The boys and girls finalists were determined Monday at Bramlage Coliseum in the 2018 Hoop Holler N’ Shoot free throw contest. Four girls from a field of eleven in each division go on to shoot in the finals of the girl’s competition on December 5th at the K-State vs. Lamar women’s game.
The four finalists are:
Girls Division
Lily Bahr, Manhattan Catholic, 5th grade…hitting 4 of 7 shots.
Aryana De-Leon, Flint Hills Christian, 6th grade…hitting 3 of 7 shots. Kamryn Lemman, Woodrow Wilson, 6th grade…hitting 3 of 7 shots. Kaitlyn Lagabed, Lee, 6th grade…hitting 3 of 7 shots.
Other girl school champions that did not make the cut for finals are: Hayden Gaither, Bluemont
Jada Dibbini, Theodore Roosevelt
Kamryn Machor, Northview
Mia Hamm, Marlatt
Bentley Greim, Bergman
Allie Smith, Amanda Arnold Zakyia Reed, Ogden
Boy’s Division Finalists
Luke Ethridge, Woodrow Wilson, 6th grade…hitting 4 of 7 shots.
Max Steffensmeier, Lee, 6th grade…hitting 4 of 7 shots.
Sam Spiegel, Theodore Roosevelt, 6th grade…hitting 4 of 7 shots.
Braden Brockman, Manhattan Catholic, 6th grade…hitting 4 of 7 shots.
Other boy school champions that did not make the cut for finals are: Landon Knopp, Amanda Arnold
Caiden McHugh, Bergman
Jayden Demercurio, Ogden
Everett Freeman, Bluemont
Jude Say, Marlatt
Johnny Brown, Flint Hills Christian Jackson Powers, Northview
Hoop Holler N’ Shoot, a program of the Little Apple Optimist Club, is a free throw contest for 5th and 6th graders in the Manhattan area grade schools. A boy and girl champion is determined at each school. The grade school champions move onto the semi-finals and finals held at Kansas State University basketball games. Over 975 students participated in the school competitions.