Ohio Elks Hoop Shoot Champions Announced!
/2024 State Hoop Shoot Results
The competition was amazing at the Ohio State Elks Hoop Shoots Free Throw Contest, held at Liberty Middle School in Newark. A total of 36 youngsters competed for a chance to advance to the U.S. Great Lakes Regional in March. Results were:
FROM LEFT: STATE PRESIDENT TOM PAVLIK< KAMILLE SMITH, ISAIAH REVEAL, MASON MALONE, LILY LEACH, PARKER MOELLER, AND AINSLEY WEAVER
8-9 girls
Ainsley Weaver, Chillicothe #52, 25/25
Kamryn Smith, Ravenna #1076, 20/25
Gracie Sargent, Wilmington #797, 19/25
Remi Garrison, Wooster #1346, 16/25
Myra Unrast, Mercer County #2170, 15/25
Adley Duhamell, Newcomerstown #1555, 7/25.
8-9 boys
Parker Moeller, Mercer County #2170, 22/25
Corey Doster, Bellevue #1013, 19/25, 14/15
Finley Harrison, Jackson #466, 19/25, 13/15
Cole Huffman, Marietta #477, 17/25
Christian Barga, Greenville #1139 & Dominick Guerra, Cuyahoga Falls #1923, both 14/25.
10-11 girls
Kamille Smith, Ravenna #1076, 16/25;
Maggie VanFossen, Barnesville #1699, 15/25, 4/5
Rylee Shepard, Springfield #51, 15/25, 3/5
Ava Hawkins, Bellevue #1013, 15/25, 2/5
Reese Conley, Jackson #466 & Myma Dreyer, Van Wert #1197, both 13/25.
10-11 boys
Isaiah Reveal, Chillicothe #52, 21/25, 7/10
Trey Vanderwal, Marietta #477, 21/25, 6/10
Brody Ernsthausen, Lebanon #422, 19/25
Kellen Hirt, Bellevue #1013, 18/25
Marcus Eckstein, Mercer County #2170 & Gavin Dente, Alliance #467, both 17/25.
12-13 girls
Lily Leach, Barnesville #1699, 23/25
Elizabeth Burns, Ashtabula #208, 20/25
Kennah Hignight, Wooster #1346, 18/25
Mia Free, Chillicothe #52, 14/25
”Laci Dillman, Greenville #1139, 12/25
Jacklyn Carper, Findlay #75, 8/25.
12-13 boys
Mason Malone, Jackson #466, 23/25, 5/5
Keaton Elwer, Lima #54, 23/25, 4/5
}Kyler Larrick, Elyria #465, 22/25
Eric Thompson, Lebanon #422, 18/25
Cruz Potts, Coshocton #376, 17/25
Braxton Thomas, Conneaut #256, 14/25.
All contestants and families were given Friday night lodging at the Newark DoubleTree Hotel, dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday, and all contestants received Elks basketballs, Drug Awareness backpacks/goodies, water bottles, goodie bags and t-shirts, compliments of the Ohio Elks Association and The Bellevue Hospital.
The six age group winners now advance to the United States Great Lakes Region 4 Hoop Shoot the weekend of March 15-16, 2024, in South Bend, IN, and will take on competitors from Indiana and Michigan. Winners at that event will advance to the National Competition in Chicago, IL the weekend of April 18-21, 2024.
The 2025 Ohio Elks Hoop Shoot Finals has been set for Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Liberty Middle School in Newark.