Champs crowned at Hoop Shoot

The Butte Elks Lodge #240 Hoop Shoot contest was held Saturday at the MAC. Forty contestants participated. The first-place winners advance to the District Hoop Shoot Contest in Dillon on Jan. 2. All competitors shot 25 free throws. Division winners:

Girls 8-9
1^st – Nora Briggs, West – 17
2^nd – Blake Sullivan, Hillcrest – 3

Girls 10-11
1^st – Kesten Osborne, Hillcrest – 17
2^nd – Lacey Smyth, West – 15
3^rd – Ella Briggs, West – 14
4^th – Ava Jurenic, Hillcrest – 12

Girls 12-13
1^st – Anna Yates, East – 16
2^nd – Lachlyn Robinson, East – 15
3^rd – Jerzi Nichols, East – 14
4^th – Halle Martinich, Hillcrest – 12

Boys 8-9
1^st – Ciaran Gallagher, West – 16
2^nd – James Graham, Hillcrest – 13 (3/5)
3^rd – Rocco Clary, Margaret Leary – 13 (2/5)
4^th – Parker Evenson, Emerson – 11

Boys 10-11
1^st – Beau Benski, Hillcrest – 21
2^nd – Clay Salo, Hillcrest – 14
3^rd – Treysen Thomas, Hillcrest – 13 (4/5)
4^th – Kase Thompson, Hillcrest – 13 (2/5)

Boys 12-13
1^st – Jace Graham, Hillcrest – 19 (5/5)
2^nd – Connor Gallagher, West – 19 (3/5)
3^rd –  Cruz Cleary, Hillcrest – 17 (4/5)
4^th – Daxon Dennehy, Margaret Leary – 17 (3/5)