Hopewell Boys Youth Basketball

Congratulations to HC Andrew Honess and the Hopewell 4th grade boys travel team for getting off to a tremendous start in the West Allegheny Tournament.

Hopewell was involved in two tight contests; both games went to overtime and came away with wins in both games.

Hopewell 13 South Fayette 11 and Hopewell 10 West Allegheny 8.

Hopewell vs. South Fayette game:
In the South Fayette game, Hopewell jumped out to a 6-0 lead before South Fayette responded with a 7-0 run of their own.

Jordan Peck led Hopewell in scoring with 4 points, while Quinn Zappas had 3 and Brody Benson, Jonah Honess and Prince Shell each had 2 apiece.

Hopewell vs. West Allegheny game:
The game against West Allegheny ended in dramatic fashion as Prince Shell made the game-winning shot.

It was fitting Shell made that shot as he led Hopewell in scoring with 6 points, while Quinn Zappas had 2 and Maverick Kuzcma also had 2 points.

This 4th grade squad will enter tomorrow as either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed.

Best of luck in trying to bring home the trophy!

HOPEWELL 4TH GRADE BOYS TRAVEL ROSTER
Aaron Ackerman
Hunter McCoy
Prince Shell
Easton Johnston
Theo Hudak
Jonah Honess
Brody Benson
Zane Muzy
Quinn Zappas
Jordan Peck
Max Holsinger
Maverick Kuzcma

The Hopewell 3rd Grade Boys basketball team wasn’t the only team from Hopewell competing in the West Allegheny Tournament today.

The Vikings 5th Grade travel team took on Keystone Oaks in their first-round game and came away with a convincing 22-2 win.

HC Craig Biller and his team were never challenged, and this allowed a lot of players to get involved, which is exciting. Leading 4-2, Hopewell went on a 18-0 run to end the game.

Landyn D led the Vikings in scoring with 6 points followed by Kellen Boehm and Bowen Smith each with 4 points. Sean Bain, Sullivan Smith, Breyson Hoth and Cooper Biller each collected a basket.

The Hopewell team also did a great job on the boards as Hoth and Logan Giering each pulled down 5 rebounds.

Later tonight, Hopewell will play their second game of the day as they take on Avonworth.

Good luck Vikings!

IMPERIAL– After picking up their first win of the 2025-26 travel season earlier this morning against Keystone Oaks, the Hopewell 3rd grade boys took on the tournament host team West Allegheny later this morning.

This was a game between two evenly matched teams, and it went back and forth all game. However, West Allegheny had a big 2nd half and came away with a 16-10 win.

Despite the loss, Hopewell did a lot of good things both offensively and defensively.

Although the final score wouldn’t support this, Hopewell’s offense did what they wanted to do and were executing their offensive sets but unfortunately for them, the ball wasn’t dropping. Time after time, a Viking player got off a good shot in the paint only to see the ball spin out or just miss going in. If they keep getting these types of looks, the ball will go in.

Defensively, this Hopewell team built off their strong defensive effort in the first game against Keystone Oaks. They forced a number of turnovers and contested a number of West Allegheny shots. A tip of the cap goes out to Cohen Biller who had unbelievable game on defense and showed tremendous effort for 32 minutes.

1ST HALF:
*Will Vukovcan with a blocked shot, passes off to Coleson Orie who passes it up to Lincoln Bokor, who takes it strong to the hoop for a layup, Hopewell 2-0

*Nice out of bounds play, Orie sets a nice screen, which allows Bokor to get to the hoop for another layup, Hopewell 4-0.

*Biller comes up with steal at midcourt and converts at the other end for a layup, Hopewell 6-2.

*Bokor had a handful of tremendous, aggressive drives to the rim and unfortunately luck wasn’t on his side today. However, his ability and strength to get past his man off the dribble was impressive.

*Right before halftime, Bokor with a missed shot, Vukovcan grabs the offensive rebound and puts it back up for a layup, Hopewell 8-6.

HALFTIME: HOPEWELL 8 WEST ALLEGHENY 6

2ND HALF:
*Biller with a nice pass to Bokor who converts a shot in the lane, Hopewell 10-8

Unfortunately, that was Hopewell’s last basket of the game. This was a two-point game up until 5- or 6-minutes left in the game when West Allegheny was able to convert a couple out of bounds plays.

FINAL SCORE: WEST ALLEGHENY 16 HOPEWELL 10

All in all, it was a fun, successful day for these kids and coaches.

Hopewell will find out later today who they’ll take on tomorrow when elimination play begins in this West Allegheny Tournament.

Imperial- After competing in a number of regular games, the Hopewell 3rd Boys travel team began play in their first tournament this morning.

The Vikings were up early as they took on Keystone Oaks at 8 AM in the West Allegheny tournament.

This was a big morning for these boys as they won their first game of the season, defeating KO, 12-9.

Colsen Orie made 4 clutch shots from the perimeter as he led the Vikings in scoring.  Lincoln Bokor and Cohen Biller each contributed 2 points apiece.

Hopewell played tremendous defense and came up with numerous steals as they anticipated the Keystone Oak passes and jumped them coming up with the turnovers.

Two of the biggest shots of the game came as Orie hit a shot at the halftime buzzer to give the Vikings a 4-point lead. Then in the 2nd half, Biller hit a mid-range shot from the top of the key to extend the lead to six.

Another key to this morning was the Vikings ability to control the boards. As the game progressed, Hopewell limited KO to one shot by grabbing the defensive rebound. Bokor, Biller and Will Vukovcan did a outstanding job rebounding.

Later on this morning, Hopewell takes on the host team West Allegheny.

This team is coached by Rob Orie and Craig Bokor.

