He's a Buckeye

As I reported on Tide Talk on Sunday, football star Terrelle Pryor made it official today, signing a letter of intent to play football at Ohio State.

He also was being courted by Duke and UCLA for basketball, but they wouldn't allow him to play football.

All-Star game

Tonight at 7 at Hempfield, the annual L-L League Boys' All-Star game will be played.

It's your last chance to see Mike Seibert, Ben Guiles, Adam Pittman and Colby Tuell play.

Tide is a top 5 team

Call it a little hometown bias, or pride, but after watching the second half (there’s a story here) and the overtime of Saturday’s Class AA state championship between Jeanette and Trinity, I’d have to say that the Columbia boys’ basketball team ranks in the top five in the state.

What? Are you dreaming? No, but I was sleeping. Seems after eating ice cream from the Creamery during the second half of the Girls A game Saturday, I dozed off for most of the first half of that game.

No, I am not dreaming, That’s how good Columbia was this season.
Mansion, along with Jeanette and Imhotep (who I saw on television), Columbia, Trinity and Holy Cross, who I did not see, but based on records, I would have to say are the top AA teams.

My ranking order would be Jeanette, Mansion, Imhotep, Columbia, Holy Cross and Trinity.

Now wait a minute, Trinity beat Columbia didn’t they? Yes, but my thought process is that if they would play 10 times, Columbia would probably win at least eight. It was just one of those nights.

Columbia played Mansion tougher than anyone in the state playoffs and had a couple of shots dropped or not dropped the other way, Columbia would have been playing Saturday.

That’s how special this team was.

Schedules

Softball
Thursday, March 20, at Red Lion
Tuesday, March 25, Pine Grove
Thursday, March 27, at McCaskey
Monday, March 31, at Lancaster Mennonite
Wednesday, April 2, Pequea Valley
Friday, April 4, at Lebanon Catholic
Monday, April 7, at Lancaster Catholic
Wednesday, April 9, Annville-Cleona
Friday, April 11, at Donegal
Monday, April 14, L-S
Wednesday, April 16, at Manheim Central
Friday, April 18, Lebanon
Monday, April 21, at ELCO
Wednesday, April 23, Northern Lebanon
Friday, April 25, Lancaster Mennonite
Monday, April 28, at Pequea Valley
Wednesday, April 30, at Lebanon Catholic
Thursday, May 1, Lancaster Catholic
Monday, May 5, at Annville-Cleona
All games at 4:15 p.m.

Baseball
Thursday, March 20, Mount Calvary
Tuesday, March 25, Living Word Academy
Thursday, March 27, McCaskey
Monday, March 31, Lancaster Mennonite
Wednesday, April 2, at Pequea Valley
Friday, April 4, Lebanon Catholic
Monday, April 7, Lancaster Catholic
Wednesday, April 9, at Annville-Cleona
Friday, April 11,Donegal
Monday, April 14, at L-S (7 p.m.)
Wednesday, April 16, Manheim Central
Friday, April 18, at Lebanon
Monday, April 21, ELCO
Wednesday, April 23, at Northern Lebanon
Friday, April 25, at Lancaster Mennonite
Monday, April 28, Pequea Valley
Wednesday, April 30, at Lebanon Catholic
Thursday, May 1, at Lancaster Catholic
Monday, May 5, Annville-Cleona
All games at 4:15 p.m., unless noted.

Track
Thursday, March 20, Elizabethtown
Thursday, March 27, Northern Lebanon
Monday, March 31, Donegal
Saturday, April 5, at White Rose Invitational (TBA).
Monday, April 7, ELCO
Saturday, April 12, at Pan-Ram Invitational (TBA)
Thursday, April 17, Hempfield
Monday, April 21, at Lancaster Mennonite
Saturday, April 26, at Morgan Invitational (TBA)
Monday, April 28, at Annville-Cleona
Friday, May 2, at Eastern York
Saturday, May 3, Blue Streak Relays (TBA)
Monday, May 5, Lancaster Mennonite.
All meets at 4 p.m., unless noted

J.H. Track
Tuesday, April 1, Wheatland
Tuesday, April 8, at Annville-Cleona
Thursday, April 17, at Elizabethtown
Tuesday, April 22, at Hand
Tuesday, April 29, Northern Lebanon
Tuesday, May 6, Reynolds
Thursday, May 8, at ELCO
All meets at 4 p.m.
NOTE: Schedules are subject to change depending on the weather. For more information, check www.columbia.k12.pa.us.

Kandle Bingo for K-9

The Columbia K-9 Campaign will hold a Kandle Bingo on Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m., at the Columbia VFW, Fourth and Manor streets.

The doors open at noon and bingo begins at 1 p.m.

The cost is $20 for 20 games.

Proceeds from the event benefit the police department’s K-9 Officer Max.

For more information, call 684-5435.

Perry Street update

Two years ago, nine homes in the 200 block of Perry Street were destroyed by a fire. While some have rebuilt their homes, two years later, the recovery continues.

The Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority has stepped to the plate to assist with the recovery.

“Over the last year we have met with the residents and citizens to do a planning process to redevelop the area,” said Karen Bousquet, a Community Development Assistant for the Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority.

Bousquet said the residents were a little hesitant at first about the government’s involvement.

Find out more in this week's Columbia Ledger.