Semi-final qualifiers and locations have been released by the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference and the OVAC Boosters for the Third Annual OVAC Booster Foul Shooting Competition. It will mark the second straight year that the competition and championships will be held in the fall, prior to the start of basketball season.

A total of 74 shooters advanced from school-level competitions to the semi-finals, which will be conducted at two locations. A shootout will be conducted at a third site, Steubenville High School, that will advance the winners to the championships at Buckeye Local High School on Saturday, Nov. 19 starting at 10 a.m.

Semi-final competition will be held at Caldwell High School and John Marshall High School starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5. A boys’ and girls’ winner will be advanced in four different age groups. The age groups are 3rd/4th grade, 5th/6th grade, 7th/8th grade and grades 9-12.

All semi-final competitors will receive a t-shirt compliments of the OVAC Boosters with the winner and runner-up at each semi-final site receiving plaques. Winners only will advance to the finals at Buckeye Local on Nov. 19.

Semi-finalists from our area include 3rd/4th Grade Boys: Jonas Schmidt, Hannibal Elementary School; Nate Bowers, Sardis Elementary School; 3rd/4th Grade Girls Katie Rufener, Hannibal Elementary and 5th/6th Grade Boys Tanner Brown, Sardis Elementary School and Lukas Isaly, Hannibal Elementary.

5th/6th Grade Girls: Sierra Knowlton, Sardis Elementary, and Lauren Flannery, Hannibal Elementary; 7th/8th Grade Boys Isaac Curtis, Sardis Elementary and Joey Flannery, Hannibal Elementary; 7th/8th Grade Girls Madison Harman, Sardis Elementary, and Brielle Williams, Hannibal Elementary.

3rd/4th Grade Boys Levi Anderson, Short Line School and Nate Cooper, Paden City Elementary; 3rd/4th Grade Girls Raven Fulks, Paden City Elementary and Kinsey Harris, Short Line; 5th/6th Grade Boys Tyler Kocher, Short Line and Trey Slider, PCES; 5th/6th Grade Girls Mackenzie Drake, Paden City Elementary and Sophie Palmer, Short Line; 7th/8th Grade Boys Dustin Lowe, Short Line Elementary and Desiree Heasley, Paden City Junior High, and Breanna Harris, SLS; 9th-12th Female Hannah Stanley, Paden City.