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After being shutdown during the pandemic, Hoopfest returns to the streets of Spokane.
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Hoopfest backboards were busy as players completed their first and second round games along Main Avenue, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman
Team Don’t Sweat Me’s Brooklyn Parker 14, is double teamed by Halle Del Mese, 14, Grace Walsh of team Spokane Dawgs Elite during their Hoopfest game on Main Avenue, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Breez Okeze, and Reese Hoover, both age 10, celebrated winning their first-round Hoopfest game (by 11 points) with some Hawaiian shaved ice, Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Riverfront Park.
Team It’s Showtime’s Lorenzo Hewitt, 9, on left with ball, drives to the basket as team HFK Heat’s Ty Crispo, 9, defends, during their Hoopfest game on Stevens Street, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Thomas Connolly (with floppy hat) and others cheer on team Them Dudes during a Hoopfest game on Spokane Falls Blvd., Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Hoopfest players finish their games for the day along Riverside Avenue Saturday, June 25, 2022.
A team of Hoopfest players finish their final game of the day along Riverside Avenue, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
On the new Senior Court on Spokane Falls Boulevard, Terry Nealey, with team Swinging Doors, is guarded by Willie Womer, left, and Michael Jordan. This is the first year Hoopfest has set aside a special court for over-70 seniors.
Swinging Doors Hoopfest team left to right, Larry Soliday, Jack Soliday, Terry Nealey and Jon Heimbigner dedicated the new special Senior Court to long time Hoopfest player Tedd Nealey who died last year in a farming accident.
Kim Eng on right, looks to pass as Danielle Yellam with team RHM Ballers defends during a first-round Hoopfest 3 on 3 basketball game, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Eng is the last female to play every Hoopfest, returned to the court with her co-ed team Beating Father Time.
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