PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle Elks Lodge 1954, will host its annual Lodge Championship Hoop Shoot foul shooting contest on Saturday, Dec. 28, for area youth ages 8 through 13 years, at the Wieden Hall Gymnasium of the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Incoming Hoop Shoot chair Kevin Sjoberg, of the Presque Isle Elks, stated that, “All of the competitors on Saturday, December 28, have already been selected from preliminary Hoop Shoot contests held at area schools or recreation programs. The three age categories for contestants are ages 8 and 9; ages 10 and 11; and ages 12 and 13 years for both boys and girls divisions.”
Eligible competitors in each division and age category are listed below:
8-9 girls
Ashland – Addison Labelle
Easton – Abbie Hopkins
Caribou – Quinn Corrigan
Limestone – Peyton West
Mapleton – Aleah Rideout
Washburn – Ashlyn Henthorn
Woodland – Aubrey Plante
Zippel – Payton Monahan
8-9 boys
Easton – Jackson Dow
Caribou – Kooper Bell
Limestone – Parker Dewley
Mapleton – Hudson Porter
Mars Hill – Mitchell Burtt
Washburn – Nason Nadeau
Woodland – Owen Moutinho
Zippel – Tyson St. Thomas
10-11 girls
Easton – Abby Siddiqui
Caribou – Elizabeth Robbins
Limestone – Kaylee Bencivenga
Mapleton – Madison Oakes
Mars Hill – Lilly Burtt
Washburn – Jaici Rosi-Carney
Woodland – Lily McCrossin
Zippel – Lenora Curtis
10-11 boys
Easton – Raiden Cochran
Caribou – Nick Plourde
Limestone – Jacob Edgecomb
Mapleton – Charles Doyen
Mars Hill – Dylan McKeen
PIMS – Kason Bua
Washburn – Declan Miller
Woodland – Carsen Richards
Zippel – Cruze Casavant
12-13 girls
Ashland – Michaela Carney
Easton – Madison Bridges
Caribou – Ainsley Caron
Limestone – Grace Jean
Mars Hill – Hannah Tomah
PIMS – Lexi Morningstar
Washburn – Logan Curtis
Woodland – Jillian Zeigler
12-13 boys
Ashland – Joshua Gardner
Easton – Chase Flewelling
Caribou – Brayden Brescia
Limestone – Bryce St. Pierre
PIMS – Wyatt Young
Washburn – Damian DuMont
Woodland – Parker Wark
“The young competitors from throughout Central Aroostook, namely Ashland, Caribou, Easton, Limestone, Mapleton, Mars Hill, Presque Isle, Washburn, and Woodland, may register beginning at 8:00 a.m. The contest will start at 9:00 a.m.,” according to Sjoberg.
Hoop Shoot is a national foul shooting competition for youth sponsored by the Elks National Foundation. In two separate rounds, contestants each attempt a total of 25 foul shots. The winner is determined to be the foul shooter in each age category and division with the greatest number of successful shots. In the event of a tie, shoot-offs of five additional foul shot attempts by each of the tied competitors are held until a winner emerges. The winners in each age category and division are then eligible to compete in the District-wide Hoop Shoot to be held on Sunday, January 6, 2020, at the James Doughty School in Bangor. State-wide, New England and national Hoop Shoot competitions follow.
Sjoberg is the father of Faith Sjoberg, who was a perennial winner in her age division and category throughout the various levels of competition. She was three-time New England winner, thereby entitling her to compete at the national level in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Sjoberg knows from personal experience, therefore, that the Elks Hoop Shoot competition is exciting to watch.
Admission is free to the public on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at Wieden Hall.
