Hoops Fest 17 heads to Hylton High School

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Quantico's Kris Spicer reaches for the moneyball on his way to winning the 3-point shooting competition, during Hoops Fest 15 at Gar-Field High School in 2010.
Gar-Field's Alison Firch keeps an eye on the basket in the 3-point competition during Hoops Fest at Gar-Field High School in 2008. Firch won the event.
Potomac's Donald Vaughn sails over the top of Darius Brent, left, Mulku Kalokoh, Josh Asare and Abdul Kanneh to win the 2007 Hoops Fest slam dunk competition at Osbourn Park High School.
Eric Hayes of Potomac shoots in the three point competiton during Hoops Fest 11 at Potomac High School in 2006. Hayes won the competition.
Potomac High School's Jason Flagler flies over the head of fellow junior Bryan Butler during the Hoops Fest slam dunk contest at Gar-Field High School in 2003.
Hylton's Ahmad Brooks, who now plays in the NFL, won the dunk competition for Hoops Fest 7 at Hylton High School in 2002.
Tommy Adams of Hylton High School makes one of his highly rated slam dunks to go on and win the competition at the Hoops Fest at Hylton High School in 1998.
Tony Bazemore of North Stafford leaps over a teammate during the slam dunk contest at the first Hoops Fest in 1996 at Woodbridge High School.

Potomac High School’s Randy Haynes will be one of the slam-dunk participants at this year’s event.

By: David Fawcett | Inside NoVA
Published: February 14, 2012
Updated: February 25, 2012 - 7:21 PM

Hoops Fest 17
Where: Hylton High School
When: March 14 (Wed.), 7 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Admission: $10
Sponsored by: INSIDENOVA Network

Last year, Christ Chapel Academy’s Stephen Brown was the youngest player in the boys 3-point shootout field for Hoops Fest 16. But age didn’t stop the freshman from wowing the crowd at Hylton High School to capture the championship.

Brown is back again this year to defend his title as Hoops Fest 17 returns to Hylton for a second straight year.

Hoops Fest is an annual event sponsored by the InsideNova Network that raises money for families in need in Prince William County by bringing together the area’s top high school boys and girls basketball players for a night of various skills competitions.

Hoops Fest started in 1996 when Woodbridge High School hosted the event. That night, $4,000 was raised to help Lee Thompson Jr. who needed prosthetics on both his legs after coming down with spinal meningitis.

Since then, Hoops Fest has raised over $110,000 for families in need in Prince William County.

Last year, the event was held at Hylton High School and raised an event-record $13,000 for Hylton graduate Josh Himan.

This year, all proceeds will be donated to Trevor Blake, a 10-year-old Woodbridge resident who on Aug. 14, 2007 was diagnosed with cancer. Trevor has battled through five rounds of chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants.

The money raised will go to Trevor and his family to help defray medical expenses. The donations will be part of a non-profit organization called “Trevor’s Treasures,” which raises money and collects new toys to help Trevor with his medical procedures. Trevor also uses “Trevor’s Treasures” to help fellow cancer patients and their families.

This year’s event will start at 7 p.m. with the doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $10 with all the proceeds going to Trevor and his family.

Besides Brown last year, Hylton’s Sydney White won the girls 3-point title, Forest Park’s Daniel Brent and Emma Kruse won the two-ball title and Hylton’s Kendall Hargrove won the slam-dunk title.

White and Brent are back from last season.

Sports editor David Fawcett can be reached at 703-530-3911