SYLACAUGA, Ala. – The Sylacauga Parks and Recreation is holding a Basketball Shoot-out next Friday, March 31, at the J. Craig Smith Community Center that will include a skills competition and a slam dunk contest.
The festivities will start at 5:30 p.m. in the rec’s gymnasium with youth ages 8-15 competing in a pass, dribble, and shoot skills challenge.
The skills challenge will be split up into three age groups: 8-10, 11-12, and 13-15. Only 10 participant slots are available per group, and some spots have already been filled.
The registration fee for each child participating is $10, and the top two finishers in each group will receive a prize.
To sign your child up for one of the limited remaining spots, visit here.
After the timed skills event is done, the slam dunk contest will take flight. Those 16 or older are eligible to compete.
Sign-up and a fee payment of $10 for the dunk contest will take place at the door. The winner, which will be decided by a panel of guest judges, will win the combined amount of the entry fees paid.
Those wishing to spectate the Basketball Shoot-out will have to pay a $1 admission fee.
