Coaches vs Cancer
Basketball empowers coaches, their teams and communities to join the fight
against cancer. Since its inception in 1993, high school and college coaches
across the country have raised more than $70 million to help the Society fund
groundbreaking cancer research, provide up-to-date cancer information, advocate
for public health policies that benefit the community and provide free local
programs that improve quality of life for cancer patients.
We would like to invite you to join our team of over 2,000 high school and
college coaches nationwide.
Your commitment to joining Coaches vs. Cancer would make a real impact in the
lives of those touched by the disease. We need your support to continue the
Society’s mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. Participating
in Coaches vs. Cancer is fun, and it teaches players and other students in your
school valuable charitable and character-building lessons as well. It’s also
easy…
Link to Coaches vs Cancer Website: Click on Logo
To see a sign up/set up sheet with help in your planning: CLICK HERE You can go to the Cancer Website for more help!
| Contact | School | Contact Email Address | Game Information | Date | Planned Activities |
| Ron Kobza | Kouts | ron.kobza@epcsc.k12.in.us | Morgan Twp @ Kouts | December 10, 2011 | Both schools have already started fundraising activities. We are excited to help out the cause again this year. |
| Erica Hole | Southridge | hohle@swdubois.k12.in.us | November 5, 2011 | Raised $157.50 | |
| Josh Thompson | Springs Valley | jthompson@svalley.k12.in.us | Loogootee @ Springs Valley | 1/28/2012 | Raised $740.46 |
| Neal Frantz | Fremont | nealfrantz1@hotmail.com | Eastside @ Fremont | 1/31/2012 | TBA |
| Pat McKee | Columbus North | patmckee77@aol.como | Roncalli @ Columbus North | January 10, 2012 | Planned Activities: T-Shirt sale, Paper airplane flying contest, Special concessions, pink item raffle etc. The game will be played with a pink basketball. Raised $2,500 |
| Melissa Marlow | Rushville | marlowm@rushville.k12.in.us | Greenfield-Central @ Rushville | December 3, 2011 | Raised $460.22 |
| Brian Bowen | Rushville | New Pal @ Rushville | December 3, 2011 | Raised $534.63 | |
| Gary Sims | Edgewood | gsims@rbbcsc.k12.in.us | Northview @ Edgewood | December 16, 2011 | We are raffling off a Kindle Fire as well as asking for donations. We have a website set up on the ACS webpage. |
| Bryan Hughes | Barr-Reeve | bhughes@barr.k12.in.us | North Daviess @ Barr-Reeve | January 21, 2012 | TBA |
| Jeremy Powers | Eastern Hancock | jpowers@shenry.k12.in.us | Blue River Valley @ Eastern Hancock | January 23,2012 | We Raised $496.50 for cancer research. |
| Matt Maschino | Whiteland | mmaschino@cpcsc.k12.in.us | Mooresville @ Whiteland | January 27, 2012 | TBA |
| Andy Weaver | Western | aweaver@western.k12.in.us | Maconaquah @ Western | January 20, 2012 | TBA |
| Jeff Cerqueira | Floyd Central | jcerqueira@nafcs.k12.in.us | Jennings County @ Floyd central | January 20, 2012 | We had a great night!!! 172 students were admitted free (for dressing up and wearing sneakers) and a local company donated $500 for their admission to the charity. We raised $1456. |
| Aaron Modert | Prairie Heights | amodert@ph.k12.in.us | Westview @ Prairie Heights | January 24, 2012 | TBA |
| Karla Rieckers | Brownstown Central | krieckers@btownccs.k12.in.us | Seymour @ Brownstown Central | January 2012 |
The last two years the
girls basketball teams at Seymour High School and Brownstown Central
High School have teamed up to fight cancer. We are both located in
Jackson County and have a high cancer rate in our area. As a result, we
have a cancer center locally called the Don Meyers Cancer Center. The
players and coaches at both schools have been affected by cancer and
thought a good way to give back to our community was to make our
basketball game a county vs. cancer instead of the coaches vs. cancer.
The money we raise is donated to our local cancer center. Last year we
donated $2,000.
This season we raised $5,041.74 by having a silent auction, selling tshirts, monetary donations, etc. |
| Josh Blankenship | Milan | josh.blankenship@milan.k12.in.us |
At Milan we have pre-sold t-shirts for $10
each (our players are wearing the shirt for warm-ups), going to collect
donations from the crowd and a portion of concession sells will be
donated to the American Cancer Society. When we have a total $ amount I
will send it to you. Thanks |
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| Eric Ulrich | Clinton Prairie | eulrich@cpsc.k12.in.us | Clinton Central @ Clinton Prairie | January 13, 2012 | We raised $328.17 for our Coaches vs. Cancer game on Jan. 13 against Clinton Central. |
| Pete Smith | Guerin Catholic | psmith1@ccs.k12.in.us | Heritage Christian@ Guerin Catholic | January 27, 2012 |
Tonight through Sunday is the annual Coaches vs. Cancer® Suits and
Sneakers awareness weekend, a collaborative initiative of the American
Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches
(NABC). The basketball coaches at Guerin Catholic High School are
wearing sneakers instead of dress shoes with their suits at their Friday
night home game against Heritage Christian High School to demonstrate
their support for the American Cancer Society and its vision of a world
with less cancer and more birthdays.
