On Saturday January 25, the Vermont State Elks Association held it’s annual Vermont State Hoop Shoot contest at Spaulding High School. Ten of the state’s thirteen Elks lodges were represented at the state competition.
The Hoop shoot contest starts at the Lodge level and is open to all girls and boys ages 8 – 13. First place winners at the Lodge level moved on to the regional level and first place winners at the regional level competed at the state level on Saturday.
Each competitor took ten practice shots and fifteen competition shots; the competitor with the most successful free throw shots was the Vermont State winner and will compete at the New England Regional Hoop Shoot in Maine in March.
Boys 8 & 9 years old:
First place: Sawyer Ramey representing Rutland Lodge #345
Second place: Braedan Adams representing Montpelier Lodge #924
Third place: Luke Dudas representing St. Johnsbury Lodge #1343
Girls 8 & 9 years old:
First place: Kaia Anderson representing St. Johnsbury Lodge #1343
Second place: Peyton Reynolds representing Windsor Lodge #1665
Third place: Natalie Norcia representing Brattleboro Lodge #1499
Boys 10 & 11 years old:
First place: David Gratton representing Newport Lodge #2155
Second place: Gregory Fitzgerald representing Brattleboro Lodge #1499
Third place: Eamon Cassels representing Montpelier Lodge #924
Girls 10 & 11 years old:
First place: Katie Cushing representing St. Albans Lodge #1566
Second place: Shea Pickering representing Bellows Falls Lodge #1619
Third place: Alyssa Slocum representing Windsor Lodge #1665
Boys 12 & 13 years old:
First place: Jacob Cady representing St. Johnsbury Lodge #1343
Second place: Jackson Lane representing Bennington Lodge #567
Third place: Ronald Johnson representing Barre Lodge #1535
Girls 12 & 13 years old:
First place: Emily Willis representing Newport Lodge #2155
Second place: Olivia Rockwood representing Windsor Lodge #1665
Third place: Nicole Norcia representing Brattleboro Lodge #1499