Prior to Lampeter-Strasburg's Lancaster-Lebanon League basketball matchup with Garden Spot on Feb. 8, the Pioneers recognized members of the 1955 section championship team. Don Duvall, Lloyd Gochenauer, and Earle Hershey from the Class of 1955 and Larry Lutz from the Class of 1956 were recognized at half-court, and then they congratulated this year's section champs.
In February 1955, Lampeter-Strasburg claimed its first basketball section championship, which, according to L-S records, was also the school's first section championship in any sport. The team had a 9-2 record in the 1955 version of Section Three competition and had come-from-behind victories against New Holland, now known as Garden Spot, and beat Paradise, now known as Pequea Valley, in a one-game playoff by a score of 36-31 to claim the section crown.
Like this year's team, the 1955 team did not have a lot of height, but the players made up for that with their ball handling, perimeter shooting, and defense. They won a couple of section games with scores of 77-31 and 76-36 and were coached by the late Ed Krause, a member of the L-S Hall of Fame. Krause was instrumental in creating Lampeter-Strasburg's nickname, the Pioneers, the year after that first championship season.
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