Vikes-Newport starting time
moved to 7:30
TOWER CITY — Newport has changed the starting time of Friday’s Tri-Valley League football game against Williams Valley to 7:30 p.m.
The time of kickoff was moved back one-half hour to accommodate Newport’s Homecoming.
Miners to hold
3rd annual cancer
awareness game
MINERSVILLE — Minersville Area High School, in conjunction with the Minersville Fifth Quarter Club, will hold its 3rd annual Cancer Awareness Game on Friday when the Battlin’ Miners host Shenandoah Valley in an Anthracite Football League game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The color for this year’s game is pink in honor of breast cancer, chosen by the senior members of the football team.
The event celebrates cancer survivors, honors those who continue to fight, remembers those who have passed and raises funds for the American Cancer Society for research, education, prevention, advocacy and patient services.
The festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with a special guest assisting Coach Pat Mason with the coin toss. During the halftime show, a Touching Balloon release will be held to honor survivors, fighters and departed loved ones. The event will be held rain or shine, as long as the football game is played.
The Fifth Quarter Club will be selling a limited amount of commemorative T-shirts for $12 and balloons for $1 at the gate. Proceeds from the evening’s 50/50 drawing will also go to the American Cancer Society.