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Hempfield Volleyball Claims District Crown
Hempfield Black Knights - 2021 District Three 4A Champions BY ARA GRIGORIAN
The Hempfield girls’ volleyball team took home the District Three Class 4A championship trophy for a third consecutive year. The Black Knights (18-0) defeated Cumberland Valley 3-0 on Saturday evening at Dallastown with seniors Nyah Smiley, Joslene Morgan and Camille De La Torre helping to lead their team to a 25-17 comeback win in the opening set. The Knights topped the
Eagles (15-2) by a close 25-20 margin in the second set and completed the sweep, holding off the pesky Eagles 25-19 in the third and final set. De La Torre finished with five kills, and two aces as Hempfield won its 14th overall district trophy. Allison Cummings racked up 15 digs. Sophomore setter Melody Butzer dished out 22 assists and registered kills Hempfield took its district title to the PIAA 4A state playoffs where the Knights
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hosted District One thirdplace finisher Unionville on Tuesday, November 9. The Hempfield side promptly defeated U-ville 3-0, handing the Longhorns only their third defeat all year while the Black Knights improved to 19-0, earning a ticket to the state quarterfinals. Having done away with the District One third-place team, the Knights’ quarterfinals round opponent would be WPIAL runner up Shaler. Playing on its home court, Hempfield topped Unionville 25-19, 25-20 and 25-21. Morgan registered 11 kills while De La Torre served up four aces to lead the team. Butzer led the team in assists with 36 while Cummings again topped her teammates in digs (10) and Sarah Hess notched four blocks. BOYS’ SOCCER The season came to an end for the boys’ soccer team on Tuesday, November 9 in the opening round of the PIAA Class 4A state playoffs. The Black Knights, who entered the states as the number four seed from District Three,
traveled to Western Pennsylvania to face Seneca Valley. The District Seven champion Raiders remained unbeaten (15-0-1) with a 3-0 triumph over the Knights (12-71) with Joey Coon scoring a hat trick. As their season concluded, the Hempfield squad found a
number of its members named as L-L League all-stars. Seniors Luke Kramer, Andrew Potter and Gunnar Swanger were named as first teamers in Section One. Second team all-stars included junior Ben Ammon along with seniors Nate Leisure and Nate Swartz.
Meanwhile, Caden Bonner was one of six players from Section One selected as an Academic all-star. CROSS COUNTRY The PIAA cross country championships took place at Parkview in Hershey on Saturday, November 6. See Sports pg 9
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The Knights celebrate a point during their 3-0, victory over Cumberland Valley in the District Three Class AAAA championship final at Dallastown on November 6.
