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HOOPSFEST
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and event begins
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Here’s a irst in Hoops Fest history. Both of last year’s 3-point champions are back for another shot at a title. And they are only sophomores.
Woodbridge’s Hanna Oliver and Freedom’s James West IV will defend their champion-ships at Hoops Fest 20 March 19 at Potomac High School.
There have been four previous back-to-back title winners in the history of the event. Forest Park’s Whitney French and Chanel Shands won the girls 3-point shootout in 2001-02 and 2009-10, Christ Chapel’s Stephen Brown won the boys 3-point shootout in 2011-12 and Potomac’s Donald Vaughn won the slam-dunk title in 2007-09.
Last year, neither Oliver nor West showed freshman jitters. West took off in the inals, making nine straight baskets at one point and inishing with 19 points.
Oliver stayed consistent through three rounds, scoring 10 points in the irst round, nine in a shoot-off because of a tie and then 10 in the inals.
Hoops Fest, which is sponsored by Prince
William Today and InsideNoVa.com and showcases Prince William County’s top boys and girls basketball players in a series of skills competitions, raises money for a family in need.
In 2014, Hoops Fest 19 raised $5,000 for Gar-Field freshman Devi’in Pender and his family to pay for renovation costs not covered by insurance after the family’s Dale City house burned down Nov. 9, 2013.
In 19 years, Hoops Fest has raised $138,332.99 helping families in Prince William County.
Hoops Fest was irst held in 1996 at Wood-bridge High School when $4,000 was raised to help Woodbridge graduate Lee Thompson Jr. get prosthetics for his legs after both were amputated when he contracted spinal meningitis.
DaviD fawcett [email protected]
defending champs shoot for second title
» national anthem
» Girls 3-point shootout
» boys 3-point shootout
» two-ball competition
» Meet Isla Lucks and her family
» Meet the slam-dunk judges
» slam-dunk competition
order of eventsThank you to principal Michael Wright,
activities director Bill Stearns and the
rest of the Potomac High School staf for their help in hosting this event.
Master of Ceremonies:
Jeremy Whitham
Music provided by:
Rodney Garrett of Capital City DJ’s
Devii’N Pender and his family were the charity re-cipients for Hoops Fest 19.
DEB KOLT | FOR PRINCE WILLIAM TODAY
1996 | HooPS FeSt i
Where: Woodbridge High SchoolAttendance: 1,000Charity: Lee Thompson Jr.Money raised: $4,000Boys 3-point champ: Robert Hall, PotomacGirls 3-point champ: Emily Faught, Gar-FieldSlam dunk champ: Tony Baze-more, North Stafford1997 | HooPS FeSt ii
Where: Potomac High SchoolAttendance: 1,500Charity: The Dillard familyMoney raised: $5,000Boys 3-point champ: B.J. Johnson, HyltonGirls 3-point champ: Virginia Meyers, PotomacGirls buzzer beater champ: Kristen Shaffer, HyltonBoys buzzer beater champ: Jeremy Barnes, StonewallSlam dunk champ: Clarence Hogan, Brentsville1998 | HooPS FeSt iii
Where: Hylton High SchoolAttendance: 2,300Charity: Daryl WhiteMoney raised: $9,000Boys 3-point champ: Tommy Adams, HyltonGirls 3-point champ: Shanna Johnson, Osbourn2-Ball Champs: Bryan Edgar and Megan Patrick, EmmanuelSlam dunk champ: Tommy Adams, Hylton1999 | HooPS FeSt iV
Where: Gar-Field High SchoolAttendance: 1,700Charity: Kristie Reed and Janet NielsenMoney raised: $7,700Boys 3-point champ: Brett Lively, StaffordGirls 3-point champ: Lauren Milburn, Hylton2-Ball Champs: Tim Tryon and Abbey Cunningham, Brooke PointSlam dunk champ: Sherman Rivers, Potomac2000 | HooPS FeSt V
Where: Woodbridge High SchoolAttendance: 1,800Charity: The family of Natalie Giles DavisMoney raised: $6,900Boys 3-point champ: Maurice Watkins, WoodbridgeGirls 3-point champ: Jen Fenner, Osbourn
