Bob Forgrave  

The Hempfield School District took awhile — longer than it really wanted — to choose a new football coach.
Which worked out, because Ron Zeiber took awhile to realize it was a job he wanted.
Zeiber was hired to run one of the Lancaster-Lebanon League's most potential-laden programs in a ...

By unanimous vote, the Hempfield School Board approved the appointment of Ron Zeiber as the Black Knights' new head football coach Tuesday night.

Zeiber, who has 25 years of football coaching experience at the high school level, replaces Bob Forgrave, who posted a record of 19-22 in four seasons ...

Expected to name a new head football coach at Tuesday night's school board meeting, Hempfield High School has instead opted to reopen its search.

The stunning news was delivered by phone Monday night by Hempfield Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Dr. Christopher Adams to Jim Ca...

Bob Forgrave is out as football coach at Hempfield High School.
The opening was posted on the Hempfield School District website Thursday.
Steve Mummaw, Hempfield's athletic director, acknowledged Saturday that Forgrave would not return.
"The position has opened up," Mummaw said. "We are advertising ...

 

At Penn Manor High School, Mike Stover was one of those fullback/linebacker types Lancaster County exports like shoo-fly pies.
Two position changes and 50 pounds later, Stover is a starting defensive tackle at William & Mary.
Stover was a walk-on. He's now a scholarship player.
"Gettin...

One team is on the move.

The other hopes to be.

Tonight, Lampeter-Strasburg and Hempfield kick off their respective 2010 grid campaigns in a nonleague game at Pioneer Field.

It's one of 20 games on the Lancaster-Lebanon League schedule this weekend as the high school football season gets un...

Doug Dahms knows he's facing Hempfield's football team this week.
He's just wondering which Black Knights team will take the field tonight in Landisville.
"They're like Jekyll & Hyde," Wilson's boss said. "One game they look really good, the next game they ma...

Size versus speed.
Big-play offense versus bend-but-don't break defense.
Contrasting styles will be at the forefront tonight of two of the L-L League's top games on the Week Four schedule.
In Elden Rettew Stadium, Manheim Central (3-0) and Cocalico (3-0) collide in a Section Two opener match...

Exactly one play into the Tom Nichols era at Conestoga Valley, the natives had already wiped away the memory of the last two miserable seasons that ended with identical 1-9 records.
"You know, Nichols could run for President right now" was even tossed out by a member of the press box crew...

1. Wilson, Manheim Central and Lancaster Catholic, the current-era chalk favorites, are again considered the teams to beat in their Lancaster-Lebanon League sections this fall.
Which might make you think the rich are only getting richer.
That's not quite the reality, though.
Roster numbers are u...