ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Southwest Hoover-Ball is a nonprofit organization that sets out to host an annual Hoover-Ball tournament with proceeds going towards a military or first responder organization.
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The inaugural tournament will be held June 15 starting at 8 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque. Proceeds from this tournament will be going toward The 100 Club, an organization that makes financial contribution to families of fallen officers. What is Hoover-Ball? Picture a game of volleyball, but substitute bumping, setting and spiking a volleyball with a four to six pound medicine ball that participants throw to one another. To find more information or to register for the inaugural tournament, click here.