Last Friday\u2019s high school basketball games between the Yale Bulldogs and the Cros-Lex Pioneers was special in many ways. The girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 teams both brought their compassion and respect to the games with the \u201cCoaches vs Cancer\u201d Game. Both schools worked together to raise awareness and support for local families who are dealing with cancer and its effects in their own ways. A second-grader, Brynlee Wing, who attends Avoca Elementary in the Yale District, who is fighting neuroblastoma, was honored and supported at the game along with her family. The family of Travis Campbell, whose brother is the Cros-Lex Boys\u2019 Basketball Coach, was also supported as they grieved the young man\u2019s loss to cancer just that week. To raise money, organizers held a 50\/50 raffle and in the end, the winner donated his prize back to the cause. Over $1,200 was raised to be split between the two families. Yale won the girls\u2019 game and Cros-Lex won the boys\u2019 game, but both towns showed their winning spirit and showed what being a neighbor means in these rural communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last Friday\u2019s high school basketball games between the Yale Bulldogs and the Cros-Lex Pioneers was special in many ways. The girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 teams both brought their compassion and respect to the games with the \u201cCoaches vs Cancer\u201d Game. Both schools worked together to raise awareness and support for local families who are dealing with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":26709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1968,24],"tags":[2749,4251,2943,4250,2577,550,404],"class_list":["post-26702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current","category-daily-news","tag-basketball","tag-brynlee","tag-coaches","tag-coaches-vs-cancer","tag-cros-lex","tag-sports","tag-yale","et_post_format-et-post-format-video","et-has-post-format-content"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n