{"id":195925,"date":"2025-08-15T21:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=195925"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:09:47","slug":"3-on-3-hoops-tournament-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/08\/15\/3-on-3-hoops-tournament-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"3-on-3 hoops tournament a success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Van Wert High School boys basketball program and Main Street Van Wert hosted the very first Main Street Madness 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament last Saturday, August 16, and what an amazing day it turned out to be. Downtown Van Wert was buzzing with energy as players, families, and fans packed the streets to cheer on young athletes and celebrate the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA huge thank you to all the teams, volunteers, and fans who made this event possible,\u201d Main Street Van Wert Executive Director Mitch Price said. \u201cSpecial recognition goes to the Van Wert boys basketball team for being such a big part of the day, and to Tom Baer for his hard work and dedication in helping bring this vision to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Warriors won the 7th-8th grade division of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Photos submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Price noted the event would not have been possible without\u00a0a group of generous sponsors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir support fueled everything from equipment to awards and helped create an unforgettable day for everyone involved. We are deeply grateful to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sponsors were Lee Kinstle GM Sales & Service, Van Wert Family Physicians, CJ\u2019s Shaved Ice, Laurie\u2019s Naturescape, Alliance Automation, Detail Drive-By, Klosterman\u2019s Pizza, Racster Renovations LLC, Van Wert Pallets, Greenway Bank, Main Street Van Wert, Northwest Ohio Welch Trophy, Hickory Sticks, Wild West Wizards <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to the champions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • 3rd\/4th boys:\u00a0Cougars<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 5th\/6th boys:\u00a0Blue Crew<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 7th\/8th boys:\u00a0Warriors<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 5th\/6th girls:\u00a0For the Win<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThis was just the beginning \u2014 we can\u2019t wait to make Main Street Madness a new annual tradition in downtown Van Wert,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    For the Win did indeed get the win and finished as champions of the 5th-6th grade girls division in the 3-on-3 hoops tournament. More pictures can be found on the Sports page. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    VW independent staff\/submitted information The Van Wert High School boys basketball program and Main Street Van Wert hosted the very first Main Street Madness 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament last Saturday, August 16, and what an amazing day it turned out to be. Downtown Van Wert was buzzing with energy as players, families, and fans packed the streets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 15:07:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195928,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195925\/revisions\/195928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}