Local basketball players get a chance to showcase their skills Nov. 10 at the Burbank Elk’s Hoop Shoot.
The event will take place at 8 a.m. at John Muir Middle School.
The local Hoop Shoot is part of a national competition that starts with local schools. Players have the chance to move up to bigger events across the nation.
The district event is scheduled for Dec. 1 at Van Nuys High. Winners continue on to regional, state and ultimately the national event.
The program offers kids 8-13 the opportunity for skill development, social relationships and athletic competition.
More than three million youngsters from throughout the country entered last year’s competition for boys and girls in age categories 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13.
Each contestant has 25 shots at the hoop.
Names of the national winners will be inscribed on the Elks National Hoop Shoot plaque on permanent display in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
For more information, visit the organization’s web site at www.elks.org/hoopshoot.cfm
The Burbank High boys’ soccer program is looking for former players to take part in its alumni match.
The event will take place at noon Dec. 8 at the school’s soccer field.
Bulldogs alumni players — from throughout the years — are encouraged to take part.
For more information, call Burbank Coach Frank Chavez at (818) 808-9394.
Burbank resident Ian Wilson, a senior at Dartmouth College, was named Ivy League defensive Player of the Week for his play against Pennsylvania last week.
In his first three games of the season, Wilson — a senior safety who played at Loyola High — had 32 tackles, two interceptions, broke up two passes and forced two fumbles.
Heading into today’s nonconference game against Holy Cross, the Big Green was 1-3.
A group of former local standout cross-country runners had some fine results at recent meets.
On Oct. 6 at the Triton Cross-Country Classic in San Diego, former Burroughs star Daniel Anderson (UC San Diego) placed seventh in 33 minutes 50 seconds in the men’s 10 kilometers. In the same race, Bellarmine-Jefferson grad Gerard Herkey (USC) placed 52nd (36:27).
Former Indian Michelle Martinez (San Diego State) finished 50th (24:49) in the women’s race over six kilometers.
