Mike Vukovcan After cracking the rankings for the first time last week, the Hopewell High School baseball team remains in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s WPIAL baseball rankings.
For the second week in a row, HC Morgan Singletary’s team finds themselves as the No. 4 ranked team in Class 4A. The interesting part is that the Vikings are joined by two other section foes, which speaks to the competition level of their section.
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PGH POST-GAZETTE WPIAL BASEBALL RANKNGS
1) Indiana (10-1)
2) West Mifflin (12-3)
3) Beaver (8-4)
4) Hopewell (9-4)
5) Blackhawk (10-3)
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Something else to point out is the quality/competitive non-section schedule that Hopewell has played this season. It’s one thing to play a competitive schedule but it’s another thing to also win those games which they’ve done.
Hopewell defeated Avonworth by the score of 11-1 and Avonworth is currently ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. They also thoroughly defeated Shenango, 17-3, and they’re also ranked No. 3 in Class 2A. Two other impressive non-section wins also game against Shaler, 7-2 and against Montour, 4-3.
Montour is currently 6-2 and in 3rd place in 5A/Section 4, while Shaler has won 2 of the last 3 WPIAL 5A championships.
Hopewell’s Ben McDonald
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the focus is still on qualifying for the playoffs.
Despite owning a record of 9-4, 5-3 in section and being tied for second place, a playoff berth hasn’t been clinched yet. In fact, no team in Section 1 has clinched a playoff spot, which is hard to believe but once again speaks to the talented teams in this section.
Hopewell will have a non-section game tomorrow against Serra Catholic (7-5/2-2) before opening an important 2-game series on Monday against Central Valley.
