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Thank you for joining us at our 26th Annual Tourney Tip-Off Breakfast!
Our 26th Annual Tourney Tip-Off Breakfast was a slam dunk! Thank you to all of our guests who gathered on the iconic Palestra floor for NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament pick discussions and to the Big 5 Coaches- Steve Donahue, Fran Dunphy, Adam Fisher, Billy Lange, Kyle Neptune & Zach Spiker, our host, Amy Fadool of NBC Sports Philadelphia, our panelists Jacob Orlick, childhood cancer survivor and aspiring sportscaster, Whitey Rigsby, the voice of Villanova Basketball, & Dick “Hoops” Weiss and to our Speedy Morris Service Awardee, Frank Sciolla!
Check out our other upcoming Coaches vs. Cancer events at www.phillycvc.org!
For more information contact Ali Gill at Ali.Gill@cancer.org or 215-446-5677
Thank you to our Sponsors!
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Three Point Shot Sponsors
Cathy Miller Cancer Fund
Dilworth Paxson, Joseph Kessler
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Independence Blue Cross
The Philadelphia Eagles
PHL Sports
RDS Automotive Group
WSFS CARES Foundation
Congratulations to our 2024 Speedy Morris Service Awardee- Frank Sciolla!
The Speedy Morris Service Award is given annually to a volunteer who embodies Speedy's commitment to Coaches vs. Cancer and the Philadelphia sports community. We’re thrilled to be honoring Frank Sciolla with this year’s Speedy Morris Service Award at our 26th Anniversary Coaches vs. Cancer Tourney Tip-Off Breakfast!
Frank Sciolla is the head coach for the Pennsbury High School Girls Basketball team. This past season he achieved his 500th win, in a coaching career that spans over 28 years featuring four teams, both boys and girls.
Frank's involvement with the Coaches vs. Cancer School & Youth Initiative began in 2008 and he has hosted many coaching clinics, tournaments, and CVC dedicated games in the years since, raising $40,000+ to date.
"Basketball has brought so many good people into my life and the platform it has given me has enabled me to share the best parts of it. In high school I used to stop by my grandmother, Anna Gallagher's house, before Friday night games in the Catholic League. It was a ritual of sorts and only a few years later, she passed after fighting cancer. Because of the leadership of coaches around the country, and especially here in Philadelphia, I started with Coaches vs. Cancer almost 20 years ago and it has been a part of my stops at Pennsbury, Bristol and Conwell Egan. The game gives us an opportunity to reach so many people, and our involvement with C vs. C is the highlight of every year. I would really like to thank my staff, the supportive administration at Pennsbury and especially my family- because they support this on every level. " - Frank Sciolla