Springfield Elks Lodge hosted the Southern Vt. Elks hoop shoot on Saturday January 9th, at Springfield High School gym.
The Southern Elks district is composed of competitors from Bennington, Brattleboro, Rutland and Springfield Elks Lodges. In the 8 & 9 year group for girls, first place winner was Cynthia Velazquez of Brattleboro with Hannah Zierfus of Springfield in second place. For 8 & 9 year old boys, Ethan Whalen of Rutland finished first making 25 of 25 free throws. Carter Thompson finished 2nd with 20 of 25 shots. In the 10 & 11 age group Natalie Norcia finished first and Rylie Niles of Bennington finished second. For boys, Owen Traynor of Rutland finished first and Aaron Whitman finished 2nd. In the 12 & 13 age group Cecily McCormack of Rutland finished first and Keely Greene of Bennington finished 2nd. For boys, Gregory Fitzgerald making 22 of 25 shot was a first place winner and Noah Depoy of Rutland was in 2nd place.
First and second place winners were presented with trophy’s. First place winners will move on to Barre, Vt., for the state competition on January 30th. The ultimate goal is to win in Barre, then onto the New England Districts in Portland, Maine and the Elks National competition in Chicago, Illinois.
Shown are winners in the recent Southern Vt., Elks Hoop Shoot competition. Frt l to r; Hannah Zierfus, Natalie Norcia, Cynthia Velaques, Carter Thompson and Ethan Whalen. 2nd row; Keely Greene, Rylie Niles, Cecily McCormack, Gregory Fitzgerald, Noah Depoy, Owen Traynor and Aaron Whitman. Back; Springfield Exalted Ruler Vicki Siliski, Andy Wisinewski Elks State Youth Chairman, Vt. Elks Distict Deputy South Frank Lopez and Elks District hoop shoot chairman Victor Baskevich.