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Lisa McCoy/State Farm Insurance Week 5 Players of the Week

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 2 minutes read

It’s time to announce our fifth Lisa McCoy Agency/State Farm Insurance Hopewell Player of the Week, for both baseball and softball.

The winner will receive a baseball or softball with their Player of the Week inscription on it, along with a gift card to Shulligan’s Sports Bar & Grille.

The winners will be selected from either the High School, Junior Varsity or Middle School program. These Player of the Week honors will all lead up to Vikings Sports Now announcing a Player of the Year in both sports.

As it’s been all season, due to worthy candidates on multiple teams, this wasn’t a slam dunk decision.

However, we have two candidates that were more than worthy to receive this award.

Congratulations to Hopewell HS Boys JV freshman outfielder Reed Budavich and Hopewell HS freshman softball catcher Gianna Rossi.

Rossi has been a steady contributor to the Vikings softball team all season and this was her week to get recognized.

Hopewell’s Gianna Rossi

In Hopewell’s impressive 10-8 win over Central Valley on Monday, Rossi went 3-4 with an RBI.

Rossi has been playing softball in Hopewell since tee ball. Aside from Hopewell, Rossi also is a member of the Pittsburgh Lady Roadrunners travel program.

Rossi is a versatile player that can play catcher, outfield and third base. Despite being a freshman, Gianna has played over 50 innings for the varsity team and has done a solid job behind the plate with a .947 fielding % and has really improved on her framing as a catcher along with her overall defense.

Hopewell’s Gianna Rossi

When looking over the baseball candidates, Budavich had a great week and was a big reason for Hopewell’s 2-game sweep of Central Valley.

In those 2 games, Reed went 5 for 7 (double), 2 RBI and 2 runs. Also, like he’s done all season, he was very strong defensively for the Vikings.

Hopewell’s Reed Budavich

Budavich is an example of a player that works hard year-round at the sport and is all that work is paying off as he’s having a very good freshman season.

Aside from playing for the high school program, Budavich plays Colt Baseball in Hopewell as well as being a long-time member of the Pittsburgh Diamond Dawgs travel program.

Once again, congratulations to both Gianna Rossi and Reed Budavich.

 

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Lisa McCoy/State Farm Insurance Week 4 Players of the Week

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 2 minutes read

It’s time to announce our fourth Lisa McCoy Agency/State Farm Insurance Hopewell Player of the Week, for both baseball and softball.

The winner will receive a baseball or softball with their Player of the Week inscription on it, along with a gift card to Shulligan’s Sports Bar & Grille.

The winners will be selected from either the High School, Junior Varsity or Middle School program. These Player of the Week honors will all lead up to Vikings Sports Now announcing a Player of the Year in both sports.

Last week, our Week 3 winners were Hopewell freshman Lillian Otto and Hopewell seniors Ben McDonald and Drew Donovan.

This was another difficult decision considering the number of worthy candidates but after looking everything over, we’ve come up with our Week 4 winners.

We had at least 6 legitimate candidates for softball and couldn’t pick all 6, but we will select three.

Congratulations to Claire Sarkis, Abigail Babinsack and Kamryn Roche!

For the week, Sarkis hit .666 (8 for 12) with 3 runs scored, 3 RBI, which was all highlighted by her performance against Quaker Valley where she went 6 for 6!

Babinsack ended up batting .625 (5 for 8), with 4 RBI, 3 runs, walk.

Roche batted .571 with 3 runs, 2 walks and 4 RBI. Should also point out that this is Roche’s first season competing at the varsity level after missing all of last season with a wrist injury.

For baseball, our winner is going to be senior pitcher Payton Korker. This is going to Payton for another outstanding pitching performance this week along with the job he’s done on the mound all season for the Vikings.

HC Morgan Singletary came into the season knowing he had 2 top end pitchers in seniors Kingston Krotec and Ben McDonald. However, he along with the rest of the WPIAL has found out that Hopewell has 3 top end pitchers with the addition of Korker.

Korker has arguably been Hopewell’s most surprising performer this season as he’s put up ace like numbers.

On Friday against Serra Catholic, Korker was on a strict pitch count so that he could be available this week against Central Valley but was still able to go 4 innings, allowing only 3 hits, 1 ER and 5 Ks.

For the season, PK has pitched in 5 games, as Hopewell’s 3rd starter and check out these numbers:

Korker’s 5 Outings in 2026 for Hopewell:
Inning Pitched: 21.1
Hits Allowed: 12
Strikeouts: 18
ERA: 1.27

Once again, congratulations to Payton Korker, Claire Sarkis, Abigail Babinsack and Kamryn Roche, our Week 4 Vikings Sports Now Hopewell Baseball/Softball Players of the Week, sponsored by Lisa McCoy Agency/State Farm Insurance. 

