Mike Vukovcan The second season of the high school basketball seasons starts this week with the opening of the WPIAL Basketball Playoffs.
After qualifying on Thursday, Section 2, the Hopewell Lady Vikings will start action later this week.
The WPIAL basketball committee unveiled the playoff brackets for both the Boys and Girls, and it comes as no surprise that Hopewell has received a tough draw.
Since they entered the playoffs as a 4th place team, Hopewell was expecting to take on one of the top teams in Class 4A and that’s exactly what was decided on.
Coach Homziak and Hopewell will open up the playoffs by taking on 1st place Elizabeth Forward, which finished the regular season with a record of 17-4 and 13-1 in conference.
The game between Hopewell and Elizabeth Forward will be played on Monday, February 17th at Elizabeth Forward High School.
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This is the third consecutive season that they Lady Vikings have qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. Last season as the 9th seed, Hopewell took on 8th seed Greensburg Salem and lost.
The WPIAL Basketball Championships will take place at the Peterson Events Center from Feb 27th thru March 1st. The defending Girls 4A champion is North Catholic who defeated Blackhawk in OT, 40-37.
