HI
HI EVERYONE, HAPPY HOOPFEST AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M TIM
PHAM.
TONIGHT WE ARE COVERING
EVERY ANGLE OF HOOPFEST.
BUT SINCE DAY ONE HAS
COME TO A CLOSE, WE'LL
START WITH
TOMORROW'S FORECAST SO
YOU CAN BE READY FOR THE
DAY'S EVENTS.
EVAN NOORANI IS IN THE
WEATHER CENTER WITH A
FIRST LOOK AT THE
FORECAST FOR HOOPFEST
AND THE HALF-IRONMAN....
THANKS
THANKS EVAN. LET'S GET RIGHT TO DAY ONE OF HOOPFEST.
WE'LL
WE'LL HEAD OVER TO KARTHIK VENKARATRAMAN
KARTHIK VENKARATRAMAN
THANKS
THANKS EVAN. LET'S GET RIGHT TO DAY ONE OF HOOPFEST.
WE'LL HEAD OVER TO
KARTHIK VENKARATRAMAN
FOR EVERYTHING
HOOPFEST.
HOOPFEST.
TIM
TIM IT
TIM IT WAS AN EXCITING DAY IN DOWNTOWN
SAPOKANE.
SAPOKANE. HOOPFEST, LIKE ALWAYS, WAS FILLED WITH A LOT FO ACTION, GREAT
STORIES AND SOME
SURPRISES.
THE BIG SURPRISE TODAY
WAS THE APPERANCE OF
FORMER GONZAGA
FORWARD RUI HACHIMSURA.
HACHIMURA HAD A CROWD OF
PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM FROM THE MOMENT
HE WALKED IN.
FANS GOT THE CHANCE TO
GET AUTOGRAPHS AND
PICTURES WITH THE
NOW NBA PLAYER.
HE CAME OUT ON TO THE
NIKE CENTER COURT.
YOU SAW AT THE TOP OF
THE SHOW HE YELLED
WELCOME TO
HOOPTOWN,USA BABY.
THE CROWD LOVED IT.
HACHIMURA WAS TAKEN 9TH
OVERALL BY THE
WASHINGTON WIZARDS IN THE 2019 NBA DRAFT. WE GOT A CHANCE TO CATCH
UP WITH THE GONZAGA
LEGEND ON
BECOMING A PRO.
AS
AS FAR
AS FAR AS
AS FAR AS THE HOOPS ACTION GOES A SPOKANE CROWD FAVORITE
CROWD FAVORITE
WAS
WAS IN
WAS IN FULL FORCE. A LOT OF EYES ON ELITE OVER 6 FEET MEN'S
DEFENDING CHAMPS LEE AND
HAYES.
WINNERS OF THE DIVISDION
IN 2017 AND 2018,
THEY'RE GOING FOR THE
THREE PEAT.
THREE PEAT. FORMER GONZAGA WALK ON
MIKE HART AND GONZAGA PREP, EASTERN
WASHINGTON ALUM PARKER
KELLY WERE TAKING CHARGE
TODAY.
HART WAS BIG ON THE
REBOUNDS AND KELLY WAS
SUPPLYING POINTS
LEFT AND RIGHT.
LEE AND HAYES MADE IT
LOOK EASY IN THEIR FIRST
TWO GAMES AND GOT
TWO WINS.
THEY DEFINITELY LOOKED
LIKE THE TEAM TO BEAT
YET AGAIN IN THE MEN'S
OVER 6 FEET ELITE
DIVISION.
THE TEAM'S FIRST GAME
TOMORROW IS AT 9:30 IN
THE MORNING ON
CENTER COURT.
CENTER COURT. HEADING TO THE SIX AND
UNDER BRACKET, DEFENDING CHAMPION PAY UP PLAYING
SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN
ALUMS.
MARCUS TIBBS COMING
ALIVE TOWARDS THE END OF
THIS GAME.
BACK TO BACK BASKETS
GIVES HIS TEAM AN 18-14
LEAD.
THEY'D HIT A FREE THROW
AND THEN TIBBS OUTLETS
IT TO MIKE JOHNSON
FOR THE GAME WINNING TWO
POINTER.
PAY UP WOULD WIN BOTH OF
THEIR GAMES TODAY. THEY
PLAY AGAIN
TOMORROW AT 9 AM.