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Lisa McCoy/State Farm Insurance Week 2 Players of the Week

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 2 minutes read

It’s time to announce our second Lisa McCoy Agency/State Farm Insurance Hopewell Player of the Week, for both baseball and softball.

The winner will receive a baseball or softball with their Player of the Week inscription on it, along with a gift card to Shulligan’s Sports Bar & Grille.

The winners will be selected from either the High School, Junior Varsity or Middle School program. These Player of the Week honors will all lead up to Vikings Sports Now announcing a Player of the Year in both sports.

We unveiled this last week with our first winners being Allison Ramaley and Charlie Smetana.

As was the case last week, choosing the winners for this week wasn’t easy because we had plenty of outstanding performances.

Because of that and with the fact that the HS baseball team, essentially has a bye week this coming week, VSN is going to name multiple winners for baseball and a single winner for softball.

Let’s start with softball and our Week 2 winner is going to be freshman pitcher Isabella Cipolla.

Hopewell’s Bella Cipolla

Cipolla was on the mound and pitched an outstanding game as the Hopewell HS Softball team defeating Ellwood City, 4-2, which was their first win of the season.

Cipolla pitched 5 innings, allowing just 2 hits, 2 ER and struck out 3 batters.

When trying to select the winner for baseball, this was extremely difficult and nearly impossible to select only 1 winner.

Because of that, VSN is going to pick spend a little more money and name tri-winners: senior pitcher Kingston Krotec, sophomore outfielder James Armstrong and 8th grader Ryder Kostrick.

Considering the following, how can only 1 person win?

Kostrick led the Hopewell Middle School team to a 5-0 win over Beaver. The right-handed pitcher tossed a complete-game NO-Hitter, going 5 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks and struck out 7 batters.

Hopewell’s Ryder Kostrick

Then you have Krotec, who led the HS team to a 11-0 win over North Catholic on Wednesday afternoon. The senior RHP pitched a 5 innings, 0 ER and 7 K’s. At the plate this week, Kingston was 4-10 with 5 RBI’s.

In his 3 starts this season, Krotec has pitched 19 innings (3 complete games) and has yet to allow an earned run, walking just 2 batters, while striking out 25.

Finally, you had the incredible week from Armstrong.

In 3 games this past week, Armstrong went 9-for-13, with 5 runs scored and 6 RBI. That included a game against North Catholic in which he went 6-for-6 with 3 runs and 3 RBIs.

Hopewell’s James Armstrong

Currently, Hopewell has a record of 6-3 and 4-2 in the section, which is tied for second place with Beaver.

For the season, Armstrong is batting .552 with 17 hits, has scored 12 runs, driven in 9 runs and has a .618 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot.

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VSN Starting a Lisa McCoy Agency/State Farm Insurance Boys Baseball and Girls Softball Players of the Week

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 1 minutes read

Vikings Sports Now is excited to let you know about something we’ll be starting this week and through the remainder of the baseball and softball season.

Beginning this week, VSN we’ll start presenting a Lisa McCoy Agency/State Farm Insurance Hopewell Player of the Week, for both baseball and softball.

The winner will receive a baseball or softball with their Player of the Week inscription on it, along with a gift card to Shulligan’s Sports Bar & Grille.

We will select two winners per week, one from the baseball program and one from the softball program. The boys and girls winner can come from either the High School, Junior Varsity or Middle School program.

These Player of the Week honors will all lead up to Vikings Sports Now announcing a Player of the Year in both sports.

VSN would like to thank Lisa McCoy and State Farm Insurance for their generosity in sponsoring this. Who knows, maybe it’s something we can carry over to other sports in Hopewell.

We will announce the two weekly winners every weekend, starting this Saturday or Sunday.

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A Big Thanks to Our Sponsors on Vikings Sports Now (Please Read)

by Mike Vukovcan
written by Mike Vukovcan 5 minutes read

While it sounds like a cliche, it’s the truth- advertising is the life blood of a business and that’s 100% the case with Vikings Sports Now.

Without the support of these advertisers, Vikings Sports Now wouldn’t exist. Because of this, I wanted to take the time to recognize these businesses and publicly thank them. Because of these generous owners, Vikings Sports Now has been able to hire and pay, 4 writers, 1 graphic designer and 1 photographer.

I realize that it can become annoying at times, but this is why I continually look for new advertisers to join us. The bottom line is that the more advertisers we have, the more money we can spend on improving this website and doing more things.

More importantly, aside from helping us, these businesses are hoping that when and if you’re in need of a service that they provide, you’ll consider them as an option.

That’s the purpose of advertising so please consider these businesses in the future and if you know them or solicit their business, let them know you heard about them on Vikings Sports Now.

