{"id":93326,"date":"2017-04-25T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=93326"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:15:31","slug":"basketball-shooting-competition-best-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2017\/04\/25\/basketball-shooting-competition-best-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Shooting Competition for Best Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideottawavalley.com\/sports-story\/7259406-basketball-shooting-competition-for-best-buddies\/\">Inside Ottawa Valley<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BBCanada.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93327 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BBCanada-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"BBCanada\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>They shot, they scored at the Hooping it Up event held at St. John Catholic High School on Friday, April 21, for Best Buddies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Best Buddies website, the group is a registered Canadian charity focused on making society \u201cmore inclusive and accepting of people with intellectual disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the event, each student has 60 seconds to shoot as many baskets as they can. The top male, female and buddy who get the most baskets nationally each get $500.<\/p>\n<p>The top buddy at St. John was Jonah Cavalier, with the top male being Jake Mitchell, and the top female Alaiya Blue.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 140 schools across Canada that the students from St. John will be competing with.<\/p>\n<p>The students that were participating were mostly from Grades 7 and 8.<\/p>\n<p>There were about 57 participants for the event, with 15 volunteers helping count the number of baskets and contain stray basketballs.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideottawavalley.com\/sports-story\/7259406-basketball-shooting-competition-for-best-buddies\/\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They shot, they scored at the Hooping it Up event held at St. John Catholic High School on Friday, April 21, for Best Buddies. 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