Hopewell Wrestling

HV’s Varsity and JV Wrestling has a Historic Year!

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4 weeks ago

March 23, 2025

Hopewell Varsity and Junior Varsity Wrestling Teams had an outstanding year as the season closed it is surely one for the record books!

The Varsity Team ended the year with some impressive stats going 11-4, with 5 WPIAL qualifiers and 3 Top WPIAL finishers. The 5 WPIAL qualifiers were Hank Berner, Austin Gouza, Justin Obeldobel, Evan Tirado, and Jacob Medich.

The Junior High Stats were just as impressive finishing 6-0, 6th at south side, 2nd at Sharon, 4th at MACs, 3 state qualifiers, one athlete placing 8th at states, Christian Tirado.

The icing on the cake for the year was a clean sweep of accolades for the coaching staff. The WPIAL Section 2AA named Cody McCullough Jr High Coach of the year, Kenn Smith Varsity Assistant Coach of the year, and Brett Smith Varsity Head Coach of Year. Those coaches awards are given each year. All voted on by the head coaches in the WPIAL section.

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Carl Santamaria

Hello Hopewell! While I am not originally a Hopewell native, it has been my home for over 12 years. My wife and I have three beautiful children that all play Hopewell sports including baseball and softball. My wife and I are both active in coaching our Children's teams. I am a member of the Hopewell Youth Baseball Board of Directors and you will probably see me out at the fields at least a few days a week. Most recently coaching my youngest sons TBALL team.