La Salle High School to Host Hoop It Up 3-on-3 Basketball Along with the 2nd Annual Pasadena Community Fair

The La Salle Board of Regents is proud to announce that the Hoop It Up Basketball Tournament is returning to Southern California for a second straight year. Established in 1989 by the National Basketball Association, Hoop It Up is the nation’s largest three-on-three outdoor street basketball competition. Over the years, more than 500,000 players have competed in the games.

This year, Hoop It Up will be accompanied by Kick It 3v3 soccer. In its 24th year as the first and largest three-on-three soccer tournament in the United States, Kick It has provided over 5,000,000 kids and families with fun, safe, and healthy sports experiences. Kick It 3v3 has attracted widespread national success as the biggest grassroots three-on-three soccer tournament.

Designed to promote both community and fitness, both tournaments will be open to youths, teens and adults, ages 8 and up of all skill levels with an expected participation of 400 to 500 players with hundreds more in attendance. The weekend’s events will be held on the La Salle High School Campus on Saturday, June 14th, with tournament play beginning at 9:00 a.m.

As part of the ongoing efforts to promote fitness, health, and well-being in the community at large, La Salle High School will also host the 2nd Annual Pasadena Community Fair during the Hoop It Up & Kick It Tournaments on June14th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the La Salle campus. The supporting Community Fair will be free to all participants thanks to the generosity of the event sponsors Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Methodist Hospital of Arcadia.

For registration or more information on Hoop It Up, visit www.hoopitup.com or www.kickit3v3.com. For more information about La Salle High School or the Pasadena Community Health Fair contact Ed Malicdem at (626) 356-2085 or hiukipasadena@gmail.com.

La Salle High School, 3880 East Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 351-8951 or visit www.lasallehs.org.

La Salle High School was founded in 1956 and today serves as a private Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory high school. It is a Lasallian School- an educational institution that draws its philosophy and inspiration from the Christian Brothers, whose reputation for excellence in education extends back to 1680. La Salle High School is dedicated to excellence in academics, arts and athletics. Of particular importance is La Salle High School’s call to carry out the Mission established by its founder, Saint John Baptist De La Salle, “to give a human and Christian education to the young, especially the poor.”