It’s summer — the butterflies and birds have migrated north — and the Vashon basketball community has migrated east for what has become a major event in the annual calendar: Spokane Hoopfest. This year was the 21st Hoopfest, and again saw a record number of players (26,000) and teams (6,700). Twenty-one Island teams competed, and all enjoyed the relatively cool weather compared with previous years.
Here is a quick rundown of Vashon’s presence (team name, record if available, bracket, players):
• Raging Monkeys (First in high school girls bracket) — Chrissy Swope, Kelly Costello, Liz Hill and Lui Gue
• Chronic Fatique (Second in over-40 men’s bracket) — Rich Hazzard, Tom Sullivan, Chuck Wetzler and Rick Covarrubia
• Vashon Boy Pirates (Second in boys fifth-grade) — Finbar Anderson, Kalen Cunningham, Tommy Delargy and John Misel
• Vashon Vandals (Second in boys eighth-grade) — Leo DeBlasi, Steen Jennings, Anil Krogness and Jessie Norton
• Vashon Fab Four (Consolation bracket champion) — Kasandra Hernandez, Lily Robinthal, Rain Sheehan and Audrey Watkins-Szala
• Dragonflies (Seventh-grade girls consolation bracket winners) — Sienna Janetty, Ally Clevenger, June Hazelton and Rayana Weller
• 2009 VHS boys grads — Max Burnham, Odin Jacobovitch, Thomas Timm-Skove and Jake Theno
• 2007 VHS boys grads — Zac Andrus, Ben Shelton, Matt Zapel and Lejf Hanson
• Vashon Dye Hards (Seventh-grade girls) — Lilly Hennessey, Abigail Kim, Sasha Reed and Kai Li Scheer
• VIFour (Seventh-grade bracket) — Forrest Miller, Sam Yates, Harper Whitney and Gabe Reoux
• Vashon Pirates (Seventh-grade bracket) — Sean Delargy, Chet and Clyde Pruett and Josh Tillman
• Otters (Seventh-grade bracket) — Fletcher Call, Logan Hawkins, Edgar Polkat and Alex Symbol
• Sea Eagles (Ninth-grade bracket) — Paddy Affolter, Baxter Call, Nikolai Carroll and Peter Wolsczko
• Pirates (Fifth-grade bracket) — Samuel Briggs, Jahmiah Hoogen, Andrew Walker and Christian White
• Vashon Green Rockets (Sixth-grade bracket) — Rhys Jennings, Dylan Martinez, Will Misel and Christopher Walker
• Kevin (Eighth-grade bracket) — Ezra Ende, Graham Hazzard, Josh Hruska-Myer and Ian Stewart
• Richard Simmons Four (Boys high school bracket) — Duncan Ende, Ben Reoux, Kelly Sullivan and Ben Whitaker
• Vashon Olympians (Sixth-grade bracket) — Langston Dziko, Noah Edmonds, Nick Spranger and Dawit Tuller-Ross
• Vashon Magma (Sixth-grade bracket) — Eva Anderson, Mira Peterson, Meg Sullivan and Sally Walker
• Green Flame (Sixth-grade bracket) Natalie VanDevanter, Kate Atwell, Mallory Breen and Annika Hille
• Crow (Fourth-grade bracket) — Will Hennessey, Jake Carman, Jacob White and Case Foster
• Wee See (Ninth-grade bracket) — Tianna Koenig, Taegan Lynch, Anya Quig and Brooke Whitney