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.