Greg Hanna is the Tournament Founder and Director of the Hoops for Hoops Tournament. Greg is second to right in the picture above.

HUNTINGTON -Athletes with a passion for basketball and supporting a good cause turned out April 22 for the second annual Hoops for Hoops tournament, according to a news release. This 3-on-3 basketball tournament was developed to raise money for the Hoops Family Children’s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital.

“We had 17 teams compete for the title of champion this year,” Bradley Burck, vice president of the Foundation at Cabell Huntington Hospital, said in the release. “The event is double-elimination style, and everyone fought hard to take home the trophy.”  This year’s winner was Fellowship of Christian Athletes, who stole the championship title from last year’s winner, Dutch Miller Kia. Other teams competing this year included: Recovery Point, Heritage Farm, Dutch Miller Kia, Woelfel and Woelfel, Young Life, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington Bank and several teams managed by Marshall University students.

“The level of competition we witnessed made the event even more exciting,” Burck said in the release. “It was amazing to see people of all athletic levels come out and play and just have fun.”  The tournament raised more than $4,000, which will be used for programs to help sick children throughout the region at the Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.  If you want to get involved in the 2018 Hoops for Hoops tournament or if you would like to make a donation to the Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation, contact Velma Workman at 304-526-6314.