Hopewell Junior High Basketball
Hopewell Girls Junior High Basketball Team Finishes 2023 Season Strong With Sweep of Beaver
It was a great season ending performance by both the Hopewell 7th and 8th grade basketball teams as they both finished the 2023 season with wins over Beaver.
The Vikings 7th grade team were victorious by the score of 37-18, while the 8th graders won 35-10.
The afternoon started off well as the Hopewell community showed tremendous support as the girls were able to play in front of a packed crowd at the junior high. Great job Hopewell families!
In the 7th grade game, with game tied at 6, the Hopewell girls went on a 12-2 run to pull away and Beaver could never recover. Hopewell led 20-12 at halftime. Lily Enders led the way in scoring for Hopewell with 18 points, followed by Calasia Cannon with 7, Lily Otto and Abby Babinsack both with 6.
The 8th graders finished their junior high careers with another dominating performance. Following today’s win, Hopewell finished the season with a record of 13-4 and were playing their best basketball at the end of the season.
How about this for a stat, in the 1st quarter Hopewell led 5-4 and then finished the game on a 30 to 6 run.
Here’s a recap of this afternoon’s game:
1st QUARTER:
*Cici Smetana with a nice entry down love to Addison Blosnick for an easy 2. Hopewell 2-0.
*Calasia Cannon with a steal at midcourt and drove the rest of the court for a layup. Hopewell 4-0.
*Ava Ray with a nice drive from the left wing for 2 off the glass. That basket started the big run for the Vikings. Hopewell 7-4.
END OF 1ST QUARTER: Hopewell 7 Beaver 4.
2ND QUARTER:
*Blosnick finds Hannah McDowell for 2. Hopewell 9-4
*Blosnick then scored 2 of her own with a strong drive to the rim. Hopewell 11-4
*Defense leads to offense. McDowell with a blocked shot, then outlets it Ray who takes it in for a layup. Hopewell 13-4
*An inbounds pass, Cannon goes in for a layup. Hopewell 15-4.
*Running the point, Ray with a strong take to the paint and she gets fouled shooting. Ava then made her 2 free throws. Hopewell 17-4.
*More Vikings defense, Blosnick with the steal who finds Cannon for 2 more. Hopewell 19-4.
*Once again DEFENSE, McDowell with a block, passes it to Ray who finds Blosnick for 2. Hopewell 21-4
*To close the half, Ray with a GREAT ball fake, which froze her defender and Ava took it in for an athletic layup. Hopewell 23-5.
HALFTIME: Hopewell 23-5.
3RD QUARTER:
*Like she did to start the game, Smetana opens up the 3rd quarter with Hopewell’s first basket.  Hopewell 25-5.
*Later on, Blosnick with an assist to McDowell. Hopewell 27-5.
*Hopewell then crashed the boards as McDowell got 3 consecutive offensive rebounds before eventually put it in. Hopewell 29-7.
*Nice Hopewell ball movement leads to a deep jump shot from Cannon. Hopewell 31-7.
END OF 3RD QUARTER: Hopewell 31-8.Â
4TH QUARTER:
*Harley Hample grabs an offensive rebound and puts it back in for 2.  Hopewell 33-8.
*To close the scoring, McDowell grabs an offensive rebound off a missed shot from Smetana. Hopewell 35-8.
FINAL SCORE:Â Hopewell 35-10.Â
Another strong year from a Hopewell junior high sports program, first the football team winning a conference championship and now a strong year from the girls’ basketball team. Next up: the boy’s junior high basketball team, which will be really, really good.
The future of Hopewell sports certainly looks bright!
We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the girl’s junior high basketball team on HSN. We plan to cover the boys the same way, along with the Hopewell High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams.
