Kincardine Knights of Columbus host annual free-throw competition

The Kincardine Knights of Columbus, Council 7160, hosted its annual basketball free-throw competition, Sunday, at St. Anthony's School in Kincardine.

The winners are as follows:
 

• 10-year-old girls - Rachel Catelo
• 11-year-old girls - Claire Marcotte
• 13-year-old girls - Rina Casciano
• 14-year-old girls - Elizabeth Casciano
• Nine-year-old boys - Nicolas Marcotte
• 10-year-old boys - Lliam Huber
• 11-year-old boys - Yazan ELHajj
• 12-year-old boys - Joseph Nowkawalk
• 13-year-old boys - Noah Babbitt
• 14-year-old boys - Jericho Victor Britos

Each contestant was given 15 consecutive free-throw attempts from the foul line. The winners, with the most baskets, will then represent the local council at the district level where they shoot 25 consecutive free-throw attempts. The winners at district then go onto the regional events where they again shoot 25 consecutive free-throw attempts.

Best of luck to all the council winners who compete at the district contest, slated for Feb. 11 at St. Joseph School, Port Elgin, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Winners at the district level, from Kincardine, Owen Sound and Saugeen Shores, will then compete at the regional provincial level, at which about 900 shooters will fire off at the foul line. That competition will be held Feb. 25, at St. David Secondary School, 4 High Street, Waterloo, Ontario. beginning at 11 a.m. sharp.



Joe Casciano (back, left), youth director with the Kincardine Knights of Columbus, and Grand Knight Perfecto Catelo (back, right), pose with the winners of the annual basketball free-throw competition; in back, are Elizabeth Casciano, Yazan ELHajj, Jericho Victor Britos; and in front, are Rachel Catelo (left), Claire Marcotte, Nicolas Marcotte, Noah Babbitt, Joseph Nowkawalk, Rina Casciano and Lliam Huber; photo courtesy of Joe Casciano