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Mann and Barkovich Pace Hopewell HS Softball Over Quaker Valley

by Will Arzberger
written by Will Arzberger 1 minutes read

Before you know it, the 2025 WPIAL Softball regular season will be finished and teams that qualify will be preparing for the playoffs.

The Hopewell Vikings are hoping to be one of these teams in the playoff field.

Hopewell currently finds themselves in fourth place in the Section 2 (Class 3A) and remain there following a 10-2 win over Quaker Valley. With the win, the Lady Vikings got their overall record back to 7-7 and 4-5 in section.

Offensively, Hopewell clubbed out 15 hits, including two homeruns: Kara Barkovich and Tallulah Showrank. Congrats ladies.

Courtesy Hopewell HS Softball

Seniors Victoria Mann and Barkovich led the way at the plate going a combined 8-for-8, with 5 RBI. Mann was 5-for-5, with 2 runs and 2 RBIs, while Barkovich went 3-for-3 (single, double and homerun), 2 walks, 2 runs and 3 RBI. That’s quite an afternoon for those two ladies.

Showrank went 2-4 with 2 RBI and a run scored, Allison Ramaley also collected 2 hits and an RBI, while leadoff hitter Alana Covalt set the pace of the offense getting on base 3 times (2 hits and a walk), scoring 2 runs and collecting an RBI.

Speaking of Covalt, she was one of three pitchers used by Hopewell head coach Ronda Koblek.

Covalt got the start and pitched a perfect 2 innings, not allowing a hit, run or walk, while striking out two. Barkovich pitched the third inning, allowing 2 runs, 0 walks and striking out 3. Ramaley closed out the game, not allowing a run and striking out 4 batters.

After a day off today, Hopewell plays their final section game of the season on Wednesday at Ellwood City and then will have a non-section game on Thursday at Gateway.

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Hopewell HS Softball Rebounds with 13-0 Win over Beaver Falls

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 2 minutes read

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP- Less than 24 hours after a difficult late-inning loss to Avonworth, the Hopewell HS Softball team was back on the field looking to put that loss behind them.

The Lady Vikings certainly did that in resounding fashion as they shutout the Beaver Falls Tigers, 13-0.

Sophomore Alana Covalt got the start for Hopewell and pitched the first shutout of her high school career going 5 innings, allowing only 3 hits, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. In the complete game, Alana threw 76 pitches, 48 of which were strikes.

Hopewell’s Alana Covalt

Hopewell took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and that remain the score until the Vikings scored 3 more in the 4th and then 7 runs in the 5th inning. With the win, Hopewell improved their record to 6-6.

GAME RECAP–
Top of 1st Inning: Covalt opened the game with a single, which was followed by a walk to Allison Ramaley. Next up, Victoria Mann doubled to left field, which scored both Covalt and Ramaley, Hopewell led 2-0.

Bottom of the 1st Inning: Beaver Falls threatened as they loaded the bases with 2 outs, but Covalt escaped as the inning ended on a pop up to Kara Barkovich at third base.

Bottom of the 2nd Inning: Nothing doing for the Tigers as Covalt recorded two strikeouts.  Hopewell led 3-0.

Bottom of the 3rd Inning: Covalt recorded a 1-2-3 third inning following a pop-up to Tallulah Showrank in CF, a grounder to Ramaley at 2nd Base and Covalt fielded a comebacker to the mound and threw to first.

Top of the 4th Inning: Showrank led off with a single and with 1 out, Marina Pinchotti reached on a bunt single to the pitcher. Then with 2 outs, Covalt helped herself out with a 2-run single to make the score, Hopewell 5-0. Following a single by Ramaley, Mann recorded an RBI single, which scored Covalt, Hopewell now led 6-0.

Bottom of the 4th Inning: Covalt mowed Beaver Falls down in the 4th inning as she recorded 2 strikeouts. Hopewell 6-0.

Top of the 5th Inning: The Lady Vikings blew this game wide open in the 5th inning. The first run of the inning scored on an RBI single by Showrank, another scored on an RBI triple by Covalt. Following a double steal which scored Covalt, Mann drove in Ramaley with an RBI single. The final run of the game came in on an RBI single by Isabella Katkich.

Bottom of the 5th Inning: With a 13-0 lead, Covalt returned to the mound for the last inning and made quick work of BF. The first out coming on a ground to Barkovich at 3rd base, the second on a comebacker to the mound and the game ended on a popup to Katkich at SS.

FINAL SCORE: HOPEWELL 13 BEAVER FALLS 0

WINNING IS FUN!!

The Hopewell High School Softball team returns to the field on Friday as they host 1st place Mohawk!

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WATCH: Kara Barkovich and Victoria Mann Talk About Special Moment

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 1 minutes read

Something special and unusual occurred last week in a Hopewell HS Softball game.

Victoria Mann and Kara Barkovich are life long friends and they did something that they’ll remember and talk about the rest of their lives.

In their last game against Central Valley, Barkovich and Mann hit back-to-back home-runs in the 6th inning.

While that was a a nice feat, it’s something that’s probably happened a lot over the years in the WPIAL.

However, what took place next probably hasn’t occurred very often.

After both homering in consecutive at-bats in the 6th inning, that duo got to bat again in the 7th inning and guess what they did?

Yep, you guessed it, they hit back-to-back home-runs in the 7th inning.

That is incredible and Vikings Sports Now talked to Mann and Barkovich about it this morning.

 

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Hopewell Varsity Softball Blanks Riverside, 6-0

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 2 minutes read

Hopewell Township– It’s not only baseball season in Hopewell but the Vikings Softball team is gearing up for the start of the 2025 season.

This afternoon, Hopewell hosted Riverside in a scrimmage at Hopewell High School. On Monday, Hopewell took part in their first scrimmage of the season and lost to New Castle, 13-6.

Today, thanks in part to great pitching, Hopewell turned things around as they shut out Riverside, 6-0.

Tremendous job on the mound today by Kara Barkovich, Allison Ramaley and Alana Covalt as they held the Panthers to 0 runs and only 3 hits. Barkovich got the start and went 2 innings, allowing 1 hit, walked two and struck out one. Ramaley pitched the 3rd and 4th innings, allowing only 1 hit, 0 walks and struck out 2. Covalt closed things out allowing just one hit.

The fact that Hopewell struck out only 3 of the 18 batters meant that Riverside put the ball in play and credit to Hopewell for playing solid defense, committing only 2 errors.

Riverside only had a couple of chances to score and when they did, the Hopewell defense was rock solid.

In the top of the 1st, Riverside put runners at 1st and 3rd with 0 outs, but Barkovich got a strike out, followed by a tremendous double play turned by Victoria Mann, Covalt and Ramaley.

In the top of the 4th, the Panthers got a runner to 3rd with 2 outs, but Ramaley came up with a strikeout to end the inning.

Hopewell scored their runs in the 4th, 5th and 6th innings, with the 4th being the big inning as the Vikings plated 4 runners.

In the bottom of the 3rd, Hopewell scored the first run of the game when Marina Pinchotti scored on a wild pitch with 2 outs. Hopewell led 1-0.

In the four-run 4th inning, Ramaley drove in Barkovich with an infield single, to make the score 2-0. Then with the bases loaded and 2 outs, Pinchotti each on an error by the Riverside right fielder and all three runners scored to make the score 5-0 Hopewell.

The final Hopewell run came home in the 5th inning on an RBI single by Mann, which brought in Claire Sarkis.

The Hopewell Varsity softball team returns to action on Monday when they travel to Blackhawk for another scrimmage.

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