SPORTS Knights Earn 40-7 Triumph Over Comets
6 - MERCHANDISER - Hempfield Edition - September 30, 2020
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Columbia • Conestoga Valley • Donegal • Elizabethtown • Garden Spot • Hempfield • Lampeter-Strasburg Manheim Central • Manheim Township • Penn Manor • Pequea Valley • Solanco • Warwick
BY ARA GRIGORIAN
In a Section One clash with visiting Penn Manor on Friday night, the Hempfield managed to carry a slim 60 lead until the offense found its rhythm. What came after that was a barrage of points, lifting the Knights to a 40-7 defeat of the Comets at Landisville. “Initially the offense struggled to find any momentum. I’ll credit Penn Manor’s defense for that,” said firstyear head coach George Eager. “We knew Penn Manor was a tough team.
We expected a fight.” A pair of Spencer Biscoe field goals - from 37 yards away and one from 35 yards - was all Hempfield (1-0 league, 1-1 overall) managed early on. Tanner Hess broke free for a 30-yard touchdown run and Stephen Katch added a 12-yard scoring scamper to make it 20-0 at the half. Hess finished with 160 yards on 22 carries and a second touchdown. Katch, who replaced starting quarterback Cam Harbaugh (12 completions, 123 yards) late in the first half due to an injury, ran for 67 yards.
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Hempfield’s Basilio Jimenez catches a pass in front of Penn Manor’s Erik Hinkle during the Knights’ 407, Section One win at home last Friday.
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The Knights compiled 253 yards on the ground. Grant Hoover, who also scored a rushing TD, gained 22 of those yards. “When you look at the makeup of our team, we go with Tanner Hess,” Eager explained. “He runs very hard.” Asked about the offensive line, Eager praised the work of seniors Aidan Power and Will Alexander. “We’re anchored by those two seniors,” he said. “They have physical play with little to no mistakes. With their experience they’ve brought the juniors up and have shown them the ropes on what it takes to play in Section One.” Time and again, the defense denied the Comets (0-2) a score until a 67-yard bomb from Luke Brass to Isaac Hostetter in the fourth quarter. As for that first win, Eager remarked, “I’m very proud of the players and the staff. We’ve all come together. The senior leadership has been tremendous. It is the first win of the year as a program, but it’s a true team effort.” GIRLS’ SOCCER In an exciting season-opening L-L League game, the Warriors and Knights played to a 2-2 draw on September 23. In the back-and-forth contest, Georgia Kielmeyer scored for the Knights with seven minutes left in the first half to tie the score at 1-1. Bri Zickefoose scored Hempfields’ other goal. Sophomore Emileigh Antesberger had six saves in the draw. On a last minute feed from Katherine Morgan, Kielmeyer scored the only goal of the game on Saturday, giving Hempfield a 1-0 win over Manheim Central. Antesberger had four saves in the shutout until Kielmeyer’s gamewinner. FIELD HOCKEY Following their non-league 4-1 victory at Cocalico, the Black Knights suffered a pair of defeats, falling to 1-2 (0-2 league). On Tuesday, September 22, the Knights outshot the Eagles 18-5 with goals by Oliva Wenzel and Kenna Price in the second quarter. Jessica Shreiner added a third-quarter goal and Karly Bervinchak capped the scoring at the 3:40 mark of the fourth.
Keira Boensch registered three assists and Liz Williams added one. Junior goalie Eryn Murphy grabbed four saves. Two days later Manheim Township posted a 5-0 win at Hempfield. In a Saturday afternoon road game, the Knights came up short in a 4-0 final at Penn Manor. BOYS’ SOCCER The Knights opened the season with a 4-2 Section One win, turning away Warwick in a high-scoring game at Landisville on September 23. Nate Stoltzfus scored two goals in the second half. After an Andrew Schwartz penalty kick tied the score in the 68th minute, the Knights inched ahead on Hunter Green’ goal in the 73rd minute. Nathan Leisure nailed it down with the Knights’ fourth goal two minutes later. David Sidoti dished off two assists on the day. In a non-league game two days later, the Rams’ Luke Johnson scored twice to help Central Dauphin earn a 3-0 victory. CROSS COUNTRY The girls’ and boys’ squads both improved to 2-0 with a Thursday afternoon defeat of Solanco and Lebanon in an L-L League cross country race at Hempfield. The girls dominated Lebanon 1550 and also Solanco (19-42) with Ella Wolfe running a winning pace of 19:24. She beat second-place finisher, Solanco’s Lilly Soulliard, by 31 seconds. Lily Williams (20:07), Hannah Kilheffer (21:00) Molly Siebert (21:02) and Paige Harrington (21:16) placed third through sixth. Isabel Smith (21:27), Gabriella Hollinger (21:45), Grace Sringer (22:27) and Lily Clinton (22:28) claimed 8th through 11th. Julia Den Bleyker (22:45, 13th) and Brynn Ramsey (22:59, 14th) also placed. The boys were equally dominant with a 19-42 defeat of Lebanon and 15-50 over Solanco. The Knights took eight of the top 10 finishes with Aidan Hodge winning the race in 15:53 and Evan Eshleman taking third at 16:13. Dale Winand (16:20, 4th), Joe Fahrney (16:21, 5th), Sam Freedman (17:03, 6th), Owen Jackson (17:06, 8th), Isaiah Hollinger (17:07, 9th),
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Spencer Biscoe kicks a 37-yard field goal out of Adam Acker’s hold during the Black Knights’ 40-7, Section One win over Penn Manor last Friday at Hempfield. Chris Titter (17:39, 12th) and Ryan French (17:53, 13th) also placed. GOLF At the L-L League Golf Championship at Foxchase Golf Club on Monday, September 21, Sawyer Marten finished in a six-way tie for fifth place, shooting a 10-over-par 81. It was good for a District Three Class-AAA qualifying finish. In a four-way tie for 29th place, Jacob Geiter shot a 91. Madeleine Kemmick (107) earned ninth in the girls’ competition. GIRLS’ TENNIS Hempfield had six league victories, including three shutouts, coming into Friday afternoon’s Section One showdown with Manheim Township. Both teams shared a 6-0 record. The Streaks topped the Knights 7-0
at Hempfield as Avery Palandjian and Kayla Kurtz teamed up for an 8-4 defeat of Grace Lehman and Lydia Sullivan at number one doubles then went on to win their respective singles matches. Kurtz eked out a 6-2, 62 win against Sullivan at number two singles. Two days earlier, Hempfield blanked Donegal 6-0 in Landisville. Lehman joined Rory Cantwell at first doubles for an 8-1 victory. Bella Naples and Sophie Carson won the second doubles 8-4 while Sarah Fellenbaum and Alyssa Lewis triumphed 8-2 at third doubles. Lehman won in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) as did Cantwell (6-3, 6-1) and Naples edged Kensington Edmond 64, 6-3.
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Cameron Harbaugh hits the hole on a quarterback keeper during Hempfield’s 40-7, Section One victory over visiting Penn Manor last Friday.
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The Knights’ Max Grube zeroes in on Penn Manor quarterback Luke Braas during Hempfield’s 40-7, Section One romp at home last Friday.