GONZAGA
GONZAGA ALUM JANELLE BEKKERING AND TEAM Y-C-C CANADA
WON THE WOMEN'S ELITE
BRACKET TWO YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE BACK
AGAIN FOR MORE THIS
YEAR, AND JANELLE WOULD
START THE GAME
STRONG AGAINST THE MONEY
MOMMAS.
BUT THEN U-DUB ALUM
KATIE COLLIER GETS
GOING. SHE'D CUT
Y-C-C CANADA'S LEAD TO
ONE.
HOWEVER BEKKERING COMES
ROARING BACK WITH THIS
TWO
POINTER AND HER FREE
THROW WINS THE GAME.
TEAM YCC CANADA WILL
TAKE ON FARM GIRL FIT
TOMORROW AT 8
AM. THAT FARM GIRL FIT
TEAM HAS GONZAGA ALUM
HEATHER BOWMAN
AND GONZAGA ASSISTANT
COACH STACY CLINSMITH ON
IT. WE'LL HAVE
MORE ON THEM LATER IN
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. MANY FORMER GONZAGA
ABSKETBALL PLAYERS WERE AT
HOOPFEST TODAY.
BUT CURRENT ONES ROLLED
THROUGH TOO.
GONZAGA MEN'S AND
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HAD
PLAYERS COME AND
INTERACT WITH FANS.
FOR THE MEN'S TEAM,
COREY KISPERT AND KILLIAN TILLIE WERE
THERE.
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE GUESS
IF IT WAS CROWDED AROUND
THEM. IT WAS.
THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE
SUMMER FOR GONZAGA MEN'S
BASKETBALL
WAS THE RETURN OF TILLIE
FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON.
HE SAID HE WORKED OUT
FOR A COUPLE OF NBA
TEAMS AND THAT
THERE WAS INTEREST TO
DRAFT HIM. BUT HE WANTS
TO IMPROVE HIS DRAFT
STOCK BY PLAYING A FULL
YEAR
HEALTHY WITH GONZAGA.
THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY ABOUT BEING A LEADER
NEXT SEASON.
NEXT SEASON.
GONZAGA
GONZAGA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WAS THERE AT HOOPFEST.
HOOPFEST.
SEVERAL
SEVERAL PLAYERS MADE APPEARANCES THROUGH THE DAY
INCLUDING JILL TOWNSEND
AND KATIE CAMPBELL.
TOWNSEND IS COMING OFF
TORN LIGAMENTS IN HER
ANKLE THAT ENDED
HER SEASON IN THE WCC
TOURNAMENT.
BUT SHE SAYS SHE'S READY
TO BOUNCE BACK AND TAKE
ON A MORE
PROMINENT ROLE THIS
SEASON WITH THREE
STARTING
STARTING SENIORS GRADUATED.
GRADUATED. "...IT'S GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR BUT I'M EXCITED TO GET
BACK TO IT."
LATER TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE
A STORY ON CURRENT GONZAGA
GONZAGA
WOMEN'S
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACH STACY CLINESMITH
AND FORMER ZAGS PLAYER
HEATHER BOWMAN TEAMING
UP IN THE ELITE
WOMEN'S DIVISION.
BUT FOR NOW, BACK OVER
TO
TO YOU,
TO YOU, TIM. TODAY FOUR TEENS GOT THE
CHANCE TO PLAY IN HOOPFEST FOR
THEIR FIRST TIME.
THE SPOKANE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SPONSORED
THEM
TO PLAY THIS YEAR
THROUGH A PROGRAM FOR
AT-RISK YOUTH.
KREM 2'S SHAYNA WALTOWER
WAS AT THEIR GAMES AND
TELLS US WHAT
THIS OPPORTUNITY MEANS
TO THEM.
TO THEM.
TO THEM. SHAYNA: FOR MANY ,
HOOPFEST IS A GAME, IT'S A TIME FOR EXCITING FUN,
BUT THEN FOR OTHERS, IT
MEANS A LOT MORE. IT'S A
CHANCE FOR A
BETTER START AND NEW
RELATIONSHIPS."
CARMEL
RELATIONSHIPS." CARMEL "NO, I'VE NEVER PLAYED
IN HOOPFEST BEFORE."
