As we finish up our coverage of the Hopewell Vikings Week One win over Avonworth and move ahead to this week’s matchup against Chartiers Valley, we wanted to share with you another interview that VSN did after the game.
Friday night’s win was a complete team effort and had many players that played huge parts in the win.
Two of those players were junior running back Nasir ‘Bruiser’ Wade and junior cornerback/wide receiver Tre Cameron.
Cameron finished the game with 2 catches for 30 yards and also had the task of guarding Avonworth 4-star wide receiver Jaden Jones, for which he did a tremendous job.
Wade was Hopewell’s workhorse out of the backfield with 20 carries for 94 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Following the game, VSN spoke with both Wade and Cameron about the win and their performances.
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.
