Mike Vukovcan Although the officially high school football season doesn’t begin for another couple months, but that doesn’t mean the team isn’t involved in serious competition.
Today is one of those days as Coach Mottes and members of his team will be competing in the prestigious W&J 7-on-7 Tournament.
In this one-day tournament, the Vikings will get a chance to compete and measure themselves against talented teams from Western Pennsylvania and beyond. Teams that have signed up to compete in this 7-7 competition are Aliquippa, Upper St. Clair, Hempfield, South Fayette, Wheeling Park, Beaver, Laurel Highlands, Washington, Ringgold, OLSH, Blackhawk, Bridgeport, Shaler, Washington (WV), North Catholic and Uniontown.
The way this works is that these teams are split into 3 different sections of 6 teams. The 3 teams in a section will play against each other with 2 teams eventually advancing to the next round. After that there’s a semifinal and an eventual championship game.
Let’s hope it’s a long day for the Hopewell team in Washington County! Competition for Hopewell begins at 9:50 AM, the second round starts at 12:45 PM, semifinals at 2 PM and the championship game scheduled to begin at 3:40 PM.
For the most part the skill position players on offense and defense will be competing in this.
Hopewell is also involved in a 7-on-7 tournament this summer with teams from Farrell, New Castle and Neshannock. That began last week with Hopewell defeating all 3 teams soundly.
That round of games took place at Farrell but coming up on Thursday, the competition will take place at Tony Dorsett Stadium. Action will get underway at 5 PM.
Come check out the 2025 Hopewell Vikings!
