Olean HS Coaches vs. Cancer

Olean HS- Girls Coach and Athletic Director Don Scholla reports that Olean HS held two “Coaches vs. Cancer” events, the boys “Coaches vs. Cancer” game was held on Friday 1/23/09 and the girls game was held on the following Friday 1/30/09. All of the basketball coaches and the visiting team coaches participated by wearing sneakers while coaching to help raise awareness about cancer prevention and early detection. “Coaches vs. cancer” cards to those who donated and some “coaches vs. cancer” bracelets that we sold as well. For the girls game some “breast cancer awareness” sweatbands were purchased and worn during the game by players from both teams. The Olean girls wore pink sweatbands and the visiting Falconer girls wore white bands. The bands had the “breast cancer awareness” pink ribbon embroidered on them. All in all, with the generous help of the Olean Sports Boosters Club two very successful “coaches vs. cancer” games were held at OHS.