News10 My Neighborhood ran a week-long sweepstakes contest last week. 

We asked our vusers to submit their definition of HOOPLA, and when they did, their names were automatically submitted into a random drawing.  Then, four lucky winners would receive four passes each to Golfland SunSplash.

This dictionary quiz sweepstakes contest was inspired as part of News10's Reading Connects campaign which is all about connecting with our community to help improve the literacy rate.

Well, we received over 90 responses, and some people were thoughtful enough to email us a sentence with the word HOOPA in it.  Here are some examples:

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Lynne Conner - There will be much hoopla if we win the tickets to Sunsplash.  My grandson and son will be visiting from Florida,

The Local Celebrity Basketball Game III (Family Event)

Come watch Sacramento’s most popular and successful men get their HOOPS ON!!!!

Coaches: Sacramento Kings former star basketball player LaSalle Thompson and former Oakland Raider Superbowl Champion Rick Jennings.

Local celebrity players include:

* Damond Edwards former Harlem Globetrotters player
* Tony Lopez 3-time World Boxing Champion and Cali Hall of Fame Inductee 2011
* Amar Khalil lead singer of Tony Toni Tone'
* Lee Perkins the popular former V101.1 radio personality
* Big Al Sams on air radio personality

With special guest host: comedian and former Soul Train host Mystro Clark.

Entertainment...

Live bands, cheerleaders, the little ladies' basketball game & three point shooting contest.

Friday, June 15, 2012
7:00PM to 9:30PM
John F.

ARDEN - Sacramento’s storied Del Paso Country Club will play host to the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship June 22-28, 2015, the United States Golf Association announced today.

With a list of past champions that includes such legends as Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus and Hale Irwin, the U.S. Senior Open is considered the world’s premier championship in men’s senior (ages 50 and over) golf.

“The USGA is pleased to renew its friendship with Del Paso Country Club and the community of Sacramento,” said USGA vice president Thomas J. O’Toole Jr. “Del Paso and Sacramento have embraced the spirit of this national championship and will be great partners with the USGA in producing what we are confident will be a successful championship and community event.”

A recent economic impact study done on the championship estimates that the U.S.