Friday, March 29, 2024
Text Size
  • Mounts Claim George Male Trophy!

    Mounts Claim George Male Trophy!

    Jeremiah Knowles led all Mounts with 6 receptions. Read More
  • Expectations at Ephrata

    Expectations at Ephrata

    Taylor Haupt comes up with the dig. Read More
  • 1
  • 2

Upcoming Varsity Events

  • 28 Mar 2024
    Boys Volleyball at Garden Spot 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
  • 28 Mar 2024
    Boys Lacrosse vs Hempfield 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
  • 01 Apr 2024
    Boys Tennis at Elizabethtown 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM
  • 02 Apr 2024
    Boys Tennis at Hempfield 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM
  • 02 Apr 2024
    Track & Field at Solanco 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM
  • 02 Apr 2024
    Softball vs Dallastown 04:15 PM to 06:15 PM
  • 28 Mar - 02 Apr
  • 02 Apr - 03 Apr
  • 04 Apr - 05 Apr
  • 08 Apr - 09 Apr
  • 10 Apr - 10 Apr

Home

Hempfield eliminates Mounts


ImageIn a game where lateral passes came to die, Section One runner-up Hempfield and Section Two runner-up Ephrata exchanged offensive firepower for the entire game, but the scoring chances were the difference maker.

 "We missed a few opportunities that we should have had, but I think they missed more than we did. That could have been an 8-6 contest," Hempfield coach Keith Nagley said. "We just found a way to come up with big stops when we needed them and score goals at the right time."

Hempfield capitalized on the majority of its early scoring opportunities thanks to the success of its forwards getting under the Ephrata defense on balls from the midfield.

"We made an adjustment coming into the game with which side we wanted to attack and how we wanted to play. We wanted to get the ball to the weak side and get it in there when it was open," Nagley said.

With that method in mind, Hempfield rattled off first-half goals from Caitlin Moore and two virtually identical scores from Amy Wengrenovich and Marina Pappas in the 19th and 23rd minute, giving it a 3-1 lead at the break.

The Knights struck first in the second half on Greenawalt's tally for a three-goal lead, but Ephrata managed to keep attacking.

The Mountaineers broke through with 17:00 to go on Aly Goodman's second goal, and again with a point-blank shot by Melissa Speros to cut the lead to 4-3.

Ephrata kept plugging and with just over a minute remaining, Arielle Gordon couldn't convert on a breakaway shot, as Hempfield managed to hold it.

"It turned out to be a nailbiter, but it shouldn't have been. They needed to pop one in and just couldn't get it done. Phew, I don't need anymore like that. It'll give me ulcers," Nagley said. 

Directions!