On Dec. 6, the Northwest District held its annual district Hoop Shoot at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast in Fort Walton Beach. The first place contestants will advance and participate in the regionals.

Pictured are Tammy Eddins, Lecturing Knight, Pensacola Beach Lodge; Tom McLaughlin, PER, Esquire, Fort Walton Lodge; Marcia WrightReynolds, Exalted Ruler, Fort Walton Lodge; Michael “Taz” WrightReynolds, PER, trustee and Hoop Shoot District Chair, Fort Walton; Matt Alt, member and athletic director at Gulf Breeze High School; and Marcus Broadnax, director of Boys and Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast. Contestants pictured in the front are Janayr Ohmit, runner-up boys 10-11; Joey Clanton, first place boys 10-11; Toby Yelton, first place boys 12-13; Griffin Lynch, runner-up boys 12-13; and Poppy Ohmit, first place girls 8-9.