Yellow Jackets Baseball Team Buzz Their Locks for Cancer Research
You might say the Cedarville University
baseball team had a close shave. But it
wasn’t on the diamond.
The Yellow Jackets took a swing at
pediatric cancer this fall. Cedarville barber
Tony Pergram, the “Barber of the ’Ville,”
donated his services to shear the Yellow
Jackets’ locks during an afternoon practice
session September 22. Players and coaches
set a goal of raising $5,000 in pledges in
support of the Vs. Cancer Foundation to
Cure Kids’ Cancer. They had brought in
$3,260 by press time. To contribute, visit
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Chase Jones, a former baseball player
at the University of North Carolina (UNC)
and cancer survivor, founded the Vs.
Cancer Foundation. “After being treated for
brain cancer while playing baseball at UNC
and watching my teammates rally around
me by shaving their heads, I saw what kind
of impact this made on me personally and
on our team,” Jones said. The foundation
now works with
baseball programs
across the country,
i nc l ud i ng t h e
Yellow Jackets.
The mone y
raised by the Yellow
Jackets will be split
equally between
the Vs. Cancer
Foundation and
Dayton Children’s
Hospital. “It’s hard
to imagine all the
kids and families
who f ight the
battle of childhood
cancer every day,”
CoachMike Manes
said. “As coaches and players, we know we
are blessed to have the health to be part of
college athletics. Making others aware by
the team shaving our heads is a very small
price. Just one smile from one kid makes it
all worthwhile.”
Outfielder Dan Larkin ’15 saw this as
an opportunity to not only raise money,
but also to share Christ with kids at the
hospital on September 30. “We wanted
to go beyond the act of giving by loving
these kids through action,” he said. “We
humbled ourselves and shaved our heads
as a team to show our support for them.
What better way to show these kids we care
than by loving them like Jesus and denying
ourselves before them and the Lord.”
Cedarville barber Tony Pergram buzz cuts infielder Harrison
Martin ‘15.
L-R: Yellow Jacket baseball players Julio Miranda ‘16, Dan Larkin ‘15, Stephen Cardwell ‘15, David
Lenhardt ‘15, and Zach Huskey ‘15 visit a young cancer patient at Dayton Children’s Hospital in
Dayton, Ohio.
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