Play For Preemies Showcase Matchups Announced
Western Albemarle to host fourth annual event to raise awareness and funds for premature birth
CROZET, VA - The Western Albemarle High School girls’ basketball program is hosting its 4th Annual “Play For Preemies Showcase” on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. The event’s goal is to raise awareness and funds for premature birth at the UVA Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville and Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital in Roanoke.
Western Albemarle girls' basketball coach Kris Wright and his wife Heather’s children were born premature. That prompted the WAHS girls’ basketball program to begin the “Play For Preemies Showcase”. In the first three years of this showcase event, the program donated $12,800 to the hospitals, including $6,100 from last year’s event.
This year, the showcase will feature 12 teams. All will be in action at Western Albemarle High School on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020.
The matchups and schedule is as follows:
11 a.m. - Riverheads vs. Monticello
12:45 p.m. - Culpeper vs. East Rockingham
2:30 p.m. - Faith Christian vs. Broadway
4:15 p.m. - Jefferson Forest vs. William Monroe
6 p.m. - Fluvanna County vs. St. Anne’s-Belfield
7:45 p.m. - Buffalo Gap vs. Western Albemarle
Current sponsors for this year’s event include Magellan Complete Care of Virginia (mccofva.com), C&G Paving (candgpaving.com), and Jim Price Auto (jimpriceauto.com).If a business or individuals would like to support the showcase as a sponsor or as volunteers, please contact the WAHS girls’ basketball program at 434-823-8705.
Admission for the “Play For Preemies Showcase” is $10, which covers all six games.
