Rochester, NH Lodge News
Rochester #1393 / Dover #184 Elks conduct Annual Lodge Hoopshoot Contest
On Saturday,
December 2nd, 2023, the Rochester Elks #1393 and Dover Elks #184
conducted their annual local lodge Hoop Shoot Contest at the Rochester Rec
Center Gymnasium. The contest got underway at 10:00 AM. The Rochester Lodge
Event Chair was Jeff Rasmussen, and the Dover Event Chair was Maria Zopf. Both
Lodges had a number of volunteers who worked the registration of contestants,
acted as line judges, scorers and ball retrievers.
Rochester
had the following contestants: Leo Cardinal, Braydon Beauvais, Colin Lapierre,
Kingston Digilio Fowler, Caleb Plante, Keegan Tompson and Joshua Abreu. In the
12-13 age category, Leo Cardinal was the first place winner with Caleb Plante
finishing second. In the 10-11 age category, Keegan Tompson won first place,
with Colin Lapierre finishing second and Joshua Abreu placing third. In the 8-9
age category, Braydon Beauvais won first place with Kingston Digilio Fowler
placing second.
Dover had
the following contestants: Lorenzo Oliva, Isiah Butler, Cole Marshall and James
Mitsiaris. Lorenzo Oliva was the 8-9 age category winner, Isiah Butler won the
10-11 age category and Cole Marshall was the winner in the 12-13 age category,
with James Mitsiaris finishing second.
First place
winners will move on to the District Contest to be held at the Rochester Rec
Center on Saturday, January 6th, 2024. District winners will move on
to the State Contest and then the Regional Contest. Regional winners will go to
Chicago, Illinois in April to compete for the National title in their age
groups. All travel expenses are picked up the Elks organization. The Elks Hoop
Shoot contest is over 50 years old and has involved millions of children
nationwide over that span of time.
For more
information about the Elks and the Hoop Shoot Program, visit www.elks.org
Picture
caption: Participants in the Local Rochester / Dover Hoop Shoot contest pose
for a group picture after the conclusion of the event. Also pictured are
contest chairs Jeff Rasmussen (Esteemed Loyal Knight) from Rochester (1st
person left side, second row); Maria Zopf (Esteemed Loyal Knight), second row,
7th person, right hand side) from Dover; Exalted Ruler Linda
Goodreau (extreme right next to Maria Zopf) from Dover and Exalted Ruler Peter
Ducharme (standing next to Linda Goodreau) from Rochester.