HOOP SHOOT WINNERS ADVANCE TO CHARLESTON

Winners were crowned recently at the Bluffton Boys & Girls Club in the annual Hoop Shoot contest sponsored by Bluffton Elks, Lodge 2773. The event, for children ages 8 to 13, had roughly 50 participants from local schools.

The winners advances to the next level of the competition, which will be held Feb. 16 in Charleston.

Top finishers:

Girls 8-9 -- 1. Ella Clark (Hilton Head Prep), 2. Edy Ann McGoldrick (HHI Elem. Int. Baccalaureate)

Girls 10-11 -- 1. Adriana Willis (Bluffton Middle), 2. Jessica Slyfield (Okatie Elem.)

Girls 12-13 -- 1. Zoe Baker (HHI Middle), Megan McDonell (HHI Middle)

Boys 8-9 -- 1. Jake Richardson (HHI Elem. Creative Arts), 2. Miles Prusia (MC Riley Elem.)

Boys 10-11 -- 1. Wilson Mullis (Okatie Elem.), 2. Aaron Cooper George (Okatie Elem.)

Boys 12-13 -- 1. Jai X. Morrow (McCracken Middle), 2. Dawson Loper (Bluffton Middle)