The Knights of Columbus held their East Tennessee Regional Basketball Free Throw Contest on Feb. 25, hosted by Father McRedmond Council 3175 at St. Mary Parish in Oak Ridge.
The participants were winners of local contests held by Council 3175, Ted Denning Jr. Council 8781 at St. John Neumann Parish in Farragut, and Holy Ghost Council 16523 at Holy Ghost Parish in Knoxville. The participants also had recently won their respective district contests. As regional winners, they were eligible to compete in the Knights’ state contest hosted by Holy Rosary Parish in Nashville on March 2.
Top-two finishers in the regional contest were:
Holy Ghost Parish—London Mains, age 9 girls champion; Collin Theriault, age 10 boys runner-up; Emmaline Maeser, age 10 girls runner-up; Danielle Downs, age 11 girls runner-up; Savannah Jarvis, age 12 girls champion; Nathan Allen, age 13 boys champion; and Caleb Bales, age 14 boys champion;
St. John Neumann Parish—Andrik Morrison, age 9 boys champion; Canden Morrison, age 10 boys champion; Cate Heller, age 10 girls champion; Mark Pagel, age 11 boys champion; Joah Morrison, age 13 boys runner-up; Ashleigh Kaczmarek, age 13 girls champion;
St. Mary Parish, Oak Ridge— Geordie Schmidt, age 9 boys runner-up; Heidi Smith, age 9 girls runner-up; Shane Smith, age 11 boys runner-up; Josephine Shanahan, age 11 girls champion.