2-Ball Champs: Jacob Garner and Angie Simms, WoodbridgeSlam dunk champ: Andre Sims, Potomac2001 | HooPS FeSt Vi
Where: Potomac High SchoolAttendance: 1,200Charity: Families of Emily Winkler and Charlie WellerMoney raised: $5,000Boys 3-point champ: Tim Pedersen, Brooke PointGirls 3-point champ: Whitney French, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Shane Staples and Liz Mumley, WoodbridgeSlam dunk champ: Mike Harpine, Potomac2002 | HooPS FeSt Vii
Where: Hylton High SchoolAttendance: 1,816Charity: Kierston Scott and her familyMoney raised: $9,500Boys 3-point champ: Blake Willis, StaffordGirls 3-point champ: Whitney French, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Matt Parriott and Elena Jones, SetonSlam dunk champ: Ahmad Brooks, Hylton2003 | HooPS FeSt Viii
Where: Gar-Field High SchoolAttendance: 1,800Charity: Ali MohamedMoney raised: $9,561.75Boys 3-point champ: Steve Miller, StaffordGirls 3-point champ: Tierra Bumbrey, North Stafford2-Ball champs: Kendall Marshall and Ashleey Stevens, EvangelSlam dunk champ: Adam Hinton-Moore, Osbourn Park2004 | HooPS FeSt iX
Where: Forest Park High SchoolAttendance: 1,750Charity: Kaylee StrongMoney raised: $8,533.75Boys 3-point champ: Joey Daniel, SetonGirls 3-point champ: Tabitha White, Manassas Park2-Ball champs: D’Juan Tucker and Keisha Valentine, Forest ParkSlam dunk champ: Jason Flagler, Potomac2005 | HooPS FeSt X
Where: Freedom High SchoolAttendance: 1,655Charity: Kara Tye-JohnstonMoney raised: $9,747.52
Boys 3-point champ: Matt August, BrentsvilleGirls 3-point champ: Ashleigh Braxton, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Tim Gregory, Tameka Hearn, Brooke Point
Slam dunk champ: DeRalle Piersall, Potomac2006 | HooPS FeSt Xi
Where: Potomac High SchoolAttendance: 1,200Charity: William GalambosMoney raised: $5,600Boys 3-point champ: Eric Hayes, PotomacGirls 3-point champ: Lauren Firich, Gar-Field2-Ball champs: Maryellen Derenda and Marcus Short, Osbourn Park; Monica Wright and Chris Baynham, Forest ParkSlam dunk champ: Deonta Hylton, Woodbridge2007 | HooPS FeSt Xii
Where: Osbourn Park High SchoolAttendance: 1,300Charity: Jennifer HedrickMoney raised: $6.500Boys 3-point champ: T.J. Sampson, PotomacGirls 3-point champ: Candice Drakeford, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Jenell Howard and De’Cedric Loveless, Forest ParkSlam dunk champ: Donald Vaughn Potomac2008 | HooPS FeSt Xiii
Where: Gar-Field High SchoolAttendance: 1,766Charity: The Perez familyMoney raised: $8,830Boys 3-point champ: Graham Greening, Forest ParkGirls 3-point champ: Alison Firich, Gar-Field2-Ball champs: Leanne Breeden and Alonzo Miller, Manassas ParkSlam dunk champ: Donald Vaughn, Potomac2009 | HooPS FeSt XiV
Where: Potomac High SchoolCharity: The Mellott familyMoney raised: $9,200Boys 3-point champ: Carlton Johnson, HyltonGirls 3-point champ: Chanel Shands, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Darrell Pat-terson and Shernetta Boyd, HyltonSlam dunk champ: Charles Shedrick, Potomac
2010 | HooPS FeSt XV
Where: Gar-Field High SchoolCharity: The Johnson familyMoney raised: $2,000Boys 3-point champ: Kris Spicer, QuanticoGirls 3-point champ: Chanel Shands, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Deonte Hal-lums and Briana Nottingham, WoodbridgeSlam dunk champ: Jeremiah Johnson, Gar-Field2011 | HooPS FeSt XVi
Where: Hylton High SchoolCharity: Josh HimanMoney raised: $13,100Boys 3-point champ: Stephen Brown, Christ ChapelGirls 3-point champ: Sydney White, Hylton2-Ball champs: Daniel Brent and Emma Kruse, Forest ParkSlam dunk champ: Kendall Hargrove, Hylton2012 | HooPS FeSt XVii
Where: Hylton High SchoolCharity: Trevor BlakeMoney raised: $7,889.97Boys 3-point champ: Stephen Brown, Christ ChapelGirls 3-point champ: Lexi Carpenter, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Alexis Carter and Neil Rosenberg, Osbourn ParkSlam dunk champ: J.R. Wash-ington, Stonewall Jackson2013 | HooPS FeSt XViii