Hopewell 3rd Grade Roster:

Bryce Bell

Cam Winiarski

Cohen Biller

Coleson Orie

Grayden McNalley

Lincoln Bokor

Maze Latimore

Obie DeCanio

Trent Michael

Will Vukovcan

Congratulations to the Hopewell 5th Grade Boys travel basketball team for winning the South Side Tournament today.

After losing their two opening games on Saturday, the Vikings responded today with three consecutive wins over West Allegheny, Blackhawk and Avella in the championship game.

In the finals, Hopewell defeated Avella by the score of 22-12. Hopewell sealed the win with a 9-0 run to end the game.

Landyn Dellicarpini led Hopewell in scoring with 10 points, followed by Cooper Biller and Bowen Smith each with 4 points, while Sean Bain and Kellen Boehm each contributed a basket.

A couple of other important stats that helped win this championship: 1)Hopewell had 27 rebounds, led by Dellicarpini with 7. 2) Active Hopewell defense, 10 steals, led by Breyson Hoth with 5.

Congrats to the Hopewell players and coaches for this impressive tournament win.

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Here’s an update on the boy’s 5th grade travel team and their most recent game against Central Valley. On Thursday evening, the Vikings hosted Central Valley and came away with a 31-13 win. This was the boys first win of the travel season. Nice job men!

Hopewell got off to an 11-0 start and never looked back, later in the game, they also had a 10-0 run. Hopewell led 15-7 at halftime.

Some keys to victory were: 1) Defense, as Hopewell came away with 6 steals, including 3 by Logan G.    2) Rebounding, as Hopewell had 10 offensive rebounds leading to six second-chance points. 3) Crisp passing as Hopewell finished with 12 assists, led by Cooper B with 5.

Hopewell was led in scoring by Sean B. and here’s what the rest of the score sheet looked like.

Sean Bain: 10 points
Sullivan Smith: 6 points
Landyn Dellicarpini: 6 points
Cooper Biller: 5 points
Logan Giering: 2 points
Kellen Boehm: 2 points

Hopewell is back in action this afternoon as they’ll take part in a tournament at South Side. Good luck Vikings!

Last night, Cornell hosted a PBC (Pittsburgh Basketball Club) Champions vs. Champions Event, which included winners from two different bracket divisions in the 4th, 5th and 6th grade basketball league.

The director of the league, John Giamarco, coordinated this event as a fun way to cap off the 2024-25 season.

Cornell, the host, won their bracket at the 4th, 5th and 6th grade division. The Hopewell 5th Grade team was the winner of their division as well as Avonworth in 4th grade and Central Vallely in 6th grade.

In Hopewell’s game, they took on Cornell, who got on the scoreboard first. After being down a few points, Hopewell scored their first points, which got them going and the game remained close for the rest of the evening with both teams trading baskets.

The Cornell team definitely came ready to play while the Vikings coaches say their team came out a bit flat. Luckily for Hopewell, the players on the Vikings bench were able to provide a much-needed boost. This was even more crucial because Hopewell was down starter, Nate Newberry, who was out due to illness.

Late in the game, Hopewell’s press starting forcing turnovers and a late spree of 3-pointers by Michael Ambrose and two by Wes Gigliotti were critical.

With two talented teams on the court, it was no surprise that this game ended up being entertaining throughout and eventually came down to the final seconds.

Cornell had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds but missed as time expired and Hopewell came away with a 36-34 win!

Leading scorers for Hopewell were Wes Gigliotti with 24, Mike Ambrose with 8, Beckett Phillips with 2 and Jeonni Panzino with 2 points.

Here are the members on this Hopewell 5th Grade team: Wes Gigliotti, Beckett Phillips, Bryce Croner, Myles Fisher, Jeonni Panzino, Colton Lenart, Emryk Cain, Michael Ambrose, Lohgaun McCoy and Nate Newberry.

The winning continues for this group of boys, who have won plenty of tournaments over the last couple of years. This is a great sign for the future.

Hopewell Township- In front of a nice sized crowd at the Hopewell Junior High School, the Hopewell 3rd and 5th grade boys travel teams were involved in playoff basketball.

The 5th team took on Central Valley in a semifinal game while the 3rd graders went up against West Allegheny in the championship game.

All these playoff games are part of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club/Beaver County Bantam Basketball League.

In the opener, congratulations to Hopewell’s 5th grade team as they defeated Central Valley, 35-31, in a well-played, emotional game.

This was a 1-2 point game from late in the 3rd quarter all the way through the 4th quarter. High intensity!

Here were the closing seconds of the game.

Taking a look at the Hopewell scorebook:

#1 Wes Gigliotti – 8 pts

#2 Beckett Phillips – 4 pts

#3 Bryce Croner – 6 pts

#4 Myles Fischer – 3 pts

#11 Colton Lenart – 3 pts

#30 Mike Ambrose – 2 pts (6 rebounds)

#34 Nate Newberry – 9 pts

In the championship game, the Vikings will take on Moon on a date to be determined.

Unfortunately, the results weren’t the same when it comes to the 3rd grade team.

Hopewell got off to a hot start against West Allegheny, but after the 1st quarter, WA’s stifling on-ball defense was something that gave Hopewell problems the entire game.

In the end, Hopewell couldn’t get any quality looks and struggled to score, losing 27-16.

Hopewell led after the 1st quarter, 10-9, but were only able to score 6 points the rest of the way.

Jordan Peck led Hopewell in scoring with 12 points, while Jonah Honess scored 4 points.

Regardless of tonight’s outcome, this was a tremendous season for this group of boys as they competed for the first time in travel basketball. Nice job boys!

After the game, Vikings Sports Now spoke with Hopewell 3rd grade head coach Andrew Honess.