BASEBALL
Chambersburg 5, State College 0: The Trojans finally got their season started and responded with a victory over State College in a Mid Penn Commonwealth game at Green Twp. Park on Thursday.

Austin Kopp was instrumental in the win for Chambersburg, throwing a three-hit shutout for 6 innings and contributing an RBI single that added the final run. Bailey Leedy and Brady Hughes also drove in runs with base hits and Aiden Newman drew an RBI walk.

Kopp struck out 9 batters, and, after a hit batter and walk to start the game, did not issue another walk. Skylar McLean threw the final inning and allowed 2 hits.

SOFTBALL
Chambersburg 13, State College 11: The Trojans hit the road to bring home a victory in their first game of the season, scoring 11 total runs in the last two innings.

There Little Lions held the lead for much of the game, until the Trojans struck for 6 runs in the sixth and 5 more in top of the seventh. Mackenzie Stake won the game in relief of Brooklyn Miller.

Chambersburg, which was issued 7 walks, spread out 11 hits, including two each by Kara Neidigh, Alexis Estep, Haiden Brookens and Molly Keefer. Hannah Weagley doubled in two runs, and Neidigh, Estep and Brookens each had a pair of RBIs.

BOYS LACROSSE
Chambersburg 11, Mechanicsburg 6: The Trojans won their second straight game by handing Mechanicsburg a Mid Penn defeat.

Brandin Cosey led the attack for Chambersburg (2-3 MPC) with 3 goals, but the scoring was spread out. Thomas Elia and Haden Ocker each scored twice, while Jake Gordon, Klein Burkholder, Grayson Hopple and Riley Ocker each had one goal. Riley Ocker, Grayson Hopple, Jace Hopple and Zach Smith each had an assist.

Haden Ocker, Gordon and Nash Bothe each had 6 grounds balls and Bothe played a key role by winning 14 faceoffs and losing only 6.

Trojan coach Paul Flohr said, “Nash did a really good job and it was a nice win.”

GIRLS LACROSSE
Chambersburg 19, Mechanicsburg 13: Chambersburg evened its record at 2-2 in Mid Penn play by taking a 10-6 halftime lead and maintaining control.

Two Trojans reached milestones during the contest. Goalie Micaela Champion (pictured above) is now the all-time saves leader in the program; she made 10 saves Thursday and now leads with 371. Also, Hannah Raines scored 10 goals, which gives her 105 for her career and extended her all-time school scoring record.

Rachel Dusman scored 4 goals, Cameron Stouffer and Ashlyn Bothe each scored 2 goals and Mackenzie Miller had one. Dusman and Bothe added a pair of assists each and Stouffer had one.

Chambersburg assistant coach Rachel Cross said, “We got a strong performance in the first half on defense (Beatrice Schellhase, Courtney Kirby, Brooke Stevens and Kaylin Shearer) and by our middies (Dusman, Raines, Barrett Cross and Bothe).”

BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Central Dauphin 3, Chambersburg 2: The Trojans drew even at 2-2 by taking games 3 and 4, but Central Dauphin took the fifth set 15-8 to gain a Mid Penn Commonwealth win.

The scores were 26-24 and 25-20 in CD’s favor and 25-23 and 26-24 in Chambersburg’s favor.

“We got down early in the third set, but we were able to claw our way back thanks to performances by Wesley Newman and Dylan Culler off the bench,” Trojan coach Paul Schlabach said.  “We found ourselves down early again in the fourth set, but managed to fight our way back in that game as well. We ended up falling short, but I’m proud of the way our team fought.  In the end, Central Dauphin was more consistent and we hurt ourselves with too many unforced errors.”

The top Trojan performers were Colton Wright (21 digs), Steve Swain (11 kills, 8 digs), Trey Stepler (13 kills, 2 aces, 13 digs) and Will Simmers (16 kills).