On the heels of the best game of his young high school football career, Hopewell sophomore quarterback James Armstrong received some big recruiting news this morning.
Armstrong received news that his second Power 4 offer comes from legendary HC Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Last season, Armstrong received his first Power 4 offer from Pat Narduzzi and Pitt.
This past Friday in a 51-50 loss to Beaver, the 6’3″, 220-pound left-handed quarterback threw for 346 yards, ran for 263 yards and 6 TD’s.
Rough loss last night to a good beaver team 51-50
Had a good game almost beating a wpial record for total yard
346 passing tds 4tds
263 rushing yds 2 tds@210ths @wpialsportsnews @WPIAL_Insider @PA_TodaySports @HopewellSport @PghSportsNow @CoachTerryPSU @knnysndrs @Kb1Raw pic.twitter.com/K602SBxLAO— James “Booboo” Armstrong (@Armstrong_Qb) September 13, 2025
As we’ve forecasted and it really isn’t a surprise, Armstrong’s recruitment will be picking up a bunch this season and likely over the coming weeks and months.
With his rifle for an arm, ability to keep plays alive and power he’s able to run with, his talent is obvious, and it was only a matter of time before major programs started offering.
Despite Pitt taking a leap of faith and offering last season as a freshman, schools have been cautious only because of his age. With North Carolina offering today, look for the flood gate of offers to begin.
At this time, no national recruiting service has given him a star rating but that too will change soon as he’s a 4 or 5-star talent.










VSN also wanted to give a shoutout to Hopewell offensive coordinator Zach Rosa, who dialed up all the right plays and was able to do a near impossible job of getting everyone touches.
*Riverside’s 3rd drive ended up being a 7-minute drive but in the end, Hopewell kept them out of the endzone. The Panthers converted a 3rd and 19 as they ran for 66 yards down inside the Hopewell 10-yard line. That was their only big play of the game. However, the defense stepped up as on 4th and Goal from the 3-yard line, Bokor sniffed out a WR screen and came up with a tackle for loss.
*Riverside’s 5th drive lasted one play as Tafkov made a diving interception at midfield.
*Hopewell got the ball to start the second half and took just 3 plays to score as Armstrong threw a strike to Cameron, who then ran for 31 yards. Next play, on a designed run, Armstrong ran for 23 yards up the left sidelines down to the Riverside 1-yard line. Tafkov then got rewarded for his tremendous game as he took the handoff and powered his way in from the 1-yard line, Hopewell led 42-0.
*Still in the 3rd quarter, because Riverside had their starters in, Hopewell kept some of their first team players in it resulted in the final touchdown of the game as Armstrong hit Cameron up the seam with a perfectly placed 31-yard TD.