Where: Freedom High SchoolAttendance: 1,230Charity: Family of Chris YungMoney raised: $5,270Boys 3-point champ: Douglas Leonard, Manassas ParkGirls 3-point champ: Annalea Roeske, Forest Park2-Ball champs: Mustafa Ali and Danielle Burns, Stonewall JacksonSlam dunk champ: J.R. Wash-ington, Stonewall Jackson2014 | HooPS FeSt XiX
Where: Gar-Field High SchoolAttendance: 1,000Charity: Devin’N Pender and his familyMoney raised: $5,000Boys 3-point champ: James West IV, FreedomGirls 3-point champ: Hanna Oliver, Woodbridge2-Ball champs: Justin Vargo and Bailey Dufrene, OsbournSlam dunk champ: Randy Haynes, Potomac
hoops fest throuGh the years
If you saw Isla Lucks happily running around and playing, wearing a big loral headband, you might not know she is battling a life-threaten-ing disease.
The bright-eyed, smiley 22-month-old was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma when she was just shy of 15 months old.
“She’s just amazing,” Isla’s mother, Amy Lucks, said. “You wouldn’t know that her life is different than any other baby her age.”
Isla’s life is different though. Since she was diagnosed on July 31, Isla has gone through ive rounds of chemotherapy and had surgery to remove a tumor in her abdomen. Most re-cently, at a children’s hospital in Philadelphia, she underwent an injected radiation therapy called mibg therapy that required her to stay in isolation for some time.
She will soon have tests to determine the next steps in her treatment plan, which could include a stem cell transplant.
Proceeds from the 20th annual Hoops Fest will go to Isla and her family to help pay for her medical costs and the family’s expenses traveling to hospitals in Philadelphia and New York for her treatment.
“It’s kind of crazy,” Lucks said of the whirl-wind ride of doctor’s appointments, hospital stays and treatments Isla and her family, including her mother, her father, Chris Lucks and her older brother, 3-year-old Elliot, have been on over the past few months. “Basically we’re just taking it one step at a time. She is just amazing. She makes it look easy.”
News of Isla’s diagnosis spread quickly through the Potomac High School community. Amy Lucks graduated from Potomac in 2000, her brother, Michael, in 1998, and sister, Laura, Potomac in 2006.
Potomac’s varsity cheerleading coach, Hilary Mahalchick, who coached Laura when she was at Potomac, heard about Isla’s diagnosis through a post Laura made on Facebook.
“It pretty quickly went viral in the Potomac High School community,” said Mahalchick, a 1995 Potomac graduate herself. “Being a smaller high school, Potomac really is like a family.”
Mahalchick and other teachers and alumni started organizing some local fundraisers to beneit the Lucks family, longtime residents of the Potomac area. Funds raised through a dunk tank at Potomac’s annual community day went to the Lucks family and little Isla was named an honorary homecoming princess, riding in this year’s parade with her family.
When school oficials learned Potomac would host this year’s Hoops Fest fundraiser, they knew exactly who they wanted the funds to support.
“Her family is just so nice,” Mahalchick said.The Lucks family has set up a Facebook
page to update friends and family on Isla. The page’s title, “Isla the Fierce,” is telling.
“She’s just so little but she has this ighting spirit,” Mahalchick said.
amanDa stewart [email protected]
Isla the fierce
Isla Lucks, a 22-month-old, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma when she was just shy of 15 months old. SUBMITTED
Meet thIs year’s charIty recIpIent
the rules: Each contestant will
have one minute to work around
the 3-point arc. Each basket is
worth one point, with the last
ball in each rack, the money
ball, worth two points.
