Persuasive Essay On Sports And Cancer

Sports is a huge part of some students lives here at westwood. In the he winter season we have many different sports and teams competing, there is boys and girls basketball, wrestling, competition cheer, boys and girls track, ice hockey, swimming and bowling. Even though it's only half the season for some and the start to others, student athletes here are accomplishing some great things.
Boys basketball has already played eight games in their season, currently holding a 5-3 record. They have a huge event and game coming up this Saturday, January 14th. It is a game vs. Leonia which they call Cards vs. cancer. It is a fundraiser where they raise awareness for different cancers and patients. Every year they honor a different person battling cancer; this year the team is honoring Natalie Lopac. Lopac is a Freshman in the Westwood/Township community who is struggling from bone cancer. The boys Jv team is playing at 11:30am followed by Varsity then, the annual alumni game. Senior tyler woodward is extremely excited for his final season as a cards basketball player. “I think we are going to have a great season as a team as we continue to develop and learn to play together.” Woodward explains.
Bowling is having an extremely well season this year, they are conquering the Patriot league with a 7-0 record. Being one of the teams to beat. Wednesday, January
They placed second in their division and 4th in the overall competition. The senior captains of the competition team are Julia Pampin, Emme McCarter, Kelsey Bross and Laura Divino. This weekend they have a tournament at JFK high school in Paterson at 5 p.m. Saturday they have a competition at hackensack high school starting at 3:30pm.Then, sunday their competition is at saddle brook high school the time is still to be determined. Senior captain Julia Pampin explains “We are progressing steadily and the season is looking