Joshua House\u2019s Seventh Annual Hoopsfest has finally arrived, and tomorrow, the best three-on-three basketball teams in the area will play in downtown Tyrone.
\nDirector of Joshua House, Jim Kilmartin, said as of Friday morning, there were over 50 teams signed up for the tournament.
\nTeams from Tyrone, Bellwood, Spruce Creek, Altoona, State College, Claysburg, Philipsburg, Windber, Berwick, Harrisburg, Baltimore and Albany are on the roster.
\nKilmartin added drink donations of soda and Gatorade would be greatly appreciated. Those who would like to donate those items may drop them off at Joshua House throughout the day or at the back door.
\nBasketball games will be played on 10th Street and Logan Avenue, with activities in the Tyrone Armory as well. The M & T parking lot will also be used for other activities.
\nDivisions will include: grades 4-5 mixed; grades 6-7 mixed; grades 8-9 boys and girls and grades 10-12 boys and girls.
\nOpen divisions will include: women\u2019s, recreational, competitive, all star and 60 and over.
\nThe day\u2019s events will feature prizes for all divisions, a dunk contest, three point contest and hot spots.
\nRegistration fee is $50 before July 20 and $60 on the day of the event.
\nRegistration is from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Games start at 10 a.m. There will be a break at lunch.
\nPlayoffs\/championship games will be held between 3 to 4 p.m.
\nCorporate sponsors include: G&R Excavating\u2014The Professional Home Wreckers and The Family Clothesline in downtown State College. Trophies and awards will be provided by Quality Award in Altoona.
\nOn Saturday, there will also be street and food vendors, an old fashioned ice cream truck, family entertainment, giveaways of gift certificates and pizzas and activities in the Tyrone Armory.
\nFor more information on three-on-three registration, visit www.joshuahousetyrone.org or call 684-2032.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joshua House\u2019s Seventh Annual Hoopsfest has finally arrived, and tomorrow, the best three-on-three basketball teams in the area will play in downtown Tyrone. Director of Joshua House, Jim Kilmartin, said as of Friday morning, there were over 50 teams signed up for the tournament. Teams from Tyrone, Bellwood, Spruce Creek, Altoona, State College, Claysburg, Philipsburg, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}