Montgomery High School will host the 14th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout on January 5 and 6, 2023. (Photo: Montgomery Athletics)
For 13 seasons, the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Montgomery has been a staple of the New Jersey high school basketball season. This year will be no different.
Well, maybe a little. The potential for a snowstorm Saturday night has forced some changes to the schedule, and you can read about them below.
Started in 2011 after then-Hillsborough head coach Ian Progin – a former Rutgers walk-on – was diagnosed with cancer, the event has raised tons of money, with proceeds going to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick.
Progin is now a cancer survivor, though he left the coaching game several years ago to spend more time with his family.
The event – which begins Friday with a boys game and a couple of girls’ games – will continue Saturday with a full, albeit slightly-altered schedule due to potential snowfall.
Last year, the event raised $13,000, according to organizer Kris Grundy, the boys’ basketball coach at host Montgomery High School, and the Cougars’ Athletic Director.
Grundy says the goal this year is $14,000, a target he says will be greatly helped by the fact that two participating teams did their own fundraiser and donated over $1,000 each.
Grundy says fans can donate online, and there will be a donation table at the entrance. He says the entire gate will be dedicated to the fundraiser, and some officials are donating their fees as well.
Below is the full schedule of games for the 2024 Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout:
FRIDAY:
- 5 pm – Girls: Voorhees vs Watchung Hills
- 6:30 pm – Boys: South Plainfield vs. Watchung Hills
- 8 pm – Girls: Manville vs. Montgomery
SATURDAY (Boys Varsity only, except where noted):
- 9 am – Bridgewater-Raritan vs. Montgomery
- 9 am – Bridgewater-Raritan vs. North Hunterdon (JV, in auxiliary gym)
- 10:30 am – Haddon Township vs. Voorhees
- 12 pm – Sparta vs. Immaculata
- 2 pm – Nottingham vs, Somerville
- 3:30 pm – Ocean Township vs. Hunterdon Central
- 5:00 pm – Robbinsville vs. Hillsborough
- 7:00 pm – Lenape vs. Montgomery
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