The finalists were determined Friday at Manhattan Christian College in the 2026 Hoop Holler N’ Shoot free throw contest.
Six girls from a field of twelve go on to shoot in the finals of the girl’s competition on December 8th at the K-State women’s basketball game.
The girls division finalists are:
Cameron Disbrow (Amanda Arnold) - 3 of 7 shots
Kyndall Mueller (Marlatt) - 3 of 7 shots
Bristol Sunnenberg (Bluemont) - 3 of 7 shots
Adrianna Morot (Northview) - 2 of 7 shots
Eva Whittington (Manhattan Catholic) - 2 of 7 shots
Emma Xu (Oliver Brown) - 2 of 7 shots
Other girl school champions who did not make it to the finals are:
Laura Marshall (Bergman), Emmy Kuhn (Woodrow Wilson), Ellsie Rose (Theodore Roosevelt), Leslie Locke (Ogden), Rowan Degand (Lee), Peyton Orr (Flint Hills Christian).
Hoop Holler N’ Shoot, a program of the Manhattan Optimist Club, is a free throw contest for 5th 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.