2024 National Hoop Shoot Results

It was a GREAT weekend at the Hoop Shoot National Contest for all three Ohio shooters on April 20,2024, with Ohio coming away with two National Champions and one fifth place finish!

Ainsley Weaver, representing Chillicothe #52, earned the first National title by going 24/25 free throws in the Girls 8-9 division. Soon after, Parker Moeller, representing Mercer County #2170, also hit 24/25 and won the Boys 8-9 division.

Mason Malone, competing in the Boys 12-13 age group, missed only four shots but ended up tied for fifth in a very competitive field. He went 21/25 but the final two free throws he made earned Great Lakes Region 4 the Cam & Linda Cronk Award for top region in the country. Region 4 totaled 134 free throws, winning the award by two shots over Region 11. Mason was representing Jackson #466.

Ainsley then went into a shootoff with Blake Ensfield from South Haven, MI #1509 for the girls Getty Powell Award for top girls score. She outlasted Ensfield in three shoot-offs to claim the top award and will now attend the Grand Lodge Convention in Austin to get her Getty Powell trophy. She will also travel to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in August in Springfield, MA.

Ohio now has 18 National Champions in the 52 year history of the Hoop Shoot, the most of any state! And we have 11 National Champs in the last 11 years! Plus six Getty Powell winners! All because of great teamwork by our six District chairs and all the lodges throughout the state.

Ohio National Hoop Shoot Champions

1973 - Steve Ely (10 & 11) - Ashland #1360 (23/25)
1974 - Ron Wachtel (12 & 13) - Orrville (22/25)
1976 - Cynthia Hannahs (12 & 13) - Springfield #51 (21/25)
1987 - Keith Robinson (12 & 13) - Lima #54 (21/25)
1994 - Andrew Stepleton (8 & 9) - Lima #54 (24/25)
2003 - Tracy Snider (12 & 13) - Lancaster #570 (24/25)
2005 - Lindsey Murray (8 & 9) - Troy #833 (24/25) Getty Powell Winner
2010 - Autumn Whirley (12 & 13) - Richmond, IN #649 (22/25, 5/5) *from Ohio, competed in Indiana
2013 - Landon Carroll (12 & 13) - Jackson #466 (25/25) Getty Powell Winner
2014 - Kyla Jamison (10 & 11) - Salem #305 (24/25) Getty Powell Winner
2017 - Colton Conkle (8 & 9) - Coshocton #376 (25/25)
2018 - Ava Kouri (8 & 9) - Massillon-North Canton #2029 (23/25)
2018 - Anthony Thompson (8 & 9) - Dayton #58 (24/25, 30/30) Getty Powell Winner
2019 - Anthony Thompson (10 & 11) - Lebanon #422 (25/25, 5/5) Getty Powell Winner
2019 - Jamisyn Stinson (12 & 13) - New Lexington #509 (24/25) Getty Powell Winner
2019 - Cameron Elwer (12 & 13) - Lima #54 (25/25)
2023 - Cadence Watson (8 & 9) - Coshocton #376 (24/25)
2024 - Ainsley Weaver (8 & 9) - Chillicothe #52 (24/25, 5/5) Getty Powell Winner
2024 - Parker Moeller (8 & 9) - Mercer County #2170 (24/25, 5/5)

2024 State Hoop Shoot Results

The competition was amazing at the Ohio State Elks Hoop Shoots Free Throw Contest, held at Liberty Middle School in Newark. A total of 36 youngsters competed for a chance to advance to the U.S. Great Lakes Regional in March. Results were:

8-9 girls
Ainsley Weaver, Chillicothe #52, 25/25
Kamryn Smith, Ravenna #1076, 20/25
Gracie Sargent, Wilmington #797, 19/25
Remi Garrison, Wooster #1346, 16/25
Myra Unrast, Mercer County #2170, 15/25
Adley Duhamell, Newcomerstown #1555, 7/25.

8-9 boys
Parker Moeller, Mercer County #2170, 22/25
Corey Doster, Bellevue #1013, 19/25, 14/15
Finley Harrison, Jackson #466, 19/25, 13/15
Cole Huffman, Marietta #477, 17/25
Christian Barga, Greenville #1139 & Dominick Guerra, Cuyahoga Falls #1923, both 14/25.

10-11 girls
Kamille Smith, Ravenna #1076, 16/25;
Maggie VanFossen, Barnesville #1699, 15/25, 4/5
Rylee Shepard, Springfield #51, 15/25, 3/5
Ava Hawkins, Bellevue #1013, 15/25, 2/5
Reese Conley, Jackson #466 & Myma Dreyer, Van Wert #1197, both 13/25.

10-11 boys
Isaiah Reveal, Chillicothe #52, 21/25, 7/10
Trey Vanderwal, Marietta #477, 21/25, 6/10
Brody Ernsthausen, Lebanon #422, 19/25
Kellen Hirt, Bellevue #1013, 18/25
Marcus Eckstein, Mercer County #2170 & Gavin Dente, Alliance #467, both 17/25.

12-13 girls
Lily Leach, Barnesville #1699, 23/25
Elizabeth Burns, Ashtabula #208, 20/25
Kennah Hignight, Wooster #1346, 18/25
Mia Free, Chillicothe #52, 14/25
”Laci Dillman, Greenville #1139, 12/25
Jacklyn Carper, Findlay #75, 8/25. 

12-13 boys
Mason Malone, Jackson #466, 23/25, 5/5
Keaton Elwer, Lima #54, 23/25, 4/5
}Kyler Larrick, Elyria #465, 22/25
Eric Thompson, Lebanon #422, 18/25
Cruz Potts, Coshocton #376, 17/25
Braxton Thomas, Conneaut #256, 14/25.

All contestants and families were given Friday night lodging at the Newark DoubleTree Hotel, dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday, and all contestants received Elks basketballs, Drug Awareness backpacks/goodies, water bottles, goodie bags and t-shirts, compliments of the Ohio Elks Association and The Bellevue Hospital.

The six age group winners now advance to the United States Great Lakes Region 4 Hoop Shoot the weekend of March 15-16, 2024, in South Bend, IN, and will take on competitors from Indiana and Michigan. Winners at that event will advance to the National Competition in Chicago, IL the weekend of April 18-21, 2024.

The 2025 Ohio Elks Hoop Shoot Finals has been set for Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Liberty Middle School in Newark.