A BIG THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING ADVERTISERS CURRENTLY ON VIKINGS SPORTS NOW

Vocelli’s Pizza of Hopewell:  First up, Vocelli’s Pizza of Hopewell. They’re now the Official Pizza of VSN and the only pizza that my family and I order on pizza night. Thanks to Brian, who re-opened the Hopewell location and is doing a tremendous job.  Vocelli’s is located across from the Hopewell Shopping Center at 2279 Broadhead Road and the phone number is 724-719-9777. Nothing better than the pepperoni on Vocelli’s Pizza! They have more than just pizza, try their subs, wings, etc. Brian has been very generous in giving away gift cards on Vikings Sports Now and we’ll be doing more of that in the near future.

Frank Walker Law: Frank Walker has been a loyal and long-time business partner with my Sports Now Networks. Frank is a great man and founder of Frank Walker Law in Pittsburgh. Walker is one of the most sought-after criminal defense attorneys in Western Pennsylvania due to his reputation for real talk, real experience and real results. Clients choose attorney Walker for representation because of his ability to get the most for his clients. To get in touch with Frank Walker, Pittsburgh Criminal Lawyer, call 412-212-3878.

 

Shulligan’s Sports Bar and Grille: Mike Shutak and his amazing staff are the go-to eating option in Hopewell. Aside from the good, Shulligan’s is a comfortable place to hang out to watch sporting events and for entertainment as they host bands, have open-mic nights and trivia nights. Shulligan’s is located on 2422 Broadhead Road in Hopewell, and you can also get takeout by calling 724-375-2920. On a personal note, Mike Shutak and his family are some of the most generous people in Hopewell and continually find ways to give back to the community.

PA State Representative Rob Matzie: I’ll start by saying that Rob is a person that I’ve had a life-long friendship with and am fortunate to call him a friend. Since moving from the media into the political world, Matzie has been successful as evidenced by the fact that he continues to get re-elected in a very difficult political climate. Reason for that is check out his track record and the results that he gets for his constituents in Beaver County.

The Tatalovich Funeral Home and Cremations Services, Inc:  Mr. Tatalovich is family owned and operated and has provided our community with dignified and professional services for the past 57 years.

The compassionate and caring staff at Tatalovich Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All the families that we serve are important to Mr. Tatalovich and his staff. They constantly strive to offer a wider variety of options to each and every one of them. It has been the Tatalovich family’s sincere desire during the hours of one’s greatest sorrow to serve them in a manner which would lighten their burden. The Tatalovich family, “serving your family as their own since 1968′.

TATALOVICH FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICE, INC.
2205 McMinn Street
Aliquippa, PA 15001
724-378-7550

3475 Broadhead Road
Monaca, PA 15061
724-317-0433

On a personal note, back in my radio days at WMBA 1460 AM in Ambridge, I remember working with Mr. Tatalovich as he was a very loyal sponsor of our high school football games on the radio. It’s great that 25+ years later, we are once again working together because he’s one of the most respected and trusted names in Beaver County. It was that way back then and it remains that way today.

Lisa McCoy/State Farm Agent: Lisa McCoy was the first person that said she wanted to join Vikings Sports Now and that means a lot to me. Aside from this website, Lisa McCoy’s Insurance business is very visible through Hopewell athletics and across Western Pennsylvania. One of the reasons McCoy is so successful is because of her ability to communicate and work with her customers to meet their needs. If you’re in need of or looking to change your auto, motorcycle, homeowners, condo, renters, business, life or pet insurance, give Lisa and her State Farm Insurance team a call at 724-498-0630 or email them at lisa@insurewithlisa.net. Check out her website at http://www.insurewithlisa.net

CCR Painting, LLC:  As we’re in the spring and approaching the summer, it’s time to start thinking about getting the inside of your house painted/touch ups. If you’re considering it, Vikings Sports Now highly recommends CCR Painting, LLC for all your painting needs. They are professional, affordable, prompt and reliable! Pictures on the right are work they’ve done for us. They did an amazing job! No one better than Brandon Davis and his staff. You can contact Brandon at 412-583-4356 or email him at ccrpaintingllc@gmail.com

Scott Aguglia Agency: We were so excited when Scott Aguglia Agency decided to join Vikings Sports Now. Scott Aguglia is your local health care agent. Scott takes pride in serving OUR community. He works closely with Highmark and UPMC- for individuals, families and Independent Business Owners like you in our area. Give him a call for any questions or ask for a free Quote TODAY, 724-987-8500.  By the way, you don’t ever want to get into an arm-wrestling contest with this guy, you won’t win! LOL. Thanks Scott!

Martin’s Custom Patios and Decks: Doug Martin is a Hopewell native and still a resident and has served the area and Western Pennsylvania for 20 years. If you’re looking to add onto the back of your house with a deck or patio, give Doug a call (412-849-5894), spots are filling up. We did this a couple of years ago by getting a deck built and have never regretted it. Doug is another person that has never said No when reaching out to help with advertising. Thanks Doug.

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