Print Edition Highlights - November 5, 2015
Photo by Curt Werner.
Flames silhouettte a firefighter as he hoses down a fully-engulfed garage early Sunday morning in Franklin Township.
____ A garage was destroyed by an early morning fire November 1 at 1:08 a.m. on Range End Road near Century Lane, Franklin Township. The structure was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. First to man the hoses were Carla Snyder with Citizens Hose and Chad Lindsay with Franklintown.
____ Five companies responded including Franklintown, Dillsburg Citizen Hose, Monroe, York Springs, Upper Allen and Lake Meade. Fire police, Northern Regional Police, Holy Spirit ambulance and Dillsburg ambulance were also on the scene. No one was injured.
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Local election highlights
By Peggie Williams
____ With two openings available on the Carroll Township board of supervisors, Republican Bruce Trostle retained his seat with 630 votes and will be joined on the board by fellow Republican Brian Schmick who pulled in 762 votes. David Holmes who is registered as both Democrat and Republican got 282 votes.
____ The four open four-year seats on the Franklintown Borough council were won back by incumbents - Tony Vasco with 55 votes, Dick Blouch with 51, Doug Isenberg with 66 and Rodney Stein with 69. Gerald Ulrich ran unopposed to fill two years of an unexpired term.
____ In Franklin Township, Kevin Cummings and Michael Ryan ran unopposed after beating incumbents, Donald Lerew and John Shambaugh in the primary, but the race garnered a large write-in response with 255 votes going to candidates that are unnamed in the unofficial results posted Wednesday morning.
____ All other races in the area were uncontested resulting in Republicans David Baldwin, Yvonne Laukemann and Jeffrey Griffin returning to the Dillsburg Borough council. Vicki Aycock is filling a seat on the Monaghan Township council that will be vacated by Linda Schoffner. Wellsville Borough has two incumbent Republicans, Soundra Heefner and Larry Schindel, Jr. returning with Jennifer Hockensmith filling the third empty seat. Incumbent Harlen Anderson, Jr. returns to Washington Township. Incumbent Republicans George Defrain, III and Thomas Hawkins will return to the Warrington Township board of supervisors.
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Print Edition Highlights - November 5, 2015
Polar Bears blank third playoff opponent, set for district title game against Fleetwood
Focus now on Middletown
By Andy Sandrik
Photo by Curt Werner.
Northern's Toni Feite beats another player for a header to advance the ball.
____For the second time in three seasons, the Northern girls soccer team will be playing for a District 3-AA title.
____The No. 1-seeded Polar Bears, led by confident first-year coach Seth Lehman, moved on to the title game after beating No. 9 Middletown 2-0 in Thursday's quarterfinals and bouncing No. 5 Susquehannock 1-0 in Monday's semfinals.
____Northern (19-2), which has shut out every opponent it has faced this postseason, will face No. 2 Fleetwood (18-1-3) on Saturday for the district championship. The game will be played at 3:30 p.m. at Hersheypark Stadium.
____The Polar Bears' girls soccer program is gunning for its second district title in school history; it's first came in 2013 under coach Mindy Smith.
____“I just get chills. I couldn't be prouder of this group of girls,” Lehman said. "There were a lot of expectations on the girls and just the fact that they understood those expectations and ramped it up even more has me amazed. They've come together as a team on and off the field.
____"They are great with taking it game by game, but they're really enjoying the ride altogether."
____The only thing that stands between Northern and a district title is Fleetwood, a team that advanced to the finals with wins over No. 18 Lancaster Mennonite (2-0), No. 7 Manheim Central (3-1) and No. 6 ELCO (1-0).
____Lehman is expecting a difficult challenge from the Tigers, who have pitched 13 shutouts this season.
____"I expect a very physical game," Lehman said. "They are an athletic team with a good goal scorer and a good keeper and defense. The one thing we can do is possess the ball to open up lanes and open up the attacking third. I'm looking for really big things on Saturday."
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Northern Marching Band completes competitive season
The Northern High School Marching Band at Hersheypark Stadium.
____ On Sunday, Nov. 1, Northern Marching Band concluded their competitive season at the 2015 Tournament of Bands (TOB) Atlantic Coast Championship (ACC). Nearly 50 bands from the East Coast competed at the ACC Championship in Hersheypark Stadium. Northern competed against 24 other bands in the ACC 3 open class category. Their hard work and dedication paid off as they were awarded their highest score of the season, a 93.6 along with a Silver Championship Trophy for 7th place out of the 25 bands.
