<p>Hermiston's Gunner Olson throws down a slam dunk during the Bellinger Farms' Melon Slam at the "Takin' It to the Streets" 3-on-3 basketball tournament last year in Hermiston. Along with the Melon Slam, a slam dunk contest held at Center Court on Saturday afternoon, there will also be a 3-point shootout and a 5-minute game by Hermiston Special Olympics.</p>
<p>More than 200 teams of youth and adult hoop stars will flood Main Street in Hermiston for the "Takin' It To The Streets" 3-on-3 basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday.</p>
<p>Hermiston's Gunner Olson throws down a slam dunk during the Bellinger Farms' Melon Slam at the "Takin' It to the Streets" 3-on-3 basketball tournament last year in Hermiston. Along with the Melon Slam, a slam dunk contest held at Center Court on Saturday afternoon, there will also be a 3-point shootout and a 5-minute game by Hermiston Special Olympics.</p>
<p>More than 200 teams of youth and adult hoop stars will flood Main Street in Hermiston for the "Takin' It To The Streets" 3-on-3 basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday.</p>
Takin It to the Streets 3-on-3 basketball tournament director Larry Usher thinks no new hoops will have to be built to accommodate this years field for now.
The seventh year of the tournament, which begins Saturday morning and ends Sunday afternoon on Main Street in Hermiston, has a record 215 teams signed up. Thats 30 more teams than last years total of 185.
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