Baseball Recap: Lancaster Mennonite Takes a Loss

Lancaster Mennonite had lost three straight on the road, but on Monday they dropped their record down to 3-8 to make it four. They lost 13-3 to the Northern Lebanon Vikings. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Vikings this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 15-0 on April 2nd.

Kyler Buckwalter

Runs

04/21/25 @ Northern Lebanon	2
04/04/25 vs La Academia Charter	2
03/18/25 vs La Academia Charter	2
04/10/25 vs Lancaster Catholic	1
04/09/25 @ Annville-Cleona	1

Kyler Buckwalter was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs. He has become a key player for Lancaster Mennonite: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-7 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Ian Yen, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

As for Northern Lebanon, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 13-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games.

On Northern Lebanon's side, the team relied heavily on Owen Fahringer, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Those three stolen bases gave Fahringer a new career-high. Riley Messinger was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Lancaster Mennonite will square off against rival Lancaster Catholic at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Northern Lebanon is set to challenge their familiar foe Columbia at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday.