Van Wert Elks #1197 Announce Lodge Hoop Shoot Champions

Van Wert Elks Lodge #1197 held their Annual Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest at the Goedde Building, Van Wert City Schools in Van Wert.   The contest was open to all boys and girls, ages 8 thru 13 and the boys and girls competed separately in their age class.   All participants shoot 25 free throw shots to compete.

The Elks National “Hoop Shoot” is the nation’s largest co-ed sports competition and the only non-commercial sporting event conducted on a national basis.  More than three million boys and girls, ages 8 to 13, from all fifty states, compete in the Elks “Hoop Shoot” contests at various levels of competition each year.

The first place winners of the local contest will advance to the district competition, which will be held at OSU-Lima/Rhoades State College – Cook Hall, Lima, OH  on January 5, 2025.

This year’s winners were

8-9 Boys:  Everett Gerker 1st place; Tynan Dreyer 2nd place
8-9 Girls: Aurora Perrott 1st place 
10-11 Boys: Jack Clark 1st place; Landon Baer 2nd place; Finn Worden 3rd place
10-11 Girls: Myma Dreyer 1st place; Emma Gibson 2nd place
12-13 Boys: Kyrie Dreyer 1st place; Holden Perrott 2nd place; Dominic Marsicano 3rd place

The winners each received a medal and all participants received a t- shirt compliments of Midwest Sportswear.

Michael Martz, Lodge Chairman thanks everyone who participated in the contest this year.