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Hopewell 6th Grade Navy Girls Travel Lose Close Contest Against Beaver

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The Hopewell and Beaver 6th girls’ basketball programs are developing a nice healthy, competitive rivalry.

That’s usually the case when two talented teams play in meaningful games and that’s what’s taken place lately.

The Lady Vikings and Lady Bobcats battled in travel tournaments last season and that continued over the weekend as Hopewell came away with a close 3-point victory in the semifinals of the South Side Tournament.

On Wednesday night, these two programs met again in a regular season matchup and once again it was a good game.

Unfortunately for the Lady Vikings, the results were a bit different as the Bobcats came away with a 23-18 win.

It was one of those games where the shots just weren’t falling for Hopewell, including from the free-throw line where the Vikings are normally strong.

When you’re not able to convert on free throws and don’t convert easy shots you normally make, it’s very difficult to beat a quality team like Beaver. But remember, these are 6th grade girls, and these types of games happen from time to time.

The turning point of the game was early on with Hopewell leading 3-2 courtesy a 3-pointer from Rilynn Davis, Beaver went on a 9-0 run, which turned out to be a hole Hopewell couldn’t climb out of.

Taking a look at the Hopewell Box Score- Davis and Nevaeah Pope led the way with 7 points apiece, while Callie Sadler and Vanessa Kurta each scored 2 points.

Next up for the 6th Grade Navy team is a couple of games on Saturday, first against Moon and then against New Brighton.

Good Luck Ladies!

Sandy Schall, Coldwell Banker

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