Knights of Columbus Announce 2016 Free Throw Winners

Six boys and five girls from the Belleville area, ages 9 to 14, were named local champions of the 2016 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at the district level.
Our local Council #6630 sponsored the competition in the local gyms. All youngsters, ages 9 to 14, were eligible to participate.
The nine-year-old girls champion is Lindsy Schadewalt, Lindsey Kittleson came in second and Megan stone placed third.
Chase Bredeson is the boys champion in the nine-year-old division, with Ben Johnson coming in second and Dawson Schlueter placing third.
In the ten-year-old girls bracket, Jenna Gentilli is the champion, with McKayala Caskey second and Kailey Prohaska third.
Everett Clark is the ten-year-old boys champion, with Jake Fahey second and Elijah Lancaster third.
The eleven-year-old winner in the girls division was Madelyn Winterburn, Courtney Ehlert was second and Tori Olson and Mickey Stampfl tied for third.
Anthony Nolan was the boys eleven-year-old division winner, with Jordan Wilder second and Kendel Bourquin third.
The twelve-year-old girls division was won by Shylan Leitz, Callie Smith second and Raina Nicholson third.
The twelve-year-old boys winner was Benjamin Viney, with Gavin Boyum second and Trent Baumgartner third.
The thirteen-year-old girls champion is Erin Kittleson, with Ashley Hanson second and Sophia Grady third.
The thirteen-year-old boys champion is Sawyer Fahey, with Cade Miller second and Kody Fahey third.
The fourteen-year-old boys champion is Royce Clark, Alex Grignano second and Max Bourquin third.
Each of these winners are invited to compete in the district competition that will be held in February 2016. The date, time and location are yet to be determined. The winners will move on to the regional competition by March 2016, with the winners there moving on to the state level competition later in the month of March.
Ron Wonders would like to thank all of the coaches for their assistance in conducting these free throw contests. We had 121 girls and boys participating. Without the assistance and cooperation of coaches Kyle Shrader, Kurt Fahey, Chuck Fahey, Brad Banfield, Craig Campbell, Todd Hackman, Jeremy Duerst, Jamey Baumgartner, Brad Kittleson, Tom Patrow, Tim Edge, Todd Caskey, Seth Lancaster, Wes Wilder, Eric Shrader, Jeff Boyum, Sean Widish, Rachel Grady, Karla Downing, T.J. Smith, Chad Schlueter and all of the other coaches it would not be possible to offer this many girls and boys a chance to participate. Our community should be thankful to these coaches for all the time they donate to help these children. Ron would also like to thank his assistants, Bill Clark, Rob Yeiser and Joe Donlin.