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Around the Park: Basketball wins send youngster to Elks national competition

Published 04/09/09

Olivia Burchfield, 11, loves to dribble and shoot baskets. Playing basketball in her neighborhood of Swan Ridge since she was about 6 years old, the 5-foot fifth-grader has compiled quite a record on the indoor court since January as one of the competitors in the Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest.

Courtesy photo Olivia Burchfield, center, holding the trophy she won as regional winner of the Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Competition, With her is a member of the Elks organization, at left, and her father Alex Burchfield. Olivia is a fifth-grader at Jones Elementary School in Severna Park.
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She's competed against her classmates at Jones Elementary School, winning first place in her age group, then moved to the state and regional levels where she also captured first place.

Teresa Blair. physical education teacher at the school, introduced the Hoop Shoot Challenge to her students last year, when Olivia came in...

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