Wellsville Hosts Montgomery County in Pink Out Basketball Games to Raise Cancer Awareness

Wellsville-Middletown and Montgomery County were united together under one cause on Friday, December 20, 2024.

The event was held to honor those who are battling cancer, while also giving remembrance to those we have lost.

Between the boys and girls games the pact house in Wellsville heard from Jessica Penn, who’s 11 year old son Avery has been battling a brain tumor.

Penn says this game is one of the most important events we have in the community.

The Wellsville-Middletown student council presented a check to The Helen Reagan Cancer Fund, to the amount of $5,791.84.

Throughout the past 14 years both Wellsville and Montgomery have donated thousands of dollars to help promote cancer awareness.

Phyllis Reagan says events like this one, help those battling with cancer keep up with their expenses.

We began the night with a back and forth matchup against two formidable girls teams.

Wellsville managed to even the score at 14 in the final seconds of the first half.

The Wildcats stood tall in the second half winning the game late in the 4th with a score of 42-39.

Sophomore guard Aubrey Janes led the way in their victory putting up 17 points.

Leading the way for the Tigers was Keigan Hall who had 20 points in the game.

The boys game saw a dominant Wildcats team get out to an early lead and never relinquished it.

The final score to this game was 101-35.

Montgomery shared the ball in this game with 4 guys getting double digit points.

Leading the charge was Clayton Parker, who despite limited minutes put up 22 points in the game.

The leading scorer for the Tigers was Gage Marshall with 14 points.

Gage says he is proud of what he saw from his team despite the loss.

This win brings the Wildcats to an undefeated 9-0 record, as the Tigers fall to 2-6.

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