Yorktown High School

It was yet again another SPECTACULAR Smash Cancer event this season, raising about $24,000 for IU/Ball Cancer Center, Little Red Door, and local Yorktown/Delta families who are battling this season. In the first year of the event on May 9, 2012, Delta/Yorktown raised $1,100 for local cancer beneficiaries. That total raised to $4,000 the next year, then $4,500, then $4,800 and $5,500 in year five. We jumped to $6,000 the next year, then $7,400 and then $8,000 in 2019 before Covid cancelled the event in 2020. After that, the fundraising really started to grow. In 2021, we jumped to $15,000, then $15,500 in 2022 and $20,500 in 2023. Last year’s event raised $22,000. This year we are likely to top $23,000, raising the 13-year total to approximately $137,000. How did this year’s event raise so much money? There are many reasons: Two different community members donated $1,000 apiece. Two others donated $500 apiece. A raffle offered Cincinnati Reds tickets (winner Raeann McGuire), Notre Dame football tickets (winner our own Andy Thorpe), and Cincinnati Open tennis tournament tickets (winner Neil Behrman - former Yorktown tennis coach) generated about $5,000. We sold about 115 sponsor signs. Every sign helped us set a new funds record. Add in apparel sales, additional donations, commissions from Twisters and Uptown Nutrition, and that’s how records are set! Everyone helped beat the record. This year’s beneficiaries included the Cancer Center at IU Health Ball, the Little Red Door Cancer Services of East Central Indiana, and the families of local cancer patients Ron Pan, April Stinson, Julie Buckner, Lisa Logan and Alexa Masiongale. Every year the event keeps getting better and better! And here's what happened in the actual match... :-) Varsity lost 1-4 and JV lost 6-12, with two great highlights to the evening - Jillian @ 1S Varsity defeated Bamidele and Ana defeated Swoboda at 4S Junior Varsity - really awesome wins!!! 1S - Jillian defeated Bamidele 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 2S - Hannah lost to Beckley 0,1 3S - Alysse lost to Marshall 0,3 1D - Jules/Georgia lost to Vest/Manor 0,0 2D - Rhen/Isabelle lost to Bratton/Hinds 0,0 Junior Varsity: 1S - Claire lost to Sieber 8-0 2S - Sofia lost to Swoboda 8-6 3S - Mallory lost to Cox 8-2 4S - Ana defeated Swoboda 8-7(5) 1D - Ryleigh/Emma lost to Marcum/Addy 8-2 2D - Adrianna/Nicky lost to Darling/Gray 8-0 3D - Praise/Caity lost to Anderson/Marcum 8-0 4D - Natalia/Emilee lost to Jones/Ratts 8-0 5D - Lexi/Sophia lost to Lipps/Ritter 8-1 6D - Dejah/Avery lost to Downing/Barnes 8-4 7D - JJ/Kya lost to Worth/Oliver 8-0 PB - Ryleigh/Emma defeated Raleigh/Condie 8-4 PB - Adrianna/Nicky defeated Preston/Posey 8-5 PB - Kruger/Carder defeated Lipps/Ritter 8-5 PB - Praise Caity lost to Meekish/Stire 8-1 PB - Natalia/Emilee defeated Plummer/Lyons 8-4 PB - Lexi/Sophia lost to Ayres/Stehler 8-5 PB - Dejah/Avery defeated McLea/___ 8-7(4) Extremely proud of this team for fighting hard during the match, and doing everything they possibly could to raise money for IU/Ball Cancer Center, Little Red Door, and the numerous local Yorktown/Delta families who are currently battling.