Hullabaloo over fate of Saskatchewan Hoopla basketball tournament overshadows budget

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REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is set to release its 2024 budget Wednesday, a day expected to be overshadowed by teacher protests and heightened hullabaloo over the fate of Hoopla.

Hoopla, the provincial high school basketball championship tournament, is one of Saskatchewan’s signature sports events, drawing hundreds of students and thousands of fans every year.

Hanging in the balance are dreams of student athletes, along with packed hotel rooms and big business for the host city of Moose Jaw.Jennifer Lindgren, a senior girls basketball coach, stood with players outside the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation office in Saskatoon. Lindgren isn't a teacher but is a community coach with the team in Norquay, a town in east-central Saskatchewan.

Hoopla tournament committee chair Roger Morgan said 48 teams with more than 700 athletes participate in Hoopla each year, and this year about 3,000 people were expected to descend on Moose Jaw, west of Regina. "The negative economic impact will be vast," the association said Monday on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.

 

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