The finalists were determined Friday at Manhattan Christian College in the 2025 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 November 18th at the K-State women’s basketball game.
The six finalists are:
Girls Division:
✓ Elodie Boxberger, Amanda Arnold…hitting 3 of 7 shots.
✓ Jacqui Crow, Flint Hills Christian…hitting 2 of 7 shots.
✓ Darcy Kump, Theodore Roosevelt…hitting 2 of 7 shots.
✓ Tessalyn Lamb-Brumbaugh, Lee…hitting 2 of 7 shots.
✓ Milan Williams, Woodrow Wilson…hitting 2 of 7 shots.
✓ Molly Downs, Manhattan Catholic…hitting 1 of 7 shots.
Other girl school champions who did not make it to the finals are:
✓ Blair Doering, Marlatt
✓ Milcah Abrehe, Bergman
✓ Iris Stamey, Bluemont
✓ Lydia Herrman, Oliver Brown
✓ Arianna Cuevas, Northview
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. Over 550 students participated in the school competitions.