WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Greater Latrobe girls volleyball team ran their section leading record to 5-0 last evening with a dominate straight set victory over the Hempfield Spartans, 25-17, 25-23 and 25-16. Senior setter and right side hitter Carly Augustine turned in a solid performance at both positions with a team leading 11 kills and 10 assists for… More »
Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball setter Lexi Irwin has been named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Player of the Week, announced on Monday. Irwin, a Hempfield graduate, helped the Lions post a 3-1 record last week, including a pair of AMCC victories on Saturday. The senior registered 102 assists, 29 kills and 28 digs in four… More »
Senior volleyball setter Lexi Irwin tallied a triple-double and a pair of double-doubles this past weekend for the Penn State-Behrend Lions. Irwin tallied a career-high 38 assists and added 10 kills against Oswego. Against Morrisville State, Irwin posted totals of 28 assists and 12 digs. In a 3-0 win against Buffalo State on Saturday, Irwin contributed 22… More »
The Hempfield football team defeated Greensburg Salem 49-21 to open the season last year. They were unable to ride the momentum as the Spartans went winless for the remainder of the season. Fast-forwarding to the start of the 2018 season, Hempfield snapped its nine game losing streak with yet another win against its rivals Greensburg… More »
Congratulations to all the student-athletes, coaches, and athletic departments on a successful year! Below is a review of all the teams that won WPIAL and PIAA championships this past year.
Sophomore Ashley Orischak belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in Tuesday’s Class 6A PIAA Semifinal Game against Nazareth at Norlo Park in Fayetteville and that was all the scoring the Hempfield softball team needed to punch a return ticket to the State Championship Game. The 2-0 win means that the… More »
With the game tied 1-1 and on a 1-1 count, senior Megan Monzo belted a game-winning home run in the top of the eighth inning to lift WPIAL Class 6A champion Hempfield to a 2-1 win against Baldwin at Latrobe on Thursday. The home run was the first of the season for the senior and sixth… More »
This wasn’t the same Hempfield softball team that dominated its opponents over the last few years, but they were dominate enough to capture its fourth straight WPIAL championship on Wednesday with a 2-1 win in 10 innings against section rival Latrobe at Seton Hill University. This was a rematch of last year’s final, but the… More »
Class 6A First-Team Photo Gallery
Class 6A First-Team Photo Gallery