Fans may support this cause by texting COACH to 20222 from any wireless phone to make a $5.00 donation toward Coaches vs. Cancer and help in the search for a cure. For more information, visit the Coaches vs. Cancer Facebook page, facebook.com/coachesvscancer. |
| Steve Brett | Shakamak | sbrett@shakamak.k12.in.us | Eastern Greene @ Shakamak | February 17, 2012 | We are having a Coaches vs Cancer game on our last home game of the season vs Eastern Greene on 2-17-12. Boy's Basketball is co-sponsoring the game with the school yearbook. |
| Chris Seibert | Portage | cseibert@portage.k12.in.us | Munster @ Portage | January 31, 2012 |
Our Coaches vs. Cancer Game is Tuesday January 31,
2012. Our opponent is Munster High School. I will get you all of
the information regarding how much money we raised after the game.
Thanks again. |
| Brett Bechtel | Eastern Hancock | bbechtel@easternhancock.org | Shenandoah @ Eastern Hancock | January 13, 2012 | This year the boy’s basketball program, girls basketball program, and Student Council raised $2,112.96 for the American Cancer Society. The boys basketball program sold pink “Knockout Cancer” Night shirts, sold strips of tape to tape Coach Bechtel and another teacher to the bleachers at the EH vs. Cancer pep session, and also sold tickets to participate in a student and staff knockout game at the pep session. At the game Student Council took donations from fans and held a dance after the game. At the girls game the girls program also took donations from fans, pay $3 to throw a pie in the face of a player, and took donations online |
| John Goebel | Jasper | jgoebel@gjcs.k12.in.us | Vincennes Lincoln @ Jasper | January 6, 2012 |
Jasper boys basketball collected $386.46 at halftime of our game vs. Vincennes Lincoln on January 6. We sent it to the American Cancer Society. |
| Terry Friedman | NE Dubois | tfriedman@nedubois.k12.in.us | Springs Valley @ Northeast Dubois | February 4, 2012 |
Northeast Dubois Jeeps Boys Basketball sponsored our annual
Coaches vs. Cancer game with the Springs Valley Blackhawks visiting our
home court.
We are pleased to announce that $737.05 was raised, and
will be donated to the American
Cancer Society, in the battle against cancer. |
| Perry Hunter | Henryville | phunter@wclark.k12.in.us |
Henryville High School Boys raised $1323.82 for the American Cancer Society. |
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| Tim Boyle | Oldenburg Academy | tboyle@oldenburgacademy.org | March 9, 2012 |
Tim Boyle, the AD from Oldenburg Academy asked me to pass along the information regarding our coaches vs. cancer event we will be holding on March 9, 2012. On that Friday night we will have 7 area schools face off against an opponent and all admissions/concessions proceeds will be split with YMCA and American Cancer Society. The teams will be made up of teachers, coaches, spouses of staff at each school. The schools represented in our event are Batesville, Greensburg, Milan, Lawrenceburg, Oldenburg Academy, East Central, and St. Louis Schools. The 8th team will be a group of YMCA staff mixed with a group of staff from Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. The event will be held at Batesville Middle School beginning at 6pm and running until around 9pm. |
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| Beth DeVinney | Seymour | puboiler25@hotmail.com | Brownstown @ Seymour | December 1, 2011 |
$5000.00 was raised through donations, and a
silent auction. Both teams honored cancer survivors, and honored a
member of the Brownstown coaching staff that is battling cancer
currently. Money was donated to the Don and Dana Meyers Cancer Center here in Jackson County. |
| Diane Glidewell | Hobart | jglyde@comcast.net | Valpo @ Hobart | January 31, 2012 | The team has pink uniforms that were donated by a local business and will be accessorizing with pink socks and headbands. To make a fashion statement along with the team, the coaches will be donning their finest suits and sneakers and will be coordinating with pink ties. The opposing team will also carry on with the color coordination as the team wearing pink socks and headbands and the coaches donning pink attire. As for activities, there will be student spirit activities with contests for different things. Tshirts were made that say Hoop it up for a Cure and will be sold to the students or public with proceeds going to the cause. If students wear pink or come dressed as a Cancer fighting hero they will be admitted free. As for fundraising, we are accepting donations plus our normal 50/50 raffle will be donated to the cause. We are having a basket raffle with items donated from local businesses and we are also showing a tribute video during the game. For a $5 donation people can submit a pic of a person who has been afflicted with cancer, both past and present, and a video to pay tribute to these courageous individuals will be shown. We will be having info in the local papers and radio and a local radio station will be broadcasting the game. Almost forgot. The team is making Cancer awareness posters to be displayed and the helpers of the event have Coaches vs Cancer tshirts to wear. We raised $1526 |
| John Steinhilber | South Central (UM) | steinhij@scentral.k12.in.us | Hebron @ South Central B/G Double Header | Raised $636 | |
| Bryan Hughes | Barr-Reeve | bhughes@barr.k12.in.us | Raised $568.51 | ||
| Mark Hurt | Mooresville | mark.hurt@mooresvilleschools.org | Plainfield @ Mooresville B/G Double Header | January 20, 2012 |
Mooresville High School raised $1,680 in its Coaches vs Cancer game on January 20th in a boys and girls doubleheader against Plainfield.
