News and Notes in Hopewell Boys and Girls Athletics

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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.

Here’s some of what we gathered from this past weekend.

*Hopewell High School athletes Jackson Yurcina and Tyler Armour, who play for Strick Hoops, lost in the semifinals of their tournament. Yurcina is also currently playing for the Hopewell Freshman baseball team.

*Five Hopewell Youth Girls Basketball players took part in the Penn/Ohio Blue Storm Spring Thunder Tournament. From left to right, Isla Rock, Rilynn Davis, Sophia Cronin, Callie Sadler and Gia Yurcina.

*Two Hopewell girl youth basketball players competed in an AAU tournament. Congrats to Gia Yurcina and Isla Rock who play for Drill for Skill. Gia and Isla made it to the semifinals where they lost to Next Gen Elite.

*Congrats to Hopewell’s Rhett Rankin and Austin Gallagher as their team LBC 12U Bombers came home this weekend as champions at a tournament in New Waterford, Ohio. These two Hopewell kids played a big part in the outcome of the game as Rankin had the game-winning RBI and Gallagher was on the mound to close out the game as he pitched the last 4 innings.

*Hopewell’s Mikayla Kurta and her SkyElite volleyball team competed in a national tournament in Philadelphia. Kurta’s team was one of 121 teams that competed and they finished in 21st place and 2nd in the Silver Bracket.

*Hopewell’s Nico Amadio spent the weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee playing in a 7on7, 14u 7-on-7 football tournament. Nico plays for the team Aitfam West. The tournament was called the Big Orange Showdown, and it included 8 teams. After going 1-2 on the first day, Amadio’s team went undefeated on Sunday and won the Championship. This was the second tournament this team has won this Spring. Nice job Nico!

***Congrats to Zach Seech and his Beaver Valley baseball team for coming home with the Championship at the

—Congrats to Hopewell freshman Addison Blosnick and her Strick Hoops team for going undefeated this past weekend. The tournament was the 2025 Blue Storm Spring Thunder in Hermitage, PA. Addison’s team went 3-0 to win the Gold Championship in the 9th grade bracket. Blosnick received a lot of playing time this past season and will be counted on to be a key contributor to next year’s Hopewell High School team.

–Congrats to Hopewell’s Breyson Hoth and his 10U Beaver Valley baseball team as they won their tournament this weekend in McKeesport. It was a long day for these boys as they played their first game at 8 AM in the morning and their final game at 4:20 PM. Hoth and his team defeated Ingomar, 5-4, the Fennel Brothers 12-0 and then Ingomar again in the championship, 10-3.

—Congratulations to Hopewell 6th graders Rilynn Davis and Callie Sadler, who play for Next Gen Elite basketball, and they finished in second place in the Penn/Ohio Blue Storm Spring Thunder Tournament.

—-Congrats to Hopewell junior Briana Inderelst, who this weekend was selected to join the Queens of the ‘Burgh Club volleyball team. This past season, Inderelst was named to the 2nd Team All-WPIAL and All-Section honors. Congrats Briana!!