Friday, October 6th, 2023 marked the 13th year that Slinger High School and Hartford Union High School have combined forces by Tackling Cancer Together highlighted by their “Coaches vs Cancer” football game. The event was initiated in 2011 by Kevin Wilkinson, a Slinger football coach who was fighting his own personal battle with cancer at the time. Kevin passed away 2 months after the game, but it was his wish that it carry on, so the “Coaches vs Cancer” game has become an annual event, with a traveling trophy created in his memory. In 2022, the traveling trophy was renamed the “Wilkinson/Redders” traveling trophy after Hartford Head John Redders lost his father to cancer the previous year.
This year, with Slinger as the host, the battle on the field had been a fierce one, and only one team was named with the victory. The real victory however, is seen in the generosity of all that support as this is 100% profit goes to the American Cancer Society. Last year, with the collaborative efforts of these two opponents, Slinger and Hartford, beginning with a new t-shirt design every year (above is the featured designs for 2022), soliciting for t-shirt sponsorships, t-shirt sales, and raffle/auction items for game night, we have managed to raise $15, 094.00 to aid the fight again cancer.
|