10 • SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2022 • TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Consignment Sales
Westmoreland Fairgrounds
New and Gently Used Clothing and More
Hurry Over! You'll Love It!
Westmoreland Sale for KIds
Clothing *Nursery Items* Toys
Newborn to Size 12
Sept 23, 12pm - 9pm
Sept 24, 9am - 3pm
Sept 25, 10am - 2pm
Teen and Adult
Clothing and More
Kids Size 14 to Adult 3x
Sept 30, 9am - 6pm
Oct 1, 9am - 4 pm
Oct 2, 9am - 2pm
www.saleforkids.com
Labor United
CELEBRATION
Sunday & Monday, September 4 & 5
Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Monday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
NORTHMORELAND
PARK
2022
Big Trouble
Party Rock Cover Band
Bone Jacked
Classic/Southern Rock
Sunday, Sept. 4
12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 4
3:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.
The Fabulous
Gem Tones
Classic Hits from
the 70s to now
Monday, Sept. 5
3:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.
Arts & Crafts Giant Flea Market
Food & Drinks Bingo
Exotic
Free Admission & Parking
Edventures
Educational Animal Show
Sunday & Monday
12:30, 2:00, & 4:00 p.m.
Zerbini
Family Circus
Activity Pass
Wristband Required
Sunday & Monday
12:00, 3:30, & 5:00 p.m.
www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/parks (724) 830-3950
The Townsmen
Plus One
Big Band / Variety
Monday, Sept. 5
12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.
$4 All Day Activity Pass
Access to: Carnival Rides, Circus,
Petting Zoo, Bounce Houses, Obstacle Courses,
Rock Climbing Wall, and more
Hempfield ready for change
“They want to take Hempfield to the
next level. They want to win.”
With more backups available on
a roster that could nearly double its
size from a year ago, more players
won’t have to line up on both sides
of the ball.
A number of former opponents,
Central Catholic and North Allegheny
among them, ran three or four deep at
just about every position.
“That killed us (in 6A),” Brown said.
“You get late in the third and into
the fourth (quarters) and you could
start to see it in our kids. They were
worn out.
“We’re going to play our best 11
on both sides, but some of our top
seniors, hopefully, can focus on one
side of the ball.”
Hempfield finished 2-8, posting wins
over Greensburg Salem (29-14) and
Franklin Regional (30-28), but lost its
last seven games.
A number of seniors return, including
quarterback Jake Phillips, who
will lead the offense after throwing
for 1,145 yards.
“We’re hoping for a big year from
Jake,” Brown said. “He is settling
into his own. He has one of the biggest
arms I’ve seen at this level.”
The Spartans return their top passer,
rusher and receiver.
Workhorse running back Gino Caesar
also is a senior leader and will get
the football — a lot. Against Franklin
Regional, he ran for 215 yards on 39
carries.
“It’s nice to have Gino back,” Brown
said. “He will be a key for us, but we’ll
have some other guys running the
ball, too.”
Among them are senior Eli Binakonsky
and sophomore Ethan Zontek,
who is back after tearing his ACL
last year.
Phillips’ pass-catching threats are
senior Ian Tuffs (6-3, 185), senior Dan
Katonka, junior Keiran Lippmann,
the backup QB, and senior Tyson
Gregory. Tuffs had a team-high 39
catches for 474 yards.
“Katonka has been a pleasant surprise,”
Brown said. “Lippmann is a
kid who needs to be involved for us.”
Just one starter is gone from the
offensive line in Dan Sierk (Bucknell),
but the Spartans return senior Ethan
Shaw (6-4, 250), senior left guard Jackson
Barton, senior center Logan Eisaman,
junior right guard Joe Dolinski
(6-4, 275) and senior right tackle Willie
Nelson.
“We have experience up front, and
our guys have been in the weight
room so now we look like a 5A offensive
line,” Brown said.
The front seven on defense piques
Brown’s attention, too.
“They can be really good,” Brown
said. “All 11 on defense have started
or lettered.”
Shaw is a key at defensive end, with
Barton at nose guard. Junior Brennan
Knight is the mike linebacker with
Zontek, Binakonsky and senior Anthony
Vallano also joining the unit.
“The nice thing is, going into camp
it’s all good on good,” Brown said.
“There is a lot of competition.”
Tuffs, Katonka, Lippmann and
Gregory form a solid secondary although,
as Brown said, positions, and
the names attached to them, could
change with so many backups.
“There might be a lot of new names
you haven’t heard about,” he said.
“We’ll see how it goes. We’re excited.”
BIG EAST • HEMPFIELD
HEMPFIELD · FROM 8 “It’s all outside noise. It doesn’t
matter who we play — the
Steelers, Latrobe or a Class A
team — our kids have to be ready
to go. We have to do our part.”
MIKE BROWN
HEMPFIELD COACH, ON MOVING
FROM CLASS 6A TO CLASS 5A
JAKE PHILLIPS