struggles continues for the baseball team with losses to Lampeter-Strasburg and Ephrata, outweighing a win over Lebanon to leave the Buckskins 4-9 on the year.

The win over Lebanon went down on the 19th with Brendan Bossert cruising to the 11-2 victory. The senior covered all seven innings, allowing just one hit and two earned runs to go with two strikeouts and four walks. Caden Miller and Evan Wilson each finished with four RBI, but Miller needed just one hit while Wilson used three.

The Buckskins tripped up on the 21st, falling to Lampeter-Strasburg by a 5-1 final. Evan Lapp pushed CV's lone run across with his first inning double while Owen Fisher took the loss. Fisher allowed just four hits and had seven strikeouts, but those five Pioneer runs proved too much.

Conestoga Valley dropped their April 24th showdown with Ephrata by an 11-0 final. Wilson, Lapp, and Brandon Hursh each had one single to cover the CV offense. Jude Thompson got the start and took the loss, allowing five runs on eight hits over his five innings of work. Wilson covered the final two innings and was tagged for the final six Mountaineer runs. The pair combined for five strikeouts and six walks.

LACROSSE

Winner, winner!! It may have taken 12 games, but the girls lacrosse team finally emerged victorious, topping Ephrata by a 10-9 final on the 24th. The Lady 'Bucks jumped out to a 10-3 halftime lead and nearly saw the win slip away with six second half goals from the Lady Mountaineers shrinking the final down to one goal. Jamie Handwerger stopped seven shots to earn the win while Sophia Hess paced the offense with four goals. Alaina Culbert and Jordyn Hironimus netted two scores apiece while Rachel Tsai and Samantha Silvaggio tacked on one each.

A few days prior, on the 20th, CV absorbed a 21-3 loss to Penn Manor. This time 13 Handwerger saves were not enough with Hess, Silvaggio and Haley Givler scoring one time each.

Flipping to boys' lacrosse, the Buckskins split the Penn Manor and Ephrata games with a win over the Comets on the 20th and a loss to the Mountaineers on the 24th.

Soren Stoltzfus tallied 11 saves in the 13-9 Penn Manor loss, adding another nine in the 14-8 win over Ephrata. Jeff Fisher totaled eight goals with six coming in the win while Hunter Silvaggio scored three times in the win and twice in the loss. Noah Nolt added four goals and one assist over the two-game stretch while Tyson Zwaska went for three goals and two assists. Seth Frankford cleaned up the remaining two goals with both coming against the Comets.

TRACK

The drain of track's dual meet season continued for the Buckskins on the 24th with a 95-55 loss for the girls and an 83-67 setback for the boys coming from a trip to Ephrata.

Aidan Zimmerman was the lone two-event winner on the boy's side, topping both the javelin and discus fields. Zach Phy went solo with a 40.6 to win the 300H and took part in the victorious 400m relay along with Jayden Johnson, Colin Hoffner and Michael Jackson. Caleb Malari picked up the final win on the track with a 14.8 in the 110H. Ben Eberly in the triple jump and Meachey in the pole vault rounded out the event wins.

On the girl's side it was Brooke Denlinger posting the double, taking both the 100H (15.6) and the 300H (49.4) while adding a leg of the winning 400m relay to her day. Hallie Schnapf, Mae Linder, and Alondra Ortiz joined Denlinger in the relay win. Katelyn Williams collected the final solo win, taking the javelin with a toss of 101-6. Meagan Kime, Kylee Antrim, Seana Dougherty and Bellamarie Alston opened the meet with a win in the 3200m relay.