Hempfield and Warwick competed in a Lancaster-Lebanon League track & field dual meet at Lititz on a brisk, windy Tuesday afternoon. The Warriors topped the Knights in the girls' meet, 95-46, dropping Hempfield to 1-2 on the year. In the boys' meet, the Knights bounced back nicely from the previous week's loss to Cedar Crest, defeating Warwick 108-33.
"It was a tough day to compete," head coach Curt Rogers stated. "Many of the girls rose to the occasion and pushed through - especially the distance runners, who had to face the backstretch wind multiple times."
Ashley Page had a personal best of 14:15.3 in the 3,200 meter, finishing second. Lydia Herr's personal best of 14:51.2 earned her third place.
Page also anchored the 4 x 800 relay team, which also included Paige Harrington, Ava Pagano, and Katie Gardner.
Speaking of relays, the first-place time of 55.6 seconds was a record for the foursome of Mya Thompson, Alivia Groff, Arianaliz Olivencia and Brooke Smith in the 4x100. Smith also had a personal best, taking second in the high jump at 4-foot-6.
Smith earned first with a personal best (12.9) in the 100. Mia Sheldon (13.0) was second in the event. She also took second in the 100 hurdles with a personal best 17.2. Sheldon had a personal best 14-8.75 in the long jump.
Evelyn Sahd took first with a personal best 68.8 seconds in the 400. Kylie Ridilla was second (70.1) while Camryn Sweltzer's 76.6 (3rd) was another PR.
The Hempfield girls set five personal bests in the 200 and 10 in the 100, including Smith's.
The boys' team featured Ryan Criste's L-L League meet qualifying high jump of 6-foot-2, which earned him first and set a personal record.
Logan Muhlberg, who won the 400 in 55.1, had a league meet qualifying time of 23.1 in the 200 while Eli Hinton (23.4) took second.
In the 100, Diellon Trinaku and Xavier Peralta both had league meet qualifying times 11.0 and 11.1 respectively, as they earned first and second. Peralta, Hinton and Trinaku joined Sawyer Barmore for a first-place time of 46.1 in the 4x100.
"It was a convincing win on a tough day for competition," Rogers said. "Joe Fahrney pulled off a victory in the 3200, kicking for the win after battling the gusts for eight laps.
"Logan Muhlberg earned three first-places - the 400, 200 and as the anchor leg of the 4x400," noted the coach.
Tate Martin was also a triple winner, taking the two hurdling events as well as the triple jump.
Aidan Hodge was the 800 winner, qualifying for the league championships with his 2:03.5 time.
Pete Wenzel won the javelin (121-11) and Deyvid Palepale set a personal best of 39-6 in the shot put, finishing second.
Vince Wisotzkey won the discus at 115 feet.
SOFTBALL
How does a softball team bounce back from a 5-0 defeat in which the hitters struck out nine times and were held to only two hits?
How about scoring 17 runs on 17 hits in its very next game? That was what Hempfield did in a Thursday game at McCaskey, topping the Red Tornado 17-4.
The Knights improved to 4-5 and evened their league record to 3-3. Six of the Hempfield starters had multiple hits. Elizabeth Williams doubled and tripled, driving in two runs. Fellow senior Bailey Ray stroked a double and drove in two runs as well.
Carley Ernst (2-for-2, 2 RBI) slugged a home run while Dolcy Whitcraft went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs batted in. She also stole a base - one of seven by Hempfield.
Sydney Weaver earned the win, shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. She helped herself at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a run.
As if scoring 17 runs and winning a game in five innings on the mercy rule wasn't dominant enough, the Knights topped Lebanon 20-3 on Tuesday, April 19, wrapping up the win in three.
Ernst and Olivia Cover each slugged a home run while Courtney Guthrie, Avery Landis, and a pair of freshmen - Kali Peifer and Emma McPherson - doubled and drove in runs. McPherson finished with three hits and four RBIs. Ernst drove in three and scored two.
Peifer pitched two innings and struck out four batters.
TENNIS
Hempfield finished the season at 11-3, concluding with two 5-0 victories. On April 19, Eli Wroley and Jonah Comeaux downed McCaskey's doubles team 9-7 while Trent Meyers (6-0, 6-2), Andre Hurst (6-0, 6-1), Eric Jordan (6-3, 6-4) and Cooper Lehman (6-3, 6-1) posted straight set singles wins.
Worley and Comeaux were 6-0, 6-1 winners at doubles while Meyers and Tom Gross won their doubles match 6-2, 6-2 the next day at Ephrata.
Lehman, Jordan, and Hurst each won at singles.
BASEBALL
The Black Knights brought out the bats in back-to-back victories this past week. They blanked Lebanon 10-0 on Tuesday, April 19 on the road. The next day, they dominated Conestoga Valley 16-1.
In the CV game, Austin Dunlap hit a grand slam in the top of the fifth after the Knights had scored three times in each of the previous three frames. He also had an RBI single early in the game. Josh Toole also drove in a run on a sacrifice fly while Hunter Williams needed to pitch only three innings because of the mercy rule to earn a win.
Logan Harelson went four innings to earn the win at Lebanon. Noah Costa finished with one inning in relief.
Fiore and Dunlap each drove in a run in the third. Cameron Berger's bases-loaded two-run single highlighted the six-run fourth. Chuck Sheerer also knocked in two in the inning.
BOYS' VOLLEYBALL
Keeping their opponent under 20 points in all three sets, the Knights topped the Red Tornado 3-0 on Tuesday, April 19.
Dante Keener finished with 10 kills and Caden Bonner had 29 assists as Hempfield won 25-11, 25-16 and 25-15. The win improved the Knights to 6-0 in league play.
Mason Orth finished with five aces and Cole Overbaugh registered two blocks.
BOYS' LACROSSE
Hempfield improved to 8-1 (5-1 league) with a 24-6 win at Penn Manor on Monday, April 18.
The conditions were brisk and so were the Knights' 49 shots on goal which, among other highlights, included hat tricks by Jason Hilton and Toby Marco, the latter of whom also had four assists.
Max Grube led all scorers with seven goals and one assist.
A.J. McAlpine, who had two assists, Ryan Heuston and Zack Antesberger each tallied two goals. Cole Gibbons (1g, 2a) Logan Klinger and Isiah Martin (1g, 1a each) and Stephen Pitts (1g) also contributed.
Matt Wiest made eight saves in goal.
GIRLS' LACROSSE
Hempfield topped Lampeter-Strasburg and Conestoga Valley on consecutive evenings with an aggregate score of 25-9. On Tuesday, April 19, the Knights topped the Pioneers 12-7with Kelsea Dague and Isabelle Masengarb scoring five and four goals, respectively. Whitney Hershey and Brynn Axe also scored while Eryn Murphy made six saves.
In Wednesday's 13-2 win, Masengarb pelted the Buckskins with five goals. Dague, Axe and Abby Gingrich each scored two while Claire Skovera and Hattie Mack each scored one.
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