News and Notes in Hopewell Boys and Girls Athletics (May 3rd/4th)

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It’s that time of the season where our athletes in Hopewell are involved in more than just school sports.

In an attempt to not only be active but to get better, boys and girls in Hopewell are taking part in travel leagues, AAU leagues and others.

Vikings Sports Now wants to recognize thema and let you know about their accomplishments so at least once a week, we’ll post their accomplishments.

We posted this on Facebook, but if you’d like to send us information/pictures of your child, please do so by sending it on Facebook or you can text me, 724-462-5756.

**The annual City of Pittsburgh Marathon took place this weekend and members of our community took part in it. Congrats to Rory and Hayes Singletary for running in their first Kids Marathon! Also, wanted to recognize their mom Kate for running her first Marathon since 2012. Despite some knee pain, Kate set a new personal record of 4:12!  Great job!

**Congrats to Cam Winiarski who completed his first kids Pgh Kids Marathon. Cam has been training and ran 25.2 miles prior to the kids Marathon in preparation. Great job Cam!!!

**Over the weekend, Hopewell 11-year-old Zoe Scully continued to work towards her goal of first degree in Taekwondo. Zoe is a 5th grader in the Hopewell district and has been practicing the sport of Taekwondo for 3.5 years. She obtained her black belt in June of 2024 and an embroidered belt in December of 2024.

She will be taking a test next month in New Jersey to try and earn her 1st Degree Black Belt! Good luck Zoe. She trains at the H&H Family Martial Arts in the Beaver Valley Mall.

 

 

**The Hopewell U17 Boys Soccer Team Rolls Past North Allegheny and Shaler
The Hopewell U17 boys’ soccer team had a dominant showing on Sunday, earning back-to-back wins over North Allegheny and Shaler with a combined score of 11-1.

In the opening match against Shaler, Hopewell wasted no time getting on the board. Nykyeron Leonora opened the game up with the first goal, followed by a goal from Will Arzberger to extend the lead to 2-0. The second half saw Tallon Coleman, coming out of the goalie position, netting three goals to complete a hat trick.

The momentum carried into the second game against North Allegheny, where Aaden Gonzalez struck first for an early unassisted goal. Leonora added a powerful header off a corner kick delivered by Kaleb Gonzalez. Jayden Shoemaker, Parker Hoth, Aaden Gonzalez (2) and James Pistorius each added a goal in the second half to cap off the commanding performance.

Assists across the two games came from Arzberger (2), Kaleb Gonzalez (3), Leonora (2), Shoemaker (1) and Sam Wrzesniewski (1).

*Hopewell Youth Baseball player Zac Seech and his Beaver Valley 10U Red team had a successful weekend in Indianapolis. Seech and his teammates on BC competed against 28 other teams in states ranging from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana (10 in total) in the Indianapolis National Select Tournament and came away with the championship! Nice job guys!

 

*Hopewell 6th grader Rilynn Davis and Callie Sadler and their teammates on the Next Gen Elite team took part in the Legendz Jam Fest Tournament. Over the weekend, Davis, Sadler and their team finished 3-1 and won the Silver Bracket! Great job ladies!

*More travel basketball news involving players from Hopewell. Drill for Skill ‘The County” is coached by Hopewell senior Zach Kovell and one of his players is Hopewell 8th grader Zack Sampson. This team competed in the Legendz Jam Fest in Export, PA. Sampson’s team didn’t win but once again they played well as they competed against plenty of other talented teams. Sampson racked up a number of assists and played outstanding defense, something that will be key next season when he moves to the Hopewell High School program. Sampson’s squad consists of 2 players from Blackhawk, 1 from West Allegheny, 1 from Shenango, 2 from Moon and 3 from Central Valley.