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| Michael Uhl | Corydon Central | uhlm@shcsc.k12.in.us | Brownstown @ Corydon Central | January 28, 2012 | Boys/Girls Combined to Raise $3160. |
| Pat Tharp | Central Catholic | ptharp@packagiing-systems.com | Benton Central @ Central Catholic | Raised over $2000 Dollars | |
| Jim Buller | Bethany Christian | jrbuller@bethanycs.net | February 21, 2012 | TBA | |
| Neal Frantz | Fremont | nealfrantz1@hotmail.com | Eastside @ Fremont | January 31, 2012 | TBA |
| Jane Schott | West Lafayette | schottj@wl.k12.in.us | Rensselaer @ West Lafayette | January 13, 2012 |
West Lafayette boys' and girls' teams Raised $1,279.53 through a silent auction, t-shirt sales and bucket donation at the Rensselaer games, January 13th. The money was sent to the Tippecanoe County Relay for Life branch of the American Cancer Society. |
| Douglas Nelson | Hanover Central | dnelson@hanover.k12.in.us | Boone Grove @ Hanover Central | January 26, 2012 |
Last night,
January 26, Hanover Central girls hosted Boone grove in a PCC game.
We raised $930 for the Coaches vs. Cancer cause. |
| Steve Thompson | Bluffton | sthompson@bhmsd.k12.in.us | Garrett & Leo @ Bluffton B/G | January 27 (Garrett) and January 28 (Leo) |
Friday, 1/27 : Bluffton vs Garrett · Coaches from each team wore tennis shoes · Girls basketball players collected donations in the stands Saturday, 1/28: Bluffton vs Leo · Coaches from each team wore pink · Players wore pink t-shirts as warm-ups · Boys basketball players collected donations in the stands $441.42 was collected and will be donated by Bluffton High School. |
| Jim Wheeler | Westville | jwheeler@portage.k12.in.us |
Westville had a benefit game for local girls
basketball alum from last year, Caitlyn Fennel, who is battling
leukemia. We held a spaghetti dinner, raffles, and a bake sale,
selling T-Shirts that read Go Caitlyn, Fight Cancer, and Win the Battle. |
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| Bryan Graham | Triton Central | bgraham@nwshelby.k12.in.us |
We recognized over 50 breast cancer survivors and raised over $10,000 bucks!!! |
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| Aaron Garrett | Batesville | agarrett@batesville.k12.in.us |
Saturday night at Batesville High School, the Bulldog fans and Hauser faithful contributed $610.63 towards the worthy cause. |
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| Jackie McKinley | Franklin Twp. | jackie.mckinley@ftcsc.k12.in.us | February 16, 2012 |
Franklin Township Middle School East and Franklin Township Middle School
West will be hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer game on February 16th. This
is our only inter-district game so we will be teaming up to fight
cancer. We will be playing in memory of the father of one of our 8th
grade coaches who lost his battle to cancer in the fall. The game will
be held at FTMS-West beginning at 5:30 pm. |
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| Susan Babcock | South Central (Eliz) | babcos@shcsc.k12.in.us |
Franklin Township
Middle School East and Franklin Township Middle School West will be
hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer game on February 16th. This is our only
inter-district game so we will be teaming up to fight cancer. We will
be playing in memory of the father of one of our 8th grade coaches who
lost his battle to cancer in the fall. The game will be held at
FTMS-West beginning at 5:30 pm.
We plan to combine this money with our girls
Coaches vs Cancer game that was held on 1/25/12. Our Student
Council has also been raising money for 2 months for Cancer Research. |
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| Clarence Johnson | North Central(Farmersburg) | johnsonc@nesc.k12.in.us | Union @ So. Central | February 3, 2012 | TBA |
| Sam Beer | Adams Central | beers@accs.k12.in.us | Norwell @ Adams Central | January 31, 2012 | 1/31/12 Adams Central Girls hosted the Norwell Lady Knights. Both teams wore pink t-shirts and coaches wore pink shirts and gym shoes. Pink t-shirts were available for sale and donations were collected from fans in the stands. $500 was raised. It will be split and donated to the American Cancer Society and the Cancer Center at the Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IN. |
| Brian Hahn | Pendleton Heights | bhahn@smadison.k12.in.us | Greenfield Central @ Pendleton Heights | January 27, 2012 | Raised $366 |
| Lekita Hart | SIAC Conference | lekita.hart@evsc.k12.in.us | Classic | January 10-14, 2012 |
The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference held its annual Old National Bank Classic –SIAC Basketball Tournament from January 10-January 14, 2012. The coaches collected donations totaling $868.21 to be sent to the American Cancer Society. |
| Dave Miller & Josh Eggold | FW Concordia | dmille5526@aol.com | Concordia | Boys & Girls | Raised $1500 |