End of the run

Tulpehocken's season came to an end Friday.

The Trojans fell, 1-0, in their second round match with Wyomissing in the PIAA Class AA girls' soccer championship.

Ultimately, the season ends for Tulpehocken, but not without a District 3 Class AA title to its credit - no small feat, indeed.

Look for a recap of the season and a special feature in the next Item, due out June 4.

A holiday? Never heard of it.

I must start by apologizing the the readers who've been on this blog since it started not too long ago. It's been a while since I've had a day off and this past weekend I got to enjoy three of them in a row. How lucky!

But now it's back to the grind and we're busy working on the next issue of The Item all while this week's paper hits the stands today. You may notice several slight changes to the look of your paper, but you also may not. It's subtle.

Last week, getting two papers together to honor the early Memorial Day deadline, was a bit hectic, but everything got done. You will notice, however, we haven't got much Memorial Day coverage in the paper because of that deadline, but I'll do my best to recount the Hamburg happenings through the blog as we continue through the week.

Our main story this week is focusing on the changing face of education for Hamburg elementary students. I've never had the pleasure of learning in a brand new school, but what's in store for students set to attend the new Tilden Elementary school should be quite exciting.

It will truly be "Out with the Old" as the schools I visited last week were in desperate need of some updates, though they keep a certain intimate atmosphere. Every new school I've attended seems rather antiseptic at first, but so does a new house until it's made a home.

In Sports, the deadline (again with the deadline) forced us to miss the Tulpehocken girls' District 3 triumph over rival Fleetwood, securing a championship and a high seed in tonight's PIAA tournament first round match against Wyoming Seminary at Exeter HS.

Also, be sure to check out the story on Page 13 of the Kutztown woman winning a new Ford Mustang at Schlenker Ford in Hamburg. I won't deliver any spoilers here: the short story is definitely worth a read.

Keep checking back for those Desktop Backgrounds I promised on today's Front Page, too.

Happy reading!

Another sports post?

As expected, Tulpehocken and Hamburg made it through to the second round, really the first round, of the District playoffs. This system is a lot like the Stanley Cup playoffs. Everyone seems to make it to the postseason. A total 31 teams have extended season in Class AA.

Some of those District dreams ended Thursday, though. As I said, Tulpehocken had no trouble whatsoever with Lancaster Christian, winning 12-0. Hamburg shut out Biglerville, 4-0.

This will set up Saturday matches in the Round of 16:

Tulpehocken will play Central Catholic, which beat Shippensburg, 3-1, to advance. Hamburg will face a much tougher test, playing Wyomissing, a 5-0 winner over Camp Hill Thursday. If both local schools win those matches, they'd face each other in the next round (quarterfinals).