Hopewell Girls Youth Basketball
Hopewell 5th Grade Girls Advance to Semifinals of the BC Youth Playoffs With Impressive Win over Beaver Falls
The Hopewell 5th Grade Girls Basketball team didn’t have long to rest but in the end it didn’t matter.
Friday night, the Vikings convincingly defeated Beaver and were back on the court this morning at 10:30 AM for a quarterfinal’s matchup against Beaver Falls.
Two weeks ago, the Tigers made a large 4th quarter rally to defeat Hopewell but this morning, Coach Yurcina’s squad got revenge.
The Lady Vikings dominated from start to finish and sealed the deal, defeating Beaver Falls, 27-16. Hopewell never trailed and led by as many as 19 points.
After the first quarter, Hopewell led 9-0 and then at halftime, 17-3.
Leading the way for Hopewell with 18 points was guard Rilynn Davis, who was once again the best player on the court.
HOPEWELL SCORE SHEET:
Rilynn Davis: 18 points.
Isla Rock: 5 points
Neveah Pope: 2 points
Lydia Jaquay: 2 points
Next up for Hopewell is a semifinals matchup against No. 2 seed Blackhawk. Tipoff will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1 PM.
If they’re able to win in the semifinals, the championship match will take at 2 PM.
Good luck tomorrow Hopewell. Go Vikings!