The top two scorers after the
irst round will advance to the championship round.
the partIcIpants
1. forest park’s Kiana
Kirkland
2. Battleield’s Misha Jones3. freedom’s elizabeth
Gladden
4. brentsville’s Megan
Garman
5. seton’s allyssa compton
6. Gar-field’s amanda
Lemons
7. osbourn park’s ashlee
White
8. patriot’s autumn hopson
9. hylton’s Morganne
norwood
10. osbourn’s dominique
newman
11. Stonewall Jackson’s alyssa sweeney
12. potomac’s Imani Wheeler
13. Woodbridge’s hanna oliver
GIrLs 3-poInt
shootout
Imani Wheeler
Woodbridge’s hanna oliver
Misha Jones
allyssa compton
the rules: Each contestant
will have one minute to work
around the 3-point arc. Each
basket is worth one point, with
the last ball in each rack, the
money ball, worth two points.
The top two scorers after the
irst round will advance to the championship round.
the partIcIpants
1. patriot’s Garrett cook
2. hylton’s brian smith
3. Woodbridge’s ryan tatum
4. Stonewall Jackson’s TJ Gray
5. christ chapel’s austin
Wrighten
6. Battleield’s Myles Jones7. brentsville’s ryan
rivenburg
8. John Paul’s Brandon edmond
9. Forest Park’s Jarvis tomdio
10. Gar-field’s Zion deyo
11. osbourn park’s hayes
bretzke
12. Osbourn’s Justin Vargo13. potomac’s Keijon honore
14. Freedom’s James West IV
boys 3-poInt
shootout
Keijon honore
James West IV
Justin Vargo
TJ Gray
tWo baLL
the rules: In 2-ball, each team
is made up of one boy and one
girl from each school. The two
teammates must alternate shots
and shoot from the designated
spots on the loor.
Diferent point totals are awarded for made baskets from each
spot on the loor. Each team has one minute to score as much
as possible. If a team does not
attempt a shot from each spot
on the loor, it will be penalized 10 points. If a team makes a shot
from each spot on the loor, it will get a 10-point bonus.
The top two teams from the irst round will advance to the inals.
the partIcIpants
1. Gar-field’s alexis
Stubbleield and Isaiah norwood
2. osbourn park’s Kylie
Johnson and Blake Conquest3. Stonewall Jackson’s
Makayla nichols and Keaton
simmons
4. Woodbridge’s clare Mcnulty
and Morgan phillips
5. patriot’s Leah sobolewski
and austin smith
6. hylton’s Kayla cooper-
Williams and Jordan richardson
7. osbourn’s christian Murray
and trevor powell
8. freedom’s Kiani cook and
frank agyemang
9. forest park’s Mia Lloyd and
brandon Lee
10. brentsville’s ada stanley and
Lance Keiser
11. Battleield’s Elisia Diggs and Myles Jones
12. potomac’s deMeya felder
and david osafo
the rules: Dunkers will get three
jams in the irst round. They are allowed one miss without penalty.
Each dunk will be judged with the
totals added up. After each dunker
has gone, the ield will be cut to the top three dunkers.
A miss is only when the dunk is
actually attempted. If the ball
comes of one’s hand on the way up, that is not a miss.
the partIcIpants
1. Gar-Field’s Myles Jackson
2. Stonewall Jackson’s Byron scriber
3. Woodbridge’s Ibrahim Kamara
4. osbourn park’s armani hayes
5. hylton’s silas dzansi
6. brentsville’s tyler cherry
7. potomac’s terrence Ward
sLaM dunK
Potomac’s Randy Haynes won the 2014 slam-dunk title.
Players enjoy festivities at Hoops Fest 19.
Potomac fans cheer on their fellow stu-dents at Hoops Fest 19.PHOTOS BY: DEB KOLT | FOR PRINCE WILLIAM TODAY
scorInG Leaders
naMe schooL GaMes poInts avG.
