The 48th annual Tri-Star Basketball Skills Contest, sponsored by the Optimist Club of Plant City and the Plant City Parks and Recreation Department, was held at 9 a.m. Jan. 30 and saw 34 participants compete at the new Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center.
All participants are tasked with dribbling through a set of cones in a race against the clock, throwing chest and bounce passes at a target and hitting shots from the free throw line and beyond. The top three finishers in each age group received an award for their efforts and the Senior Jaguars team, which had the most participants show up in uniform, won a free pizza party.
Age 8 Boys:
First place: Zarion Jones (63 points)
Age 9 Girls:
First place: Kara Ouzts (81 points)
Second place: Abela Cisneros (78 points)
Third place: Kourtni Hall (52 points)
Age 9 Boys:
First place: Landon Farrell (81 points)
Second place: Anthony Gonzalez (52 points)
Age 10 Girls:
First place: Grace Thomas (27 points)
Second place: Janiah Foster (17 points)
Age 10 Boys:
First place: Carter Durrance (99 points)
Second place: James Wilson (79 points)
Third place: Truth Gendren (76 points)
Age 11 Girls:
First place: Lily Hart (117 points)
Age 11 Boys:
First place: Brayden Thompson (118 points)
Second place: Carter LeClair (96 points)
Third place: Moses Lopez (94 points)
Age 12 Boys:
First place: Ricky Hall (138 points)
Second place: Chase Herren (118 points)
Third place: Landyn Jackson (116 points)
Age 13 Girls:
First place: Emily Blair (122 points)
Age 13 Boys:
First place: Brayden Edgemon (145 points)
Second place: Zayveon Springfield (116 points)
Third place: Will Cline (104 points)