FOR
FOR THESE
FOR THESE FOUR, HOOPFEST IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. THEY'RE A PART OF THE
YOUTH AND POLICE
INITIATIVE.
IT'S A PROGRAM THE BY
SPOKANE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
JENNIFER DERUWE: YPI
COORDINATOR
"REALLY JUST TRYING TO
BREAK DOWN THOSE
BARRIERS AND
CREATE HONEST, OPEN
CONVERSATIONS. AND IT
REALLY
HELPS THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS SO AT THE
END OF THE DAY, IT'S ONE
OF TRUST AND NOT ONE OF
ADVERSITY."
IT'S A PROGRAM FOR
AT-RISK YOUTH IN LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOLS.
DERUWE
"FOR WHATEVER REASON, AT
SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE
THEY HAD A
NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH
POLUICE OFFICERS. SO
THIS IS JUST A
WAY TO WORK THROUGH THAT
AND GET TO KNOW US AT A
DIFFERENT
LEVEL."
DIFFERENT LEVEL." EVERY MONTH, THE PROGRAM
MEETS WITH THE YOUTH.
BUT THESE FOUR HAVE
STUCK AROUND FOR A BIT
LONGER.
CARMEL
LONGER. CARMEL "THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU,
SUPPORT YOU HELP YOU."
AND THE PROGRAM IS
SPONSORING THEM TO PLAY
IN HOOPFEST THIS
YEAR.
DERUWE
YEAR. DERUWE "SO MANY TIMES, POLICE
OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING
TO SITUATIONS OF
CRISIS. THIS IS NOT THAT
CASE."
RORRY CARMEL: HOOPFEST
PLAYER
"THAT MOTIVATED US A
LOT. RIGHT GUYS? THAT
MOTIVATED US A
LOT."
NEW STARTS, NEW
BEGINNINGS, AND NEW
EXPERIENCES.
SHAYNA WALTOWER, KREM 2
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. A
NEWS. A NEW BASKETBALL COMPLEX
AND A HALL OF FAME IS COMING TO
SHAYNA WALTOWER, KREM 2
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. A
NEWS. A NEW BASKETBALL COMPLEX
AND A HALL OF FAME IS COMING TO
RIVERFRONT PARK.
THIS COMES AFTER
HOOPFEST U-S-A ANNOUNCED
A
A ONE
A ONE MILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM MULITCARE INLAND NORTHWEST.
MULTICARE WILL ALSO BE
AN EXCLUSIVE 10-YEAR
SPONSOR OF
HOOPTOWN U-S-A.
HOOPTOWN U-S-A.
WE
WE WANTED
WE WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO SEE HOW YOU ALL ARE SPENDING
HOOPFEST.
-- THERE WERE SO MANY
GREAT SOCIAL MOMENTS...
-- HERE'S A TEAM REPPING
NUMBER- 23.
-- WE ALSO SAW SOME COOL
TEAM NAMES - THIS IS "UP
TOWN DUNK YOU
UP" FEATURING THE DADS
AND THE KIDS.
-- EASTERN WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY SHARE THIS
PHOTO OF A
GROUP OF ALUM THAT HAVE
PLAYED TOGETHER FOR THE
LAST 10 YEARS.
-- AND FINALLY HERE'S
ONE I SHARED -- MY FIRST
HOOPFEST -- THIS IS
ONE OF MY TALLEST
FRIENDS...
THE FUN ISN'T OVER YET
BE SURE TO SHARE YOUR
HOOPFEST
HOOPFEST EXPERIENCE WITH US JUST BE SURE TO TAG KREM 2.
KREM 2.
KREM 2. THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING
DURING HOOPFEST WEEKEND, INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES.
ALL OF THEM ARE
HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE ON
THIS MAP.
THE ROADS ALL SHUT DOWN
LAST NIGHT.
AND THIS SHUT DOWN LASTS
THROUGH TOMORROW AT
LEAST 10 P-M OR UNTIL
HOOPFEST CAN CLEAN UP
THE STREETS.
MONROE, LINCOLN,
BERNARD, BROWNE AND
DIVISION STREET WILL ALL
REMAIN OPEN THROUGHOUT
DOWNTOWN