Genesis Parker stonewall 25 506 20.2
Dominique Newman Osbourn 24 440 18.3
Alexis Stubbleield Gar-field 23 408 17.7
Kiana Kirkland forest Park 18 269 15.0
Maegan Mikkelsen woodbridge 25 362 14.5
Ashlee White Osbourn Park 19 264 13.9
Jane Pennefather seton 25 319 12.8
DeMeya Felder Potomac 23 292 12.7
Mia Lloyd forest Park 20 241 12.1
Misha Jones Battleield 27 324 12.0
Sydney Jordan stonewall 26 309 11.9
Ada Stanley Brentsville 22 258 11.7
Imani Wheeler Potomac 24 280 11.7
Harmony Davidson Osbourn 25 289 11.6
Rachel Burns stonewall 26 298 11.5
Kayla Cooper-Williams Hylton 18 203 11.3
Hanna Oliver woodbridge 26 293 11.3
Caelan Burgess seton 25 281 11.2
Amanda Nhek Patriot 18 201 11.2
Asia McCants woodbridge 26 281 10.8
Allyssa Compton seton 24 256 10.7
Ada Stanley Brentsville 14 148 10.6
3-poInt Leaders
naMe schooL GaMes totaL avG.
Hanna Oliver woodbridge 26 71 2.7
Kiana Kirkland forest Park 18 39 2.2
Alexis Stubbleield Gar-field 23 45 2.0
Allyssa Compton seton 24 47 2.0
Kylee Johnson Osbourn Park 20 37 1.9
Ashlee White Osbourn Park 19 35 1.8
Genesis Parker stonewall 25 44 1.8
Jane Pennefather seton 25 35 1.4
Dominique Newman Osbourn 24 33 1.4
Elisia Diggs Battleield 27 34 1.3
Misha Jones Battleield 27 30 1.1
DeMeya Felder Potomac 23 25 1.1
Amanda Nhek Patriot 18 18 1.0
GIrLs
boys
scorInG Leaders
Name School GameS ToTal avG.
Keaton
SimmonsStonewall 22 484 22.0
Jerry carter Hylton 17 367 21.6
Justin vargo Osbourn 26 512 19.7
Garrett
cookPatriot 24 409 17.1
Keijon
honorePotomac 25 412 16.5
Brandon
edmondJohn Paul 25 378 15.1
Tayler
BrleticChrist Chapel 28 420 15.0
Rashaan
BeanForest Park 23 340 14.8
caleb
JohnsonGar-Field 19 272 14.3
Ibrahim
KamaraWoodbridge 21 283 13.5
Tyland
crawfordHylton 18 240 13.3
Kameron
hedgepethBattleield 27 352 13.0
Xayvin
JohnsonJohn Paul 24 301 12.6
Jordan
GriggsChrist Chapel 24 295 12.3
Joshua
SimmonsOsbourn Park 21 247 11.8
armond
GriebePotomac 24 266 11.1
eryn crosby Gar-Field 18 196 10.9
Tyler cherry Brentsville 16 174 10.9
cameron
marinnieOsbourn Park 21 223 10.6
Brayden
GaultBattleield 27 286 10.6
Blake Pagon Battleield 27 284 10.5
Frank
agyemangFreedom 28 293 10.5
Jeremiah
DelaneyOsbourn 26 266 10.2
James
West IvFreedom 25 254 10.2
Dwyane hill Hylton 26 261 10.0
Daud
avazovaJohn Paul 23 230 10.0
3-poInt Leaders
NAMe School GameS ToTal avG.
Jerry carter Hylton 17 49 2.9
Garrett
cookPatriot 24 67 2.8
Keijon
honorePotomac 25 57 2.3
Brandon
edmondJohn Paul 25 57 2.3
Brian Smith Hylton 26 56 2.2
Justin
vargoOsbourn 26 52 2.0
Tayler
BrleticChrist Chapel 28 55 2.0
James West
IvFreedom 25 49 2.0
Keaton
SimmonsStonewall 22 40 1.8
myles
JonesBattleield 25 37 1.5
Ibrahim
KamaraWoodbridge 21 28 1.3
Tyler
WithersOsbourn 25 29 1.2
Kameron
hedgepethBattleield 27 31 1.2
Shamar
KingStonewall 22 25 1.1
Frank
agyemangFreedom 28 31 1.1
Jeremiah
DelaneyOsbourn 26 26 1.0
Shamar
JohnsonPotomac 24 24 1.0
eryn crosby Gar-Field 18 18 1.0
Tyler cherry Brentsville 16 16 1.0
Tyland
crawfordHylton 18 18 1.0
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