HS, D-III Games Headline HEADStrong Event
from press release
RIDLEY, Pa. -- The HEADstrong Foundation, a charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for blood cancer research, announced today it will sponsor the First Annual HEADstrong Rivalry Games, an invitational featuring five Philadelphia-area boys' conference games and a major Division III showdown.
he event will be held at Widener University in Chester, PA., on
Saturday, April 3. The host Pioneers, winners of four of the last
five Middle Atlantic Conference championships, meet nine-time
defending Colonial States Athletic Conference champion Cabrini
College at 3:30 p.m.
Between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., the five scholastic league
matchups will be held for varsity and JV. They include two-time
defending state champion La Salle vs. St. Joseph's Prep (Catholic
League), District 11 champion Emmaus vs. Easton (Lehigh Valley
League), Pennsbury vs. Neshaminy (Suburban One National
Conference), Unionville vs. Sun Valley (Ches-Mont League) and
Ridley vs. Strath Haven (Central League). Times of the scholastic
games will be released later.
The Rivalry Games is just part of a family of events run by the
HEADstrong foundation, which raise money/awareness for blood cancer
research as well as help those afflicted by this horrible disease.
Each of the teams will keep with HEADstrong tradition by conducting
a blood cancer awareness campaign on their respective campuses by
distributing literature and selling official HEADstrong
t-shirts.
The HEADstrong Foundation was created in memory of Nick "Head"
Colleluori who was a 2004 graduate of Ridley High School and was a
Hofstra University Lacrosse player when he was diagnosed with
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Nick lost his relentless battle to cancer
on November 28, 2006 after a 14-month fight.
To learn more about HEADstrong's Team of Champions to Combat Blood
cancer, please visit www.HEADstrongfoundation.org.
