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Today I learned this will be my last week working at the paper I grew up reading. Telling the stories of high school athletes all across Western PA has truly been a privilege and a joy.
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“I just need to play better.”
That’s a real quote from Hopewell QB James Armstrong after the PSU recruit accounted for 323 total yards and four TDs in a 42-14 rout vs. OLSH.
No wonder this kid is such a special player.
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Hear from our final Player of the Game at the 412 Football Classic, Hopewell junior QB and four-star Penn State recruit James Armstrong.
“Booboo” completed 14 of 23 passes for 243 yards and four TDs while rushing for 80 yards in a 42-14 mercy-rule win over OLSH:
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FINAL SCORE: Class 3A No. 2 Hopewell 42, OLSH 14.
James Armstrong: 14-23, 243 yards, 4 TDs; 11 carries, 80 yards
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TOUCHDOWN: OLSH backup QB Eli Nestor runs somebody over, then tosses a 10-yard TD pass to Ben Groom to make it a 42-14 game with 53 seconds left.
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TOUCHDOWN: Backup quarterback Eli Nestor makes sure OLSH won’t be going home empty handed, punching in a 2-yard TD to make it 42-7 midway through the fourth quarter:
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TOUCHDOWN: Brody Rock with a TJ Watt-esque INT for a 25-yard pick six, and Hopewell now leads OLSH by a score of 42-0 midway through the third quarter.
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TOUCHDOWN: Have mercy.
Tamar Tisdale rushes up the middle for a 13-yard score to activate the mercy rule by giving Hopewell a 35-0 lead against OLSH:
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HALFTIME: Hopewell 28, OLSH 0.
James Armstrong: 13-21, 222 yards, 4 TDs; 7 carries, 40 yards
Tre Cameron: 4 catches, 70 yards
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TOUCHDOWN: What a play here by James Armstrong, who scrambles around and extends the play before finding Maddox Fattore for a 10-yard score with 14 seconds left in the first half.
That’s four passing TDs in the first half for “Booboo.” Hopewell up 28-0 over OLSH:
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TOUCHDOWN: On the next play after the negated TD, James Armstrong says no problem — I’ll just lob a 26-yard TD pass to Avery Bokor instead.
Hopewell up 21-0 late in the first half. Pass the sticks, OLSH 🎮
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This play got called back by a penalty, but how the heck did Brody Rock stay on his feet here and come out of the pile to get into the end zone?
Promising drive for OLSH ends with an interception in the end zone by Tre Cameron. Score still 13-0 Hopewell.
Nice job by Christian Bush to scoop up the fumbled snap and take off for a 30-yard gain to set OLSH up with a first-and-goal at the 3-yard line:
TOUCHDOWN: James Armstrong fires his second TD pass of the opening quarter with a perfect strike over the middle to Avery Bokor for a 15-yard score.
XP is no good, but Hopewell now leads 13-0:
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James Armstrong nearly had his first pass of Hopewell’s second drive picked off, but it turns into a 23-yard completion to Tre Cameron off the tip drill:
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TOUCHDOWN: Hopewell strikes first 90 seconds into the game on a 30-yard screen pass from James Armstrong to Nasir Wade.
Wade comes up limping after leaping into the end zone, but the Vikings lead 7-0:
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Finally get to witness four-star QB and Penn State recruit James “Booboo” Armstrong in action for Hopewell tonight. That ball is coming out of his hands with some serious zip:
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