Bradley Huebner

Nov 6, 2024 | lancasteronline.com | Bradley Huebner

After Elizabethtown escaped Lebanon with a 14-8 high school football victory on Oct. 4, the head coaches had plenty to discuss at midfield. Both had played high school football in Alabama. Both had played Division I college football in North Carolina. Both took their shots at making NFL rosters. Both had opportunities to play in the Canadian Football League. And here both African-American men were, building programs in central Pennsylvania, a world away from their formative years.

Nov 2, 2024 | lancasteronline.com | Bradley Huebner

Next to referees, placekickers are by nature the most anonymous people on a football field, chameleons blending into the pomp. They play their bit parts, somewhat unnoticed … until the game is on the line. Then, as with referees, they become central figures in a hero story … or a Greek tragedy, based on whether they split the uprights. This fall, however, local placekickers have announced themselves often with the swing of their kicking legs and the boom of their dominant foot.

Oct 31, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Bradley Huebner

Bradley A. Huebner is the author of two books about Pennsylvania high school basketball. His first book, Titles for Our Town, captures small-town dynasties from the golden age of the 1950s and 1960s. A veteran basketball coach, Huebner grew up playing basketball, baseball and football in Pennsylvania. His father, Richard, played in Johnstown’s AAABA tournament in front of fifteen thousand fans in 1952. His grandfather was a repeat golf champion at Lehigh Country Club.

Oct 18, 2024 | lancasteronline.com | Bradley Huebner

LEBANON — Cedar Crest football coach Nick Lambros told his team before Friday night’s home game that the Falcons were in the playoff season, even if unofficially. Then he watched his guys rally for a thrilling 31-27 victory over Hempfield in Lancaster-Lebanon Section One as sophomore running back Isaiah Zimmerman ran 19 times for 210 yards and two scores. Zimmerman also caught two passes for 70 yards and the game-winning 53-yard score. “That’s a good football team,” Lambros said of Hempfield.

Oct 11, 2024 | lancasteronline.com | Bradley Huebner

MYERSTOWN — When Saturday’s Lancaster-Lebanon League field hockey quarterfinal game went into overtime, Manheim Central felt modestly confident. The Barons had played four overtime games this year. They had tied all four times, however. Experience without success. Saturday being a playoff game, however, they knew they’d play until either they or host Elco scored. After Elco failed to score on two early overtime flurries, Manheim Central raced downfield. Caroline Hondru threatened from the crease.