SPOKANE - Whether it's a family thing, trying to do some family bonding or you're just out to prove you've still got what it takes on a basketball court, Hoopfest weekend on the streets of downtown Spokane is a good judge of just where you are as a player.

The team of Three TDs and a JW, comprised of Trent Derrick, his two sons Taylor and Tyrel and cousin Jerry Wicks, competed in the family division.

"It was mine," said Trent, the Lakeland High athletic director who recently resigned after a 15-year stint as boys basketball coach. "I told the boys, let's do this."

Because of their ages, brothers Taylor (18) and Tyrel (14) hadn't played on the same team until this year.

"I've been looking forward to this for a long time," Trent said before the team took the court Saturday morning. "It's the family division and I told myself one day, we'd be able to do it."

Joining the squad was Jerry Wicks, a cousin to the Derricks.

"This is my first Hoopfest," Wicks said. "I came here to watch my kids 12 years ago and enjoyed coming and watching the games. For me, to play is a bucket list thing. I don't have too many expectations as far as playing and winning. The best part of the weekend is seeing all the hoops and games going on."

For the eldest Derrick, it was his first Hoopfest in five years.

"My boys were a little concerned about me coming into this weekend," Trent said. "Jerry and I will probably come into the game in spurts. We’ll probably be fighting to see who sits out the most, but it will be a fun time.”

Taylor Derrick, who graduated from Lakeland High earlier this month, will study pre-med in the fall at Montana State University in Bozeman.

“It’s going to be fun,” Taylor said of playing in the family division. “It’s pretty cool to get to play with your dad and brother. It’s my last summer here, so it seemed like a fun thing to do.”

With injuries being an issue during the high school season, Taylor added he’s hoping to finish on a good note.

“I’m just happy to be healthy at this point,” said Taylor, who suffered a torn MCL during football season and missed the first three weeks of basketball season. “I’m feeling good right now. I want to win, but at the same time — it’s family.”

The younger Derrick wasn’t nervous about playing with his older family members.

“Not really,” said Tyler, who is playing in his fourth Hoopfest. “I usually beat these guys in our driveway. This will be the only time we’ll get together, so it should be a fun time.”

They went 0-2 on Saturday and will look to battle back through the consolation bracket today at 10:30 a.m.

Bound ... and determined: Bound, a team comprised of current Priest River boys basketball coach Ryan Bodecker, Cameron York, Josh Ackerman and Jed Palmer, also of Priest River, went 2-0 in the 6-foot-and-under men’s elite division to advance to the quarterfinals of their bracket.

“We’ve had a team going for the past 10 years,” said York, the former Spartans standout who played basketball at Community Colleges of Spokane. “With Ryan and Josh coming in, now I’m the old guy on the team.”

Bound defeated Blasians 20-10 in their first game and also beat Ric Flair on Saturday.

“It’s fun to be able to get outside,” said Bodecker, who was playing in his 10th Hoopfest. “This is always a good weekend every year.”

They will face Waaz Connection today at 9:30 a.m.

“I’ve been doing a lot of cycling to keep in shape,” said York, 38. “We just got done putting a basketball court in behind our house.”

For love of their coach: Team Kirb, a coed team made up of players from Wallace High, are remembering former Miners girls basketball coach Kirby Krulitz, who passed away in January.

“He was my coach for years,” said Emily Nelson, a sophomore on the JV team.

“Kirby meant everything to me,” said Courtney Jennings, who just completed her junior year, and played for Krulitz the past two seasons. “He pretty much taught me everything I know about the game.”

They went 2-2 and were eliminated late Saturday.

McKinnon returns: After tearing the PCL in his right knee, as well as both of his meniscuses and all of his ligaments at a football jamboree last August, Casey McKinnon of Mullan had a long wait to see competition again.

That wait came to an end this week as he took part in a football camp at Whitworth, his first live sports action in 10 months.

“It feels good right now,” McKinnon said following a 13-11 loss as a member of the coed Taylor Trash team. “The doctors told me a year, but I got released in nine months.”

His team went 0-2 on Saturday.

His next release may not be that easy as he said he intends to transfer to Wallace High from Mullan for his senior year, pending Mullan School Board approval. Mullan is in jeopardy of not having enough players to field an eight-man football team and should that happen, could have a co-op with Kellogg High so those remaining can play for Kellogg.

“I think it will be fun to play at Wallace,” McKinnon said. “There is a lot of different opportunities for me there if I can do this.”

The tournament concludes today with the Elite division finals starting at 5 p.m. in Riverfront Park.