____ On their return home, the band was escorted through town by Dillsburg Citizens Hose Company No. 1. Awaiting them at the school was a long line of cars with flashing lights and honking horns along with the cheers of family and friends congratulating them on a successful season.
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Colonial title up for grabs
By Joe Guty
Photo by Curt Werner.
Northern's Christopher Barret runs for a touchdown in the second quarter of play against Lower Dauphin.
____A classic Friday- night-under-the-lights gridiron battle at Bostic Field is in store for football fans this week. The Mid Penn Colonial Division leaders-Northern and East Pennsboro - share identical league and overall records at 5-0, 7-2. At stake is the 2015 Colonial Division title. For the Polar Bears, it's also Senior Night and the last regular season game. While Northern is assured of a District 3 playoff spot, what matters most is the league title for a Polar Bear team that has exceeded pre-season expectations.
____Northern hit a minor road block last Friday night when they travelled to Hersheypark Stadium to face Class AAAA Lower Dauphin H.S. in a non divisional contest. The host Falcons scored five touchdowns and a field goal before Bobby Shelly scored on a nine-yard fourth quarter touchdown. When the final buzzer sounded, the hosts celebrated a 38-7 win and head coach Rob Klock's 100th career victory.
____In many ways, it was a stern, character building loss against the 8-1 Falcons. Lower Dauphin is strong in all aspects of the game. The game gave Northern a taste of what they could face in post season competition. Quarterback Tommy Klock (13-for-21 and 200 yards passing) scored first for LD as he romped for a 7-yard TD at 9:16 in the first quarter. George Hatalowich (121 yards on the night on 20 carries), a 1000 yard plus senior running back, found the end zone from six yards out with less than four minutes left in the quarter. In the second quarter, he scored on a 13-yard run followed by an 8-yard run in the third quarter. Antonio Heredia nailed a 33-yard field goal in the fourth quarter followed by Angel Cruz' 28-yard touchdown run at 8:04.
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Wolf Tracks
Respect should outweigh fear
By Dave Wolf
Photo by Dave Wolf.
There are approximately 18,000 black bears in Pennsylvania.
____ Jared Kearns qualified for another trip to the PIAA state meet when he placed 10th in last Saturday's District 3, Class AAA boys' Cross Country Championships. On the 3.1 mile course at Big Spring H.S., the senior clocked 16:16 in the field that had 274 finishers. That's the highest finish by a Northern boys team runner since Matt Pettit won districts back in 1999. Junior Nathan Henderson of J.P. McCaskey won the individual 2015 District 3 title in 15:38.
____ The 2015 PIAA State Championships are slated for this upcoming Saturday, Nov. 7 in at the Parkview course Hershey.
____ In 2014, Kearns placed 28th (17:07) at the District 3 Class AAA meet and then took 122nd place (17:17) in the 2014 PIAA State meet. Improving a minute off of his time from last year has put Kearns in prime position for a high finish at states. He'll definitely have the vocal and moral support of teammates who have improved as well this past year.
____ "Looking back on the 2015 season, we had a very talented team and finally started to see some of that talent the last few weeks," said Head Coach Dave Ramsey. "Obviously Kearns ran great finishing 10th, but Paul Feite ran a 17:06 which is faster than Jared ran at Big Spring as a junior. We also had lifetime personal records out of seniors Garrett Knoebel 18:10 and Matt Simmons 18:26."
____ With 571 points, Northern finished 21st out of 37 teams. Hempfield won the team title with 141points followed by Cumberland Valley (167), Carlisle (211) and Wilson (216). The top four teams in Class AAA advance to states. Based on scoring places, sophomore Paul Feite placed 60th (17:06) followed by Knoebel in 159th place, sophomore Nate Sprigg 160th (18:11), Simmons in 182nd place, freshman Jeremiah Knight in 189th place (18:32) and senior Dakota Santo in 220th place (18:56). Locally, Mechanicsburg H.S. sophomore Morgan Cupp placed fourth in 16:00 and his teammate, junior Andrew Sulon placed 30th in (16:43).
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