The Butch Gleason Memorial Coaches vs. Cancer Day will be held Saturday at Ocean City High School.
The 2019 event, the ninth annual, will start with a middle school basketball doubleheader between Ocean City and Upper Township at 1 p.m., with the Ocean City High School teams playing a girl-boy doubleheader against Egg Harbor Township starting at 4 p.m.
And this year’s event will also include a 40th year reunion tribute to the OCHS girls basketball team that won the South Jersey championship in 1979. Coach Pat Dougherty and many of her players will be introduced prior to the start of the girls game.
There will be a half-court shootout for fans at halftime of the high school games for Johnson’s Popcorn gift certificates and Coaches vs. Cancer items and certificates will be available for purchase.
A silent auction will take place all day, with the winners being announced following the boys game. A list of auctions items is below, with additional items possibly added.
If you cannot get there, contributions can be made out to Coaches vs Cancer and mailed to Post Office Box 21, Ocean City, 08226.
It will all help the cause and continue the tribute to Butch Gleason, a member of the 1964 Ocean City state champions who died in 2014.
Saturday’s Coaches vs. Cancer Auction Items:
- Baseball bat signed by Mike Trout
- 2018 NCAA Final Four program autographed by Jay Wright
- Foursome at Atlantic City Country Club
- Basketball autographed by OCHS boys varsity team and coaches
- Basketball autographed by OCHS girls varsity team and coaches
- Tickets to Flyers-Jets game
- Tickets to Villanova-Butler game
- Tickets to Temple-UCF game
- Tickets to Temple-UConn game
- Tickets to St. Joseph-LaSalle game
- NBC Sports gift bags
- Set of OCHS Sports in the Sixties/Seventies/Eighties books
- University of Kentucky gear
- Gift bag of H20+ skin care supplies
- Baseball signed by Bruce Beaver and Ron Moretti
- Lower level tickets to game at Kentucky’s Rupp Arena next season
- Gift package from Shriver’s Salt Water Taffy & Fudge
- Car detailing from Car Caress
- Large tubs of Johnson’s Popcorn
