Hoopfest champs June 28, 2023

Courtesy photo Team “Bruh” won its bracket at Hoopfest this past weekend. All four will be seventh graders in Coeur d'Alene next year. From left are Jax Pearson (Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy), Connor Hiltenbrand (Canfield Middle School), Asher Rouse (Canfield) and Easton Clyne (Coeur d'Alene Charter).

Courtesy photo The Cd'A Lakers went undefeated to win their seventh grade girls bracket at Hoopfest last weekend in Spokane. From left are Noelia Axton (Spokane), Gretah Angle (Kellogg), Brynlee Johnston (Coeur d'Alene) and Payton Brown (Coeur d'Alene).

Courtesy photo Team MakeaSwishFoundation went undefeated in their male elite varsity bracket at Hoopfest last weekend in downtown from Spokane. "They were accidentally put in the elite division and thought they were going to get crushed," said Christina Zabel, who submitted the photo. "That made the win all the more exciting." All four are incoming juniors at Coeur d’Alene High. From left are Maxwell Riley, 15, Coeur d'Alene; Tucker Booth, 16, Coeur d'Alene; Kai Wheeler, 16, Coeur d'Alene; and Chris Zabel, 16, Hayden.

Courtesy photo Team Old Dogs won their men's division bracket at Hoopfest last weekend in downtown Spokane. From left are Chris Taylor (Coeur d'Alene), AJ Bennett (Coeur d'Alene), Mat Lawrence (Sandpoint) and Stefan Buratto (Sandpoint). Bennett is a 2008 Bonners Ferry High grad, Lawrence a 2008 Sandpoint High grad, and Buratto is a 2010 Sandpoint High grad. Taylor is from Arizona.

Courtesy photo The Golden Era Gang went 5-0 to win its men's bracket at Hoopfest last weekend in Spokane. From left are Tashawn Brown, Jake Childers, Tayvin Nelson and Andru Prado. All live in Coeur d'Alene with the exception of Prado, who moved to Sagle in 2022 after 22 years in Coeur d'Alene. "We’re longtime Cd'A friends," Prado said. "First time forming a team together. Tayvin Nelson’s first-ever hoopfest. We all love playing basketball and have been doing it on a regular basis since we were kids."