McMinn Central baseball coach Travis Hart doesn’t yet have figures from his team’s Playing for a Cure tournament but figures to donate at least $2,500 to the American Cancer Society.
The tournament this past weekend was unique in that each participating player and coach donated $10 to play and umpires donated part of their pay.
After the first round of games Wednesday, participants and fans gathered on the field, lit candles and observed a moment of silence in memory of those who died because of cancer. Included in that group of 268 were honorary chairpersons for the tournament: Dan Evans and his children, who lost his wife and their mother (Becky) to cancer last year.
“We set a goal of $3,500, but I don’t know that we’ll get there,” Hart said. “But all money raised from the tournament goes directly to the American Cancer Society.”
Owls’ tourney this week