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# Elks Hoop Shoot winners were silky smooth
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/elks-hoop-shoot-winners-were-silky-smooth/
- Published: 2005-02-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:08:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica Elks staged the finals for the District Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest at the Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club.

About 1,500 boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 13 participated in local Elks contests in Culver City, Gardena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Torrance and Westchester.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/021905-05_01.jpg)

of the Elks Grady Sain and Lisa Meinhart of the Elks Club sign up Hoop Shoot finalist Jose Hernandez. (Photo: Photo courtesy)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 19, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)