The Hempfield School District has a long history of success preparing students for matriculation at institutions of higher learning for academics and athletics.

The Hempfield Athletic Department will formally recognize the senior student-athletes who have committed to colleges and universities to attend and play a sport their freshman year. The recognition ceremony will be held on the National Day of Signing, Wednesday, February 3, at 3:00 p.m. in the Hempfield High School Performing Arts Center (PAC)

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, each student-athlete will be given 3 tickets for family/friends to attend the ceremony in the PAC. Spectators should park at the Buchanan Gym, enter the high school at the back entrance of the PAC and enter the PAC from main entrance. There will be signs guiding spectators into the PAC. Due to the limited seating the ceremony will be live streamed on the Hempfield Athletic Live Sports YouTube channel directly linked here and listed on www.hempfieldsd.org/livesports.

If school is canceled due to inclement weather on Wednesday, February 3, the recognition ceremony will be held on Thursday, February 4 at 3:00 p.m. in the PAC. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Polonus in the Hempfield athletic office at 717-898-5515.

Go Black Knights!

The Hempfield School District has a long history of success preparing students for matriculation at institutions of higher learning for academics and athletics.

The Hempfield Athletic Department will formally recognize the senior student-athletes who have committed to colleges and universities to attend and play a sport their freshman year. The recognition ceremony will be held on the National Day of Signing, Wednesday, February 3, at 3:00 p.m. in the Hempfield High School Performing Arts Center (PAC)

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, each student-athlete will be given 3 tickets for family/friends to attend the ceremony in the PAC. Spectators should park at the Buchanan Gym, enter the high school at the back entrance of the PAC and enter the PAC from main entrance. There will be signs guiding spectators into the PAC. Due to the limited seating the ceremony will be live streamed on the Hempfield Athletic Live Sports YouTube channel directly linked here and listed on www.hempfieldsd.org/livesports.

If school is canceled due to inclement weather on Wednesday, February 3, the recognition ceremony will be held on Thursday, February 4 at 3:00 p.m. in the PAC. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Polonus in the Hempfield athletic office at 717-898-5515.

Go Black Knights!

Hempfield winter sports can be watched live online using our Buchanan Gym YouTube page directly linked here or you can navigate there from www.hempfieldsd.org/lievsports. Games you can watch this winter are:

- Boys and girls freshman, junior varsity and varsity basketball
- Junior high and senior high wrestling

View the full district Athletic calendar here. Please note that due to the frequency of changed and postponed games, the Athletics google calendars are updated one week at a time. Arbiter Live has the most up to date schedules, but those, too are subject to last minute changes.

Go Black Knights!

The Lancaster-Lebanon League Secondary School Athletic Association this week voted and approved the following two items related to athletics.

• Recommended the reduction of the number of winter competitions from 22 to 17.
• Delayed the start of Lancaster-Lebanon League competitions from mid-December to the first week in January.  

The HSD athletic department will being winter athletic practices on Friday, November 20. Each coach has developed a Return to Play Plan, specific for the sport that complies with the HSD Athletics Health and Safety Plan. These plans include recommendations/restrictions, which will be communicated directly with student-athletes.

Here is your chance to attend the home football game on October 30 vs. Warwick.  Please use the attached link to register for a ticket.  Once we reach the 75 ticket limit, the link will be closed. Tickets will be available to pick up in the Franklin Guidance office.  Note - your ticket is only good for the student section, NOT the general seating area.  Please see additional requirements below:

Students who enter the student section lottery must be willing to follow the following requirements:

• Students must always wear facial coverings in the stadium
• Students are to remain 6 feet apart
• Chairs must remain where they are found
• No food or drink is permitted on the track
• Students must abide by the LL League and Hempfield guidelines for good sportsmanship

We encourage Black Knight fans to watch our livestream at https://www.hempfieldsd.org/livesports! Thank